My pledge for research at a challenging time for our university
January 30, 2024
In my first update of the year, I’d like to share my sense of optimism for 2024, news of successes, opportunities and support for research at Nottingham – and reaffirm my commitment to our research community at a challenging time. The higher education sector is facing unprecedented financial pressures and here at Nottingham we face …
New publishing opportunities for researchers
May 25, 2021
Guest blog by Tony Simmonds, Senior Research Librarian, Faculty of Social Sciences A quiet revolution is unfolding in how research is published and consumed. Publisher by publisher, new articles are appearing by virtue of a novel business model. Steered by Plan S, which crystallises funders’ resolve to share research widely and quickly, the university is signing up to more …
University’s one million Open Access downloads
October 27, 2018
Coinciding with International Open Access Week (22 – 26 October), downloads from the University’s repositories of research papers, theses and datasets have just passed one million since the start of 2018. This has never happened in any previous calendar year. Guest blog by Tony Simmonds, Senior Research Librarian This milestone underlines the commitment of …
Open Access Week 22 – 26 October 2018
October 2, 2018
University of Nottingham Libraries is holding a range of events to mark International Open Access Week. Now in its tenth year, Open Access Week is a chance to celebrate the benefits of opening up knowledge for all. The theme this year is ‘designing equitable foundations for open knowledge’ – working towards a truly inclusive scholarly …
Open access and REF 2021: an important deadline for researchers
March 21, 2018
Guest post from Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange. Dear colleagues I would like to remind you of an important deadline for the deposit of journal articles and conference proceedings in order to make them open access and eligible for REF 2021. To be eligible for REF 2021, your journal articles …
