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Open research
Removing barriers, embedding open practices and developing open infrastructure.
Open research extends beyond the boundaries of open access articles to all research outputs, including metadata, data, algorithms, code and software, as well as the processes and management of research itself.
Key services
Policy compliance
Helping you to meet and demonstrate compliance with different funder and publisher requirements.
Services
Sherpa services
Tools to access and comply with OA archiving policies
Publications Router
Populates repositories automatically
OpenAIRE national OA desk (NOAD)
Support to comply with the EC's OA policy
Jisc Collections support for OA
Global OA compliance standards for publishers
Monitor Local
APC and compliance reporting
Cost management
Support with improving your processes and systems; and providing shared services, in order to save costs.
Services
Jisc Collections support for OA
Negotiating with publishers to constrain OA costs
Monitor Local
APC management and reporting
Monitor UK
APC management
Preservation
Keep your digital assets and collections usable
Research outputs repository systems purchasing
Purchase a repository from pre-qualified suppliers
Discovery, usage and impact
Supporting you to improve the visibility of your repository and demonstrate the reach and impact of your research.
Metadata and interoperability
Helping you to overcome interoperability issues between funder, publisher and institutional systems.
Services
ORCID consortium membership
Including technical support
A new way to publish your research
Open by design, Octopus is free to use and publishes all stages of the research process, whether it is a hypothesis, a method, data, an analysis or a peer review.
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Valerie McCutcheon
Research information manager, University of Glasgow
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