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University of Leicester
http://www2.le.ac.uk/ (UK institutional-mandate)
Institution's OA Repository:
https://lra.le.ac.uk/
Institution's OA Self-Archiving Policy:
http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/
The University, following a decision ratified by Senate on 27 May
2009, has joined a growing number of UK institutions, including UCL,
Edinburgh, Glasgow and Southampton, in adopting an open access mandate
for research publications. Open access means that a research
publication can be freely accessed by anyone using an internet
connection.
Academics are now required to submit their research publications to
both the open access web-based Leicester Research Archive (LRA) and
the internal central research publications database (RED). The LRA
includes full text versions of publications where publishers' terms
allow it (or the bibliographic reference otherwise); RED includes only
bibliographic references.
This policy will:
-- enable analysis of Leicester?s outputs in the run up to REF and
inform the selection of submissions;
-- enhance the visibility of Leicester?s research, increasing usage;
-- assist with compliance of research funders? open access policies
and their open access audits. The policies of the Research Councils
and other funding bodies can be found in this document;
-- showcase Leicester?s research to potential collaborators and
prospective postgraduate students;
-- ensure a publication?s long term preservation.
Received on Tue Jul 28 2009 - 04:17:00 BST