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Innovative new and emerging publishing platforms

Innovative new and emerging publishing platforms

Posted on 6 December 2017 by CardiffUniOA

The landscape of scholarly publishing has seen an increase in new publishing initiatives providing new avenues for publishing research outputs. In October we posted an introduction to Wellcome Open Research, […]

Open Access in a nutshell for readers and authors @ Cardiff

Open Access in a nutshell for readers and authors @ Cardiff

Posted on 29 November 2017 by CardiffUniOA

To celebrate International Open Access Week 2017 we have put together a duo of at-a-glance ready reference guides – one for authors and one for readers of Open Access materials. […]

Congratulations to the winners of our Open Access Week competition

Congratulations to the winners of our Open Access Week competition

Posted on 22 November 2017 by CardiffUniOA

To celebrate Open Access Week in October, we invited our students and staff to enter a prize competition for a chance to win one of two Amazon Gift vouchers. We […]

Meet the team

Meet the team

Posted on 15 November 2017 by CardiffUniOA

We'd like to introduce ourselves to you! We are the Open Access Support Team at Cardiff University. We are part of the University Library Service, with a remit to assist […]

Discovering Open Access in the humanities and social sciences

Discovering Open Access in the humanities and social sciences

Posted on 8 November 2017 by CardiffUniOA

Monographs are key research outputs in the humanities. The OAPEN Library and DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books) are excellent resources for discovering Open Access books, and finding Open Access […]

Cardiff University is an Open Access University – revised policy announced!

Cardiff University is an Open Access University – revised policy announced!

Posted on 1 November 2017 by CardiffUniOA

Cardiff University is an Open Access University. Our Open Access Publications Policy, which was first approved by UEB in October 2014, has been updated. The changes are mostly for clarification purposes […]

New Open Access tutorial

New Open Access tutorial

Posted on 27 October 2017 by CardiffUniOA

Find out what you need to know about Open Access requirements for funders and the REF - complete our new tutorial This week sees the launch of our new Open […]

Wellcome Open Research – an innovative Open Access platform for research outputs

Wellcome Open Research – an innovative Open Access platform for research outputs

Posted on 26 October 2017 by CardiffUniOA

Launched in November 2016, Wellcome Open Research provides an innovative platform for Wellcome-funded researchers to rapidly publish any results they think are worth sharing. Now ISSF-funded researchers can also publish […]

Open Access Week competition! Win a £10 Amazon voucher!

Open Access Week competition! Win a £10 Amazon voucher!

Posted on 25 October 2017 by CardiffUniOA

Enter our Open Access Week competition for a chance to win a £10 Amazon voucher It’s easy - you can EITHER send us a screen shot of your Open Access […]

Open Access explained video

Open Access explained video

Posted on 24 October 2017 by CardiffUniOA

Open Access explained New to Open Access and want to find out more? Check out our video Open Access Explained produced by PHD (Piled High and Deeper) Comics and find out, in just […]