Category: Research support

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

We have made it easier than ever to navigate the expert support we can provide for researchers at all career stages and throughout the research … Read more

Open Science Foundation (OSF) is a free and open source project management tool that supports researchers throughout their entire project lifecycle. It does this by … Read more

Do you know that managing your research data has never been easier because you can now use Data Management Plans (DMP) Online? The data you … Read more

Colleagues from across the university celebrated 16 years of the Kent Academic Repository (KAR), and it’s 100,000th record, at the KAR Party. Colleagues who have … 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

Our new website explains everything you could want to know about the Diamond and free Open Access publishing options available for you. Diamond Open Access … Read more