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So a further question arises: can/should a rights assignment for the period after the author’s death also be included or considered a requirement of the publishing contract in these

requirements for research data management and sharing as a condition of their grants. ... There was the observation that the requirement for library qualification is moving from ‘essential’ to ‘desirable’ in job advertisements, and some are just

Despite the challenges that apply to authors (such as funder requirements, national mandates, or differentials of income), there is a clear advantage of publishing open access.

This refers to the requirement to develop skills and provision of specialised researcher training. ... Any requirement to use specialised software or obscure data manipulations should be avoided wherever possible.

One list attempting to collect the declarations and position statements on Open Research from around the world has over 90 entries. ... But this is easier said than done. While making underlying data available has been a requirement of some publishers

While these might seem like lofty and even admirable goals, it does not mean that the academic response to being informed of their grant requirement for sharing data have been met ... Who owns the data? This is an interesting question. EPSRC policies

Quick win: minimum requirements for making shared data useful. A requirement that, as a minimum, three key elements should be made available with publications – the raw data, the source code and ... One easy solution is to nudge researchers towards

that their chosen repository meets the requirements set out in this policy.” And this is the crunch point. ... The updated HEFCE policy has addressed this:. “… we have decided to introduce an exception to the deposit requirements for outputs

Helpfully, the policy document makes no mention of this requirement; rather, this feature of the policy appears in the accompanying FAQs. ... The most challenging part of the COAF policy is the Europe PMC deposit requirement.

We are scoping the technical requirements for automating these processes. A new requirement at Cambridge for the deposit of digital theses means there will be three different processes because requests for