Open Access Week: Journal publishing: transformed by agreement
October 22, 2020
In the fourth of our daily blogs for Open Access Week, Senior Research Librarian Tony Simmonds explores new models to enable publishing in journals. Pay to read or pay to publish? That is the question that’s ruffling the normally composed arena of scholarly communications. Slowly, publisher by publisher, new articles by Nottingham authors are appearing by virtue of a novel business model. Steered by the determination …
Open Access Week: Open Access Book Publishing
October 21, 2020
In our third post for Open Access Week, the University of Nottingham Libraries Research Support team guide you through the knowns and unknowns of Open Access (OA) book publishing. After years of major changes to the scholarly publishing landscape where the availability of free-to-read research articles and journals has increased dramatically, it may appear that academic books have been an afterthought. When we consider books and long-form publication more broadly, we include monographs, …
Open Access Week: Retain copyright, free ideas!
October 20, 2020
In the second of our daily blogs for Open Access Week, Senior Research Librarian Tony Simmonds describes how copyright is moving centre stage for researchers. Do your eyes glaze over when confronted with the small print of another publishing contract? You’re not alone. Terms governing copyright especially are not for dwelling on … never mind the legalese, where do I sign?! Wellcome’s new approach Courtesy of …
Open Access Week: Wellcome Trust heralds open access policy shakeup
October 19, 2020
The first of our daily blogs for Open Access Week features the Wellcome Trust open access (OA) policy changes. Olivia Marsh, Research Librarian, provides an overview of forthcoming Wellcome Trust policy changes, in the first of five posts exploring funder alignment with Plan S, the manifesto for accelerating the shift to open access. From the 1 January 2021, the Wellcome Trust OA policy will look very different and this post explains some of the key changes. The overarching aim of the new OA policy is to …
On trial: News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive
October 16, 2020
We are pleased to bring you trial access to News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive. This collection of digitized consumer magazines provides rare content dating back to 1918. Primary source material covers social and political topics with diverse political orientations and international perspectives. Research areas also include gender studies, ethnic studies and media history. Titles in …
Reading Well @ UoN Libraries: Books and resources to improve your health and wellbeing
October 14, 2020
Libraries have worked with colleagues across the University to create a new reading list of books and resources to help improve health and wellbeing. We’ve produced the Reading Well@UoN Libraries reading list with the help of: University of Nottingham Health Service Support and Wellbeing Service University Counselling Service HealthyU The starting point for this list was the …
On trial: Food and Drink in History
October 12, 2020
We’re pleased to announce a four week trial for Adam Matthew’s Food and Drink in History. This resource charts the history of food and drink from 1514-1980 using material such as cookbooks, government reports, ephemera and films from around the world. It illustrates the main issues like agriculture and nutrition, as well as examining the …
Introduction to online resources
September 30, 2020
In the coming year, you may be spending more time at home and in your own spaces. Our library teams are working hard to ensure that you have access to a range of fantastic online resources – accessible on and off campus – to support you during this time. Each week until the end of …
Research support – find out how we can help
September 17, 2020
University of Nottingham Libraries’ Research Support Team are here to help you in all aspects of the research lifecycle. Read on to find out more. It’s the start of a new academic year in which research priorities, and the amount of time available for it, may be changing. For some research leave may have been …
NUsearch upgrade – August 2020
August 10, 2020
The library discovery tool, NUsearch has been upgraded today with some useful new features. Read on to find out more about the new developments. ‘About the topic’ overview Many NUsearch users start their quest for material with short topic searches, often by looking for keywords to help them dive deeper into a subject. This new …
