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The library research services team along with all our library colleagues are slowly adjusting to working remotely, during these unprecedented times. A significant amount of our activity and workload is around the open research agenda, and in particular open access (OA) to research publications and data. Photo by  Fusion Medical Animation  on  Unsplash We are aware that during the last few weeks there are many COVID-19 and Coronavirus research-related outputs being made freely available to access (not necessarily to text or data mine)  and our academic medical librarian Keith has made a very useful curated list of resources available here  and the University Library has a list of  publishers and content providers who have provided temporary free access to a wide range of their material in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. . A few resources and initiatives worth having a look at and searching (in addition to the key databases your normally use if your institution has a subscr

The University’s Open Research Group is currently  preparing  institutional feedback on the proposed changes to the UKRI open access policy. As  part  of this  work , we are inviting all CSSAH academic staff and PhD  students  to an online  feedback  meeting. We want to gather  feedback from as  many  people as possible in order to  properly  inform  the University’s response to the consultation. P articularly  important are the  proposed   changes  around open access and  monographs .   Richard Thomas ( Dean of Research)   will be opening the meeting. Details Thursday 23 April 10:30 – 12:00  Registration :   https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cssah-ukri-open-access-oa-consultation-town-hall-feedback-meeting-tickets-102075967968 A   link to the  webinar  and an  information   pack  will be sent to registered attendees in due course.  The full UKRI OA review consultation document is available   here   and a video recording of the UKRI information event is available   here