2015 has been a very successful year for LSHTM Research, not only have we substantially increased the number of records we hold and the number downloads we have received we have also obtained new types of research for the repository as … Continue reading
Below is a FAQ we often get here at the School from projects that are funded by the RCUK. Question: We have an MRC-funded grant which was awarded before April 2013 and which ends 31 Dec 2015. The original budget … Continue reading
In continuation of the success we had during Open Access Week at the School, I thought it would be a great to ask a few members of both the library, research data team and faculty what their views are of Open … Continue reading
Open Access Week is now in its eighth year offering the opportunity to celebrate our achievements so far, and further promote awareness to help make Open Access the new norm in research worldwide. Exemplifying some of the achievements at The … Continue reading
It is Open Access Week on October 19 – 25, 2015 and LSHTM is taking part with a number of activities across the School. Kicking off events on Monday, John Murtagh, Manager of LSHTM Research Online will give a briefing on how … Continue reading
LSHTM Research Online – the School’s research repository for outputs – has re-launched its statistics dashboard and the image above includes the number of full-text downloads for items between January and June 2015. Over this period nearly 220,000 downloads of items … Continue reading
Gold open access doesn’t come cheap. In the last academic year LSHTM authors produced 126 Open Access research papers which were paid from Wellcome Trust, RCUK, COAF and the School Open Access Fund at a total cost of £255,391 . … Continue reading
Researchers at the School who are in receipt of funding from the Wellcome Trust and have had an open access fee paid have a number of requirements when publishing. They should license the research papers using the Creative Commons Attribution … Continue reading
Sanctions could be as much as 10% of the value of the grant The Charity Open Access Fund (COAF) is a partnership between Arthritis Research UK, Breast Cancer Now, the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Bloodwise, Parkinson’s UK and … Continue reading
Research Councils UK (RCUK) has recently announced the amounts that it will be paying to institutions in the block grant to support the implementation of its open access policy. Since April 2013 the grant to universities and eligible research organisations has … Continue reading