[BOAI] Announcement of a new Centre for research and development in open access communications at the University of Nottingham

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Bill Hubbard.  --Peter Suber.]


For release Friday, 5th June 2009

Announcement of a new Centre for research and development in open access 
communications at the University of Nottingham

The way that research is communicated around the world is changing rapidly, 
opening access for more people to more research than has been available 
before. This brings change, challenges and exciting opportunities for 
authors, investigators and others in the research process.

The SHERPA team at the University of Nottingham are pleased to announce the 
formation of a new research centre -- the Centre for Research 
Communications (CRC). This will be based at the University and will help to 
support and inform these changes and new ideas.  The CRC will house the 
portfolio of open access projects, services and initiatives currently 
undertaken by the University.

These include the home of the SHERPA partnership; the open access services 
RoMEO, Juliet and OpenDOAR; the Repositories Support Project (RSP), and the 
University contribution to the European and international projects DRIVER, 
Dart-Europe and NECOBELAC. Project and service funders include JISC, the 
European Commission, the Wellcome Trust and SPARCEurope. The CRC will also 
act as a focus for new work in the area both within the University and 
nationally.

Bill Hubbard has been appointed as Head of the CRC:  "We aim to develop 
innovative research and development activities across the whole field of 
research communication. This is an exciting time for authors and 
researchers. We are beginning to leave behind straightforward electronic 
analogues of our centuries-old print world and realise the possibilities of 
new and far richer forms of research communication."

The SHERPA team and others will be working over the coming weeks to 
establish the CRC and promote its activities -- more details soon!


Contact:
Bill Hubbard
Centre for Research Communications
crc at nottingham.ac.uk

Centre for Research Communications
Greenfield Medical Library
University of Nottingham
Queens Medical Centre
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
UK

Email  crc at nottingham.ac.uk
Tel  +44(0)  115  846 7657
Fax  +44(0)  115  846 8244