This course is run by: Library's Research Support Team

Target audience

Early Career Researchers (ECRs), including postgraduate researchers.

Pre-requisites

A basic awareness of open access and its benefits is recommended. If you are new to the topic, you may find it helpful to review our basics of open access webpage.

Process

This is a one-hour online course delivered via Microsoft Teams and consists of a presentation with some interaction. 

Course description

Moving beyond gold open access, this session explores how to make journal articles and conference proceedings openly available through the green open access route by depositing them in an institutional repository. Designed for both funded and unfunded researchers, the session focuses on routes that do not require payment of an Article Processing Charge (APC) and explains how the University's Open Access Publication Policy with Rights Retention (OAPP) can support you.

We will provide practical guidance on navigating publisher policies and using the open policy finder tool to identify open access options for individual journals. The session will cover how green open access can support compliance with REF2029 open access requirements and the policies of external research funders, such as UKRI and Wellcome Trust.

In addition, we will explore how sharing different versions of a manuscript can support your open access objectives, and how publishing licences influence the use and re-use of your research. The session will conclude with a practical overview of depositing research outputs in the University's institutional repository (RIS).

By the end of the session you will be able to:

• identify routes to green open access publishing using publisher policies and open policy finder
• explain how the University's OAPP can support your publishing choices
• navigate REF2029 and major funder open access requirements
• select an appropriate licence to support the sharing and re-use of your research
• deposit research outputs in the University's institutional repository (RIS)

Tutors

Librarians from the Research Support Team.

Accessibility

The following list shows a summary of what is needed to participate in the course:

• Access to MS Teams
• Attend the course at the specified date and time
• Use MS Teams chat box function
• Watch and listen to the course tutor(s) and/or other attendees
• Follow presentation slides during the course

If you feel you will experience any difficulties participating, please let us know via the ‘special requirements’ tab, providing as much information as possible. The special requirements tab can be completed when you book your place. Alternatively, you can contact us directly at library-researchsupport@nottingham.ac.uk

Webinar access instructions

This is an online session in Microsoft Teams. On the day of the session please use the link in this email to join the meeting. Please do not click the link in this email until the day of the session.

You will need a headset or speakers for the webinar and we recommend that you join 5 minutes before the webinar is due to start so that you can test them. Please mute your microphone, switch off your webcam, and open the chat box function as you join the Teams meeting. Any questions can be asked via the chat box.

This session may be recorded. If a recording is kept of the session, then please note, that it may be made available to the wider University of Nottingham community.