{"id":453,"date":"2017-12-20T10:06:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T10:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffunioa.wordpress.com\/?p=453"},"modified":"2022-04-13T20:32:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T20:32:54","slug":"have-a-merry-open-access-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openaccess\/have-a-merry-open-access-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a merry Open Access Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Season\u2019s greetings from the Open Access team.<\/p>\n<p>To round off 2017 on a festive note here is a selection of Open Access resources with a Christmas theme:<\/p>\n<h2>Christmas trees<\/h2>\n<p>There is a biennial International Christmas Tree Research and Extension Conference! This year&#8217;s, the 13th!, took place in Iceland. Find out about the research underpinning Christmas tree production in this collection of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skogur.is\/rannsoknir-og-verkefni\/radstefnur\/radstefnur-2017\/ctre-2017\/book-of-abstracts\/\">Open Access conference abstracts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Christmas cards<\/h2>\n<p>Will paper greetings cards become a thing of the past? What do people think about electronic alternatives? Find out more from the <a href=\"https:\/\/core.ac.uk\/display\/38151084?recSetID=636dab99a3775a7493ac928acca80e5f::5a39085256ce38.19038419\">University of Bath&#8217;s study<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Classic literature<\/h2>\n<p>Read or re-read a classic tale. Project Gutenberg offers over 54,000 free ebooks including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/24022\">A Christmas Carol<\/a> by Charles Dickens<\/p>\n<h2>Christmas traditions<\/h2>\n<p>Find out about <a href=\"http:\/\/en.strasbourg-europe.eu\/christmas-traditions-in-europe,31366,en.html\">Christmas traditions across Europe<\/a> from the Europe in Strasbourg website.<\/p>\n<h2>And there\u2019s more \u2026<\/h2>\n<p>including Trump, Brexit, retailers&#8217; tricks and Christmas related medical issues all openly available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/core.ac.uk\/search?q=title:((christmas)%20)%20AND%20year:%5B2015%20TO%202017%5D&amp;allOfTheWords=christmas&amp;exactPhrase=&amp;atLeastOneOfTheWords=&amp;withoutTheWords=&amp;advAuthor=&amp;publisher=&amp;advRepository=&amp;yearFrom=2015&amp;yearTo=&amp;findThoseWords=title&amp;doi=&amp;page=2\">Confederation of Open Access Repositories<\/a> site<\/p>\n<p>Happy reading over the festive period. The Cardiff University Open Access team wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and a good start into 2018!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-454\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openaccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/552\/2017\/12\/merry-christmas.jpg\" alt=\"Merry Christmas\" width=\"1378\" height=\"1033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openaccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/552\/2017\/12\/merry-christmas.jpg 1378w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openaccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/552\/2017\/12\/merry-christmas-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openaccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/552\/2017\/12\/merry-christmas-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openaccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/552\/2017\/12\/merry-christmas-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1378px) 100vw, 1378px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Season\u2019s greetings from the Open Access team. 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