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Open Access Week 2023 – Publisher deals boost uptake of Open Access for Reading’s researchers

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Karen Rowlett

The University of Reading has signed up for over 20 ‘read and publish’ deals with major publishers over the past few years. The idea of the deals is that they combine the subscription and publishing elements together so that staff … Continue reading →

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Open Access Week 2023 – Publishing to benefit the microbiology community

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Karen Rowlett

  The Microbiology Society is a membership charity and a not-for-profit publisher. Its members are scientists interested in microbes, their effects and their practical uses. They are based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes, schools, and other organisations. The Society’s … Continue reading →

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Open Access Week 2023 – Creating a community Open Access journal

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Karen Rowlett

As part of Open Access week 2023, I interviewed Dr James Anderson about how he set up a Pure Gold Open Access journal, Transmathematica, to serve his community of mathematicians. James founded the journal in 2018 and the first article … Continue reading →

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Making the most of SciFree – an interview with the company’s founder

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Karen Rowlett

SciFree is a clever tool that helps researchers at University of Reading find out which journals are covered by our Transformative Agreements and deals with publishers. With 17 publisher deals covering over 11,000 different journals it can be difficult to … Continue reading →

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Launching SciFree, a new tool for researchers at University of Reading

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Karen Rowlett

The University of Reading has lots of Transformative Agreements with publishers whereby staff and students can achieve Open Access for their research outputs easily. In most cases, no invoices are generated and permission for funding for the article processing charge … Continue reading →

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