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 →

Edinburgh Research Archive : a new look TAGS: dspace | edinburgh research archive | mirage 2 | repository We are pleased to announce a new look and feel to the Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA). Over the past few weeks our Library Digital Development team have been busy upgrading …Continue reading →

UKSG October webinar: The University Library as publisher. Can you? Should you? This webinar was held on Wednesday 29 October 2014 and was jointly presented by colleagues from the Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh. The idea of the webinar was to …Continue reading →

Open Access in the Next REF – Planning Update Over the last few weeks. the University of Edinburgh has seen a whirlwind of activity around the Open Access requirements for REF.  The Library’s Scholarly Communications Team attended an HSS College Research Committee, …Continue reading →

Open Access in the College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine TAGS: "open access" "article processing fees" | gold open access | green open access | open access | RCUK | Wellcome Trust My name is Anna Krzak, and I am an Open Access Research Publications Administrator for the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. I have been …Continue reading →

Subject disciplines & download figures TAGS: downloads | open access One line summary Disciplines without dedicated subject repositories seem to provide the most popular items downloaded from our institutional service. The general trend Whilst looking at the top 99 most …Continue reading →

2014 download statistics from research.ed.ac.uk TAGS: downloads | open access As well as reporting on the number of open access uploads to our institutional repository we now have the facility to report on the other end of the spectrum – …Continue reading →

Researchers – what’s new for you from the Library TAGS: open access | post-2014 REF “Researchers – what’s new for you from the Library” is an event being held in the Murray Library at the King’s Buildings to highlight some recent developments in Library services …Continue reading →

8000th full text item added to the Edinburgh Research Archive TAGS: Internship | open access To round off the week we’re delighted to have just archived our 8000th full text item in the Edinburgh Research Archive. The item to receive this prestigious accolade is a …Continue reading →

University of Edinburgh Open Access update: April 2014 TAGS: article processing charges | open access | RCUK Green Open Access As of 30th April there are approximately 78,340 records in our Current Research Information System (PURE), of which 18,321 have open access documents available to the general …Continue reading →