Mar 21, 2013
The last six months have seen a large number of open access events, and at all of them there has been some discussion about the need to gather evidence – whether of the benefits of open access, its potential effect on learned societies, current publishing...
Mar 18, 2013
Early career researchers and independent scholars are in favour of Open Access to disseminate research but also to make available research that is often ‘inaccessible’ without affiliation to an institution in the years after PhD or as independent scholars. The...
Mar 18, 2013
In 1996, the Institute of Historical Research launched an online reviews journal, Reviews in History. The impetus for the journal came from a dissatisfaction with scholarly publishing in general, and with the publication of reviews in particular (is any of that...
Mar 12, 2013
Kathleen McIlvenna, Institute of Historical Research, University of London (first published on The History Student blog) Last Friday I went to the ‘Finch Report, Open Access and the Historical Community’ event organised by the Institute of Historical Research and...
Mar 12, 2013
Derek Sayer, Professor of Cultural History at the University of Lancaster and Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta (first posted on the Coasts of Bohemia blog) On March 6 Research Councils UK (RCUK), the umbrella organization representing all the major UK...
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