This is a summary of our institutional response to the Research Excellence Framework 2029 open access consultation What’s worked for OA since 2014 The introduction … Read more
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Update on supporting Open Access for books, book chapters and edited collections at Kent
From January 2024 Open Access requirements for books, book chapters and edited collections arising from UKRI funded projects have existed. The Open Research team in … Read more
Funded by UKRI? Planning to publish a book or chapter? Please read this and take action
UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) and its constituent research councils have operated an Open Access policy for journal articles and conference proceedings for several years, but will … Read more
Supporting Open Research – recording pre-prints in KAR
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
Supporting Open Research – sharing early by publishing pre-prints
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
Updates to the UKRI Open Access policy – books, book chapters and edited collections
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 and renewed Read and Publish agreements
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
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
Diamond and free Open Access Publishing
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
Free APCs in APA journals
Kent is now participating in JISC’s American Psychological Association OA Publishing Pilot for articles accepted for publication between 1 August 2022 – 31 July 2023 … Read more