LOCH Project from Update from Heriot-Watt University

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-04-05

Summary:

"As part of the work to embed good Open Access Policy within the institution, three awareness sessions were held within Schools with research staff.  Two of those sessions were led by Research Administration staff and one by the Library, reflecting the spread of open access support within the institution.  At Heriot-Watt University, RCUK OA administration is within the Schools, with over-all  OA coordination by the Library in close cooperation with the research office (Research and Knowledge Exchange Services).  So good coordination of effort and information is essential, and we are working to consistently achieve this objective. The message at the sessions led by research administrative staff for academic staff was kept very simple, using the opportunity to update staff on RCUK Open Access, research data requirements, ResearchFish  and the HEFCE Open Access Policy.   Representatives from the Library and Research Office were present to provide extra information if needed. As an outcome of those sessions, it is clear that academic staff see open access is one stage in the administration of their research – from the grant application though to final reporting and publication, with research somewhere in the middle.   Although attendance at the sessions was about 10% of the total academic staff, the slides were circulated afterwards, and as a result of those sessions we saw a direct increase in the number of full-text uploads to Pure ..."

Link:

http://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/loch/2014/12/11/loch-project-from-update-from-heriot-watt-university/

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oa.new oa.comment oa.heriot-watt.u oa.rcuk oa.hefce oa.ref oa.uk oa.funders oa.mandates oa.compliance ru.sparc15 oa.policies

Date tagged:

04/05/2015, 10:19

Date published:

04/05/2015, 06:58