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Open Access infographic #2

Open Access infographic #2

Posted on 5 March 2019 by CardiffUniOA

Check out our Open Access update and see what's in our January "top 5" downloaded research articles and theses - freely available to read in full text at http://orca.cf.ac.uk/.

Launching our new Open Access infographic

Launching our new Open Access infographic

Posted on 8 February 2019 by CardiffUniOA

We're launching the first of our monthly infographics - an "at-a-glance" overview of the University's Open Access publications. See how many new publications and theses we have added to our repository ORCA. Find out which countries have our […]

Rounding off Open Access Week 2018 . . .

Rounding off Open Access Week 2018 . . .

Posted on 26 October 2018 by CardiffUniOA

To celebrate Open Access Week this year, we have focused on equitable opportunities for students and early career researchers to get published, and on how their research can be made […]

Open Access for pioneering print thesis on gravitational waves

Open Access for pioneering print thesis on gravitational waves

Posted on 25 October 2018 by CardiffUniOA

As part of International Open Access Week 2018’s #ThesisThursday Twitter campaign, we would like to highlight a recently digitised Cardiff University thesis from 1991, A prototype system for gravitational wave […]

Our Open Access year

Our Open Access year

Posted on 23 October 2018 by CardiffUniOA

Since the last International Open Access Week in October 2017, we have continued to actively support Open Access in a variety of ways. Over the last 12 months, we have […]

Celebrating International Open Access Week 22 – 28 October 2018

Celebrating International Open Access Week 22 – 28 October 2018

Posted on 19 October 2018 by CardiffUniOA

International Open Access Week, now in its 10th year, is all about promoting the potential benefits of Open Access publishing, and supporting the movement to make Open Access a new […]

Discover Cardiff University’s Open Access research theses

Discover Cardiff University’s Open Access research theses

Posted on 24 April 2018 by CardiffUniOA

Gone are the days when PhD theses sat in dusty splendour on a library shelf for a few years. From 2011 onwards all Cardiff University’s research-level theses are openly available […]

Green Open Access gets greener with Sage and Emerald’s “no embargo” policies

Green Open Access gets greener with Sage and Emerald’s “no embargo” policies

Posted on 6 April 2018 by CardiffUniOA

Publishers Sage and Emerald are pushing the boundaries of Green Open Access with the removal of embargo periods. Emerald Reach, launched in autumn 2017 has removed embargo periods across all […]

Discover biodiversity heritage materials with the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Discover biodiversity heritage materials with the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Posted on 15 March 2018 by CardiffUniOA

Every so often we will feature specific Open Access resources on our blog that we think may be of interest to some of our readers. This week, it's the turn […]

Open Access behind the scenes: Managing Cardiff University’s Open Access team

Open Access behind the scenes: Managing Cardiff University’s Open Access team

Posted on 28 February 2018 by CardiffUniOA

I dipped my toe into the Gold OA publishing world for the first time when Cardiff University received some of the BIS funding available to institutions in late 2012 to […]