Working with programmes: Open access
JISC supports open access to the published outputs of publicly-funded research to ensure that the fruits of UK research are made widely available.
JISC firmly believes in the value of repositories as a means of improving access to the results of publicly-funded research and, with institutions, has invested significantly in this area.
See JISC Open Access to find out more about all aspects of JISC’s work in the open access arena.
JISC expects the full text of all published research papers and conference proceedings arising from JISC-funded work to be deposited in an open access institutional repository, or if that isn't available, a subject repository. Deposit should include biographical metadata relating to such articles, and should be completed within six months of the paper's publication date.
JISC mandates that articles should be made available through publishers that adopt the RoMEO3 'green' approach as a minimum. Authors should go to another journal if the chosen journal doesn't adopt the RoMEO 'green' conditions.
JISC mandates the deposit of the native version (Word, PPT, etc.) along with a PDF. A format from which usable xml can be derived (not PDF) must be included.