Information Exchange with Osaka University This morning the University of Edinburgh’s Scholarly Communications Team was delighted to receive a delegation of guests who have travelled all the way from Osaka University in Japan.  Xin Yao …Continue reading →

Institutionally Authored Books The Scholarly Communications Team estimates that staff at the University of Edinburgh write, edit or contribute to over 500 books annually and the Library aspires to hold two copies of each …Continue reading →

LOCH Project Update – September 2015 The three partners in the LOCH Project have all had busy few months, using the Summer to gear up for Open Access implementation in the new semester.   Events In …Continue reading →

Encouraging ‘deposit on acceptance’ by email Earlier this year we published a report “A year in the life of Open Access support: continuous improvement at University of St Andrews” which described development of our OA support …Continue reading →

LOCH Project at ELPUB 2015!        Last week I attended the 19th International Conference on Electronic Publishing (ELPUB 2015), which took place at the St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity in Valetta, Malta.  The theme …Continue reading →

REF Open Access Planning Workshop – 5th August Yesterday the LOCH Project held a workshop at Edinburgh College of Art, looking specifically at issues to do with planning for the implementation of the Open Access requirements in the …Continue reading →

PURE Validation Training TAGS: open access | PURE | REF Here at the University of Edinburgh we are gearing up for the implementation of the new REF Open Access requirements, and we are starting to trial new workflows.  My colleagues …Continue reading →

A year in the life of Open Access support: continuous improvement at University of St Andrews TAGS: Case study | Lean | open access The LOCH Project is pleased to announce the publication of its latest case study: A year in the life of Open Access support: continuous improvement at University of St Andrews. This …Continue reading →

Risk Registers TAGS: open access | RCUK | REF | risk register Today, I added a number of risks related to Open Access to the University’s Information Services Group Risk Register.  The risks were around loss/reduction of funding for Open Access and …Continue reading →

March Update from LOCH TAGS: open access I realise we’ve been a bit quiet recently, so it is high time we posted an update to let you know what we have been doing over the last few months! …Continue reading →