Author: Rosalyn Bass

In this post we outline our policy approach to recording pre-prints in our institutional repository, KAR. It explains what we wished to achieve and why … Read more

Open Research improves the quality and reliability of research, supports a culture of transparency, maximizes public benefit and avoids resource waste. Sharing pre-print early versions … Read more

75% of our thesis collection is now digital. This collection spans the University’s lifetime 1966-2023 and having a digital presence for theses that represent Kent’s … Read more

Find out the different ways you can search KAR for records for your Division or School, export the results and be notified about new entries. … Read more

Before you arrive at Kent Before you leave your previous institution we recommend that you: Copy records Copy records from any databases or file stores … Read more

UKRI has published updates to its Open Access (OA) policy. This post is our early response. It outlines the library’s advice for our researchers and … Read more

The “read and publish” agreement between academic publisher Springer Nature and UK Universities was due for renewal by the end of 2022. Negotiations led by … Read more

Open Access is essential for maximum reach and impact. For 2023 the library has arrangements with even more publishers. These agreements allow our researchers to … Read more

Information Services has topped up the institutional APC fund with an extra £15,000 from library funds In addition to the many Read and Publish agreements … Read more

Most of our Read and Publish agreements cover a period of two or three years. As the end of each period approaches, JISC begins negotiating … Read more