Principles of Open Access and Open Access Publishing: the module is ready!

Today sees the launch of Queen Mary University's RDF100 module ‘Principles of Open Access and Open Access Publishing’.  The module is listed under ‘Learning Support / Library’ in QMplus and has been designed to give postgraduate and early career researchers a practical overview of the principles of Open Access (OA), specifically open access publishing of research output. Topics covered include: the history and principles of OA and debates surrounding it; funder mandates on OA and tools to support researchers with compliance; copyright and licences in relation to author rights and user permissions; guidance on publishing a paper in Open Access publications; and institutional tools that support researchers in making their research output OA.

It is possible to login as a guest and not be a QM user, though some features will then be inaccessible (the quizzes, for example). Happy reading!