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Open research
We’re working to develop services, provide support, and influence policy in order to enable UK higher education to realise the rewards of open research. Read our introductory guide.
Policy compliance
Helping you to meet and demonstrate compliance with different funder and publisher requirements.
Guides
Complying with open access policies
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.
Guides
Managing your open access 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.
Guides
Open access: discovery usage and impact
Services
CORE
Aggregation of OA content from repositories and journals
IRUS-UK
Standards-based statistics aggregation service
OpenDOAR
Global directory of OA repositories
Metadata and interoperability
Helping you to overcome interoperability issues between funder, publisher and institutional systems.
Guides
Supporting OA through metadata and improved interoperability
Services
ORCID consortium membership
Including technical support
Research systems connect
Join up your digital research management platforms.
Member stories
Valerie McCutcheon
Research information manager, University of Glasgow
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