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Changes to the University of Aberdeen Open Access Fund
UKRI Block Grant The funding currently allocated by UKRI is insufficient to cover the total cost of compliance with their open access policy. For this reason, we have had to adjust our previous policy of managing the block grant on a first-come-first-served basis and move to only paying Article Processing Charges...
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Introduction to Open Research - online session on 14 July - Cancelled
Please note that the event mentioned below has been cancelled. Further updates will follow.
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What is Scholarly Communications? - online session on 7 July
On Tuesday 7 July at 12:00 the Library will offer a short introduction to the Scholarly Communications Team. Our online session will give an overview of our services and provide information on how we can help you navigate the process of making your research open access. Aimed at academic staff and...
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Taught Postgraduates - online courses to help with your dissertations and projects: 25 & 26 May
Specially arranged for Taught Postgraduate students, IT services will deliver the following online sessions to support anyone writing and formatting their dissertation using Microsoft Word. The sessions will be delivered via MS Teams. 'Adding Style to your Dissertation'11:00 – 12:00 – Monday 25 May11:00 – 12:00 – Tuesday 26 May Content:Stress-free steps...
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Open Access agreements
The University has agreements with Wiley and Springer where you can publish original research and review articles open access in participating journals at no extra cost to you. Please note that the corresponding author must be currently affiliated to the University of Aberdeen. We also have a number of agreements with...
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Book returns
We would like to reassure all Library users that you don’t need to worry about returning your library books during the lockdown period. Books will be automatically renewed while the Library buildings are closed. Holding on to your books for now will not incur fines or stop graduating students from graduating. Returning...
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RefWorks downtime
Ex Libris are moving the RefWorks data centre to a new server. The process began in December and will be completed in May. Therefore, a further downtime will take place on Sunday 10 May 2020, which will affect both Legacy RefWorks and the new version of RefWorks, as well as Write-N-Cite and RefWorks Citation...
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Update on off-campus access to certain publishers: authentication issues
Please note that off-campus access to content by the following publishers temporarily requires the use of VDI, as there have been issues with Shibboleth authentication. The publishers are: IOS Press American Society for Microbiology We will provide further updates.
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COVID-19: temporary access to additional e-resources: update
We have added more material to our list of e-resources temporarily made available by publishers. Visit our web page at bit.ly/COVID-19LibraryUpdates (section 'Temporary Access to Additional E-Resources) and discover new e-books, e-journals & other material spanning several subject areas. The list is updated regularly as changes are made to the freely available...
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COVID-19 - Continued Access to Library Resources and Services during Library Closures
All University of Aberdeen Library buildings are closed. This includes the Special Collections Centre and all Museums. We would like to reassure all students and academic staff that a digital library service will continue to be available while our physical libraries are closed and we will continue to support study,...