Welcome to the Open to Open Access (O2OA) project blog!
O2OA is a joint JISC funded project between Coventry University, the University of Northampton and De Montfort University. These three Midlands-based, Modern Universities are collaborating to identify...
View ArticleO2OA Goes to London
Colleagues from the O2OA project attended the recent Jisc Open Access Good Practice Workshop (17th June) and Programme meeting (25th June). Lorna Everall (CU project lead) and Alan Cope (DMU)...
View ArticleO2OA – Blog Two
It has been an active few months for the O2OA project. As per our plan, our main activities so far have included: Focus groups with university staff (research support and Academic) Collation of...
View ArticleO2OA had a play date!
Ok, well not play date but it was fun (and productive). A group of JISC Pathfinder projects met yesterday to discuss some of the OA issues faced by Modern Universities. We had all independently reached...
View ArticleO2OA – Provisional needs assessment released
As part of the deliverables for the JISC Pathfinder project, the O2OA team have released a provisional needs assessment report. This document outlines the responses and analysis from focus groups and...
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O2OA Needs assessment – final version! (again!)
UPDATED: Thanks to Catherine Sharp at UCL!! Following release of a draft needs assessment report in October, the O2OA team have combined comments and new data to produce a final version. This updated...
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O2OA: Reflections on the process and playdates so far
Well doesn’t time fly! It seems only moments ago we were reporting on the end of the first phase, and now the second is in full swing! After the challenges and intensiveness of the needs assessment,...
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O2OA materials now on Jorum
Our O2OA outputs are now accessible from a single point online! All O2OA outputs to date are now available on Jorum. These are: Needs assessment report – the summary of our first phase exploring the...
View ArticleHitting year 2…..O2OA continues!
Since the last major update (March 2015), O2OA has considered how it can best deliver on year 2. As with the other Pathfinders we reflected on whether the original project plan was still realistic and...
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O2OA launch Intervention Mapping tool
As part of the O2OA Pathfinder, which focuses on building OA within a Modern University setting, we have now produced an intervention tool for partners across the sector. This tool, derived from...
View ArticleReviewing the plan
Since the last update (Sept 2015), O2OA has followed the revised project plan. Activities since October: Julie Bayley has published an Open Access Intervention Mapping Tool, based on behaviour change...
View ArticleShared Learning Log
Shared Learning Throughout the project all three partners have developed solutions to the issues faced when trying to implement Open Access (OA). Consequently, it was thought that it would be useful to...
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Intervention mapping to support RDM
With billions of pounds of public money being invested into UK research annually, institutions are now required to have infrastructure and processes in place for the effective management of research...
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