https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/JISC-Collections-events/oabooksconf/ This international conference is the first to focus specifically on the monograph and tackle the issues around open access. Day one will provide an overview on open access in relation to monographs looking at key issues of business models, maintaining quality, the future of peer-review, creative commons licensing and international policy development. Key […]
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OA policy for Wellcome extends to books and monographs
The Wellcome Trust extends open access policy to include scholarly monographs and book chapters http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2013/WTP052746.htm “The extended policy will become effective for holders of grants awarded after 1 October 2013, and for existing grantholders from October 2014. The new policy does not apply to textbooks, ‘trade’ books, general reference works or works of fiction, […]
Send us your reading list for Autumn 2013 – we do the rest
Within the Aspire reading list software, references link to the book or journal details in the library catalogue, so students can immediately check availability, place holds, etc. References to our electronic journal articles can link directly to the article. Lists can include references to paper materials, as well as links to web sites and other […]
British Library Labs Competition Live – Calling all researchers and developers!
Propose an innovative and transformative project that answers a research question using the British Library’s digital collections / data and if your idea is chosen, the Labs team will work with you to make it happen and you could win a prize of up to £3,000. From the digitisation of thousands of books, newspapers […]
RefWorks Write-N-Cite 4 now available for Staff Pcs
Finally the new version of Write-N-Cite is now available for staff computers from Run Advertised Programmes. The Write-N-Cite Mini Guide with instructions on downloading and using WNC4 is now available. Why use WNC 4? Write-N-Cite is an add-in programme for Word which synchronises with your RefWorks database so that you can create in-text citations and […]