#43 The Rights Retention Policy of Edinburgh University

Open Science Talk

As the first UK institution, Edinburgh University adopted a Rights Retention Policy on 1st January 2022. As a result, all research articles written by Edinburgh’s researchers can now be made legally available in open access immediately upon publication in a journal or a volume of conference proceedings. In this episode, head of Library Research Support at Edinburgh University Library, Dominic Tate explains how the policy came into being and how it has been received by academic publishers. More details, including a transcript of the entire episode, can be found at doi.org/10.7557/19.6859.