Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to announce the following.
Dominic Tate
SHERPA Repository Development Officer
Centre for Research Communications
Greenfield Medical Library
A.31 Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
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Phone: 0115 84 67544
Mobile: 07825 753 982
Fax: 0115 846 8244
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For release Friday, 5th June 2009
Announcement of a new Centre for research and development in open access
communications at the University of Nottingham
The way that research is communicated around the world is changing
rapidly, opening access for more people to more research than has been
available before. This brings change, challenges and exciting
opportunities for authors, investigators and others in the research
process.
The SHERPA team at the University of Nottingham are pleased to announce
the formation of a new research centre -- the Centre for Research
Communications (CRC). This will be based at the University and will help
to support and inform these changes and new ideas. The CRC will house
the portfolio of open access projects, services and initiatives
currently undertaken by the University.
These include the home of the SHERPA partnership; the open access
services RoMEO, Juliet and OpenDOAR; the Repositories Support Project
(RSP), and the University contribution to the European and international
projects DRIVER, Dart-Europe and NECOBELAC. Project and service funders
include JISC, the European Commission, the Wellcome Trust and
SPARCEurope. The CRC will also act as a focus for new work in the area
both within the University and nationally.
Bill Hubbard has been appointed as Head of the CRC: "We aim to develop
innovative research and development activities across the whole field of
research communication. This is an exciting time for authors and
researchers. We are beginning to leave behind straightforward electronic
analogues of our centuries-old print world and realise the possibilities
of new and far richer forms of research communication."
The SHERPA team and others will be working over the coming weeks to
establish the CRC and promote its activities -- more details soon!
Contact:
Bill Hubbard
Centre for Research Communications
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Centre for Research Communications
Greenfield Medical Library
University of Nottingham
Queens Medical Centre
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
UK
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Tel +44(0) 115 846 7657
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