Open Access: Implications and Opportunities -Prof. Nicholas Canny (ERC) and Prof. Lokesh Joshi (V-P for Research)

Open Access: Implications and Opportunities Speakers: Prof. Nicholas Canny (ERC) and Prof. Lokesh Joshi (V-P for Research)

Open Access is an issue that will be of increasing importance to all academics and it has specific implications for Humanities and Social Science researchers which need to be assessed. In particular, funding bodies are beginning to make it a requirement that publications, including underlying datasets, relating to the research they support should be freely available. The prospect is that journals will impose charges for publication, covered by grants, but this will have major implications for how we disseminate our research and how institutions handle this financial challenge. Prof. Canny is a member of the European Research Council which asked him to research this question. Prof. Joshi, as VP for research, will offer his institutional and scientific perspective. This event has come about in conjunction between the Moore Institute and the Hardiman Library, and members of the library including John Cox will be there to offer their views on this significant challenge.