Have you ever thought about publishing your research open access? Library Services has Open Access transformative agreements with 8 major publishers through which you may be entitled to publish your paper via the Gold Open Access route at no cost for you. The process for using each agreement varies between publisher, but in general you…Continue Reading Publish Gold Open Access with City’s Transformative Agreements
The Benefits of Open Access
The principle benefits of open access were first enshrined within the visionary Budapest Open Access Initiative statement released on 14 February 2002, and are still very much alive 19 years later. The convergence of research sharing with technological distribution via the internet, it declared, would create an “unprecedented public good” by facilitating free, unrestricted, access…Continue Reading The Benefits of Open Access
Elsevier researcher webinar series
Designed to support academic and research-focused professionals, Elsevier webinars series includes a variety of topics such as journal publishing in different disciplines, avoiding fake journals and conferences, CiteScore metrics and researcher engagement will run from April 2023 to March 2024. Each session will feature Elsevier Customer Consultants, as well as local and international speakers. The…Continue Reading Elsevier researcher webinar series
Fairer access to e-books
During the pandemic, the Library Services team at City has been extremely busy with ordering e-book versions of texts that are needed for teaching and research at City. With libraries closed for months and no physical access to print collections – meaning that inter-library loan services have been severely impacted too – it has become…Continue Reading Fairer access to e-books
Finding opportunities to publish an article
We are sometimes asked by students about the possibility of publishing an article based on their dissertation or thesis for example. One way of seeking out opportunities is to subscribe to JISCMail mailing lists for your area of interest and look out for invitations such as a Call for papers or book chapters or content…Continue Reading Finding opportunities to publish an article