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T here is a great answered question in British open access policy: what will happen to books? It has long been signalled that OA policy for the next REF, and for research funded by UKRI, will require books to be made open access. Perhaps the real question is how will books be made open access?  The current proposal by UKRI is as follows: Monographs, book chapters and edited collections that acknowledge UKRI funding to be made OA.  The version of record, or author manuscript, should be made available via an online platform...  ... using a maximum 12 month embargo and CC BY or CC BY-ND licence.  This policy would apply to works published on, or after,  1 January 2024 . UKRI are still to decide on some issues including: definitions, exceptions (there are quite a few listed), author copyright.  This policy will also inform  future REF  open access policy. We provided more details on these proposals and the accompanying consultation ear...

Early observations from the ‘Open research practices, engagement and perspectives’ survey. By Tom Moore  With the 2020 Open Access Week theme “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion” we thought this would be a good opportunity to give some early observations from the survey conducted between May and October 2020 of Leicester researchers on ‘Open research practices, engagement and perspectives’. The observations will focus on two areas: Potential for local structural inequity and exclusion: Role (the position in research career) External research funding The survey was jointly produced by the REF environment and library research services teams. For the research services team, the primary purpose of the survey was to take stock and get a picture of where the research community at Leicester are with the Open Research agenda. To identify potential case studies and to help us target and develop our advocacy, training and engagement program. ...