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Updates to the UKRI Open Access policy – books, book chapters and edited collections

By Rosalyn Bass | 01 June 2023

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

New Springer Nature Read and Publish agreement includes free Open Access in Nature journals

By Rosalyn Bass | 03 May 2023

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

Explore our new Research and Scholarly Communication Support webpage

By Josie Caplehorne | 24 April 2023

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

By Josie Caplehorne | 11 April 2023

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

Manage your research data online

By Josie Caplehorne | 05 April 2023

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

Celebrating at the KAR Party : 100k deposits and 16 years old!

By Josie Caplehorne | 24 March 2023

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

New and renewed Read and Publish agreements

By Rosalyn Bass | 13 March 2023

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

Institutional APC fund top up

By Rosalyn Bass | 13 March 2023

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

Read and Publish agreements – working with JISC

By Rosalyn Bass | 24 January 2023

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

Diamond and free Open Access Publishing

By Josie Caplehorne | 16 December 2022

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

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