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Rights retention for open access research
Many research funders have adopted a ‘rights retention’ approach to support open access. This aims to ensure researchers retain sufficient reuse rights over their work, to meet open access requirements. […]
Setting up an open access journal
Before starting your journal Establish key information about your journal Look at the journal market in your subject area(s) and think about how your journal will contribute to the […]
Transformative agreements for open access publishing
CCCU has signed agreements with a selection of academic publishers to enable more researchers at the University to publish their research articles open access. Authors submitting articles for publication in […]
What is the CCCU Research Space Repository?
CCCU Research Space Repository is an online archive of the University’s research outputs – i.e. things that are produced as a result of research, for example journal articles, book chapters, […]
Research support: What the library offers
The Library and Learning Resources Learning Skills Team offers high-quality guidance and support to staff and students on developing academic and information skills, literacies and digital capabilities. We also provide […]
A short introduction to research data management (RDM)
What is research data? “Research data is defined as recorded factual material commonly retained by and accepted in the scientific community as necessary to validate research findings; although the majority of such […]
A fresh Gale and perceptions of veganism
The library has recently acquired access to an extended range of historic newspapers via the Gale Primary Sources Database. In this blog post, second year English Language student, Holly Myers […]
Buried In Ashford: H.E. Bates & Simone Weil
Two very different authors connected by a resting place in Kent The unlikely pairing of H.E. Bates (1905-1974) and Simone Weil (1909-1943) are bought together by the location of their […]