Focusing upstream: supporting scholarly communication by academics

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https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.292

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This article discusses the broad and complex funder open access (OA) policy environment in the UK and describes some of the challenges libraries face in providing frictionless services to support academic compliance. It offers a view on the actions of publishers in this policy environment, as well as outlining how strategic discussions have moved beyond the library to include the whole institution. Finally, it outlines the work being undertaken at Imperial College London to develop a new OA policy and licence which could support academics and institutions with compliance and HEFCE Research Excellence Framework eligibility in a single step. 

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Chris Banks, Imperial College London

Chris Banks, FRSA, is Director of Library Services at Imperial College London. Chris joined Imperial in September 2013. She had previously worked at the University of Aberdeen where she was University Librarian and Director of Library, Special Collections and Museums, and at the British Library where she spent over 20 years in a variety of curatorial, management and strategic roles. At Aberdeen Chris was the library lead on the award-winning £57m library project and The Sir Duncan Rice Library was opened by Her Majesty the Queen in September 2012. Chris is a member of a number of national groups taking a strategic view of content management and open access. She also retains her interest in music and is a trustee of a number of music bodies.

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2016-03-07

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Vol. 29 No. 1: March 2016

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Opinion Pieces

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