Apollo, the University repository has been successfully upgraded. Following a period of system downtime while the upgrade took place, it is now possible to make open access, research data and doctoral thesis deposits into Apollo from Elements.
A new preprints deposit service is now available. You can use Elements to deposit preprints in Apollo:
Please do not deposit preprints that have already been published on a subject repository/preprint server unless you have concerns about long-term preservation. See the Open access website for guidance on publishing preprints, including a preprint checker tool to help you select a suitable preprint server for your discipline. See the Unlocking Research blog post for more information.
The West Hub, with the STEMM libraries in collaboration with Postdocs of Cambridge Society, are pleased to invite you to our new Research Cafés held throughout the year. In a relaxed environment, they will allow you to meet peers outside your immediate research group or discipline to further understanding, collaboration, and engagement across the West Cambridge site.
Next Café Theme: Climate Change
Date: 24 April 2024
The presentations, on the 24th of April 2024, will accompany a keynote given by Professor Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, Co-founder of Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Emeritus Professor of Cosmology & Astrophysics, Cambridge University and Fellow and 38th Master of Trinity College.
Hey there, content creators!
Did you know your West Hub is making it easy for all to create quality audio and video content with their new Media Lab?
This facility is open to staff, students, and the public to create a range of digital content, like:
The West Hub's Digital Media Lab can be used to record high-quality videos and audio to deliver your digital content to the highest production standard. You can use the equipment to record green-screen videos, podcasts or add voice-overs to your presentation slides. Bring your brief and a script and the Media Team will provide the equipment and the technical assistance you need.
This service is free of charge for University projects that take up to 1 hour and 30 minutes of studio and post-production time (inclusive). Longer projects and commercial projects will be subject to hourly charges.
Please contact infowesthub@admin.cam.ac.uk for more details and to book.
The University launched a new Self-Archiving Policy on 1 April 2023, following the year-long Rights Retention Pilot.
The policy gives Cambridge researchers a cost-effective route to make the accepted version of their papers open access without embargo – something that is now required by almost all research funders. It applies to all peer-reviewed research articles submitted after 1 April 2023, including reviews and conference papers.
One key difference between the new Self-Archiving Policy and the previous Rights Retention Pilot is that it is opt-out rather than opt-in.
This means that all researchers must either:
Before submission, ensure that your co-authors agree to apply a CC BY licence to the accepted manuscript. Alternative licences are permitted providing they are in line with funder requirements.
It is advisable to include the following sentence in your article’s financial disclosure or acknowledgements section: “For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission”. This ensures that the publisher is aware of your intention to retain the right to distribute the accepted manuscript.
On acceptance, deposit your article into the repository through Symplectic Elements.
Researchers can include any preference for an alternative Creative Commons licence using the options provided.
Email info@openaccess.cam.ac.uk stating your intention to opt out. When depositing papers into the repository through Symplectic Elements, it is your responsibility to inform us that you are opting out by using fields provided in the form.
More information about the new policy can be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/self-archiving-policy
Guidance and FAQs are available at https://www.openaccess.cam.ac.uk/publishing-open-access/self-archiving-policy-guidance
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