Tuesday 25^th October

11.00 – 12.30pm, Open Learning Space (ground floor, Library)

A seminar for researchers in the Social Sciences, Humanities and Sciences

This session will provide an introduction to Open Access publishing from both a researcher and publisher perspective.

 In this session we will explore:

• the rationale for Open Access
• the current state of the field
• tools that are available for those seeking to edit and establish new journals
• researcher and publisher funding opportunities, particularly in light of author-pays models

Participants will leave with a solid understanding of Open Access and important related areas, such as copyright, that will allow them to accurately appraise the field and to make informed choices when publishing.

Speaker: Martin Eve (Doctoral researcher and founding editor of the Open Access journals, Excursions and Orbit)