HHuLOA has launched a survey to investigate the links between Open Access and research support processes and strategy within institutions. We hope to provide guidance on how Open Access can be better embedded within research support in institutions, both to support the need for HEFCE policy compliance and see the benefit of Open Access for research dissemination.
To complete the survey, please visit https://hull.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/open-access-and-research-support. The survey should take no more than 15 minutes.
The survey is informed by a project event HHuLOA ran in June 2015 that attracted staff from a range of organisational units within universities. The outcome of this day has been written up in other blog posts (see links below), and this survey seeks to build on the discussions on that day.
https://library.hud.ac.uk/archive/projects/hhuloa/2015/11/12/hhuloa-project-event-blog-piece-part-1/
https://library.hud.ac.uk/archive/projects/hhuloa/2015/11/12/hhuloa-project-event-blog-piece-part-2/
The day highlighted the important role being filled by different staff within Open Access workflows, depending on how research support is structured, including Library, IT, Finance, Marketing, HR, and research support offices. The survey explores this stakeholder involvement further. As such, responses from across different organisational units within institutions are welcome to ascertain the picture from different perspectives. Please pass the survey link onto any colleagues also working with Open Access who can feed in their view. Looking beyond day-to-day Open Access practice, the survey also then considers the place of Open Access within institutional strategy: how much is Open Access a strategic driver in itself as well as a means to an end?
Thank you in advance for taking part in the survey!