[SSC] {Spam?} RUSSELL GROUP UNIVERSITY REACHES INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHER SOCIAL SCIENCES DIRECTORY

Tue Dec 11 11:45:13 UTC 2012

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RUSSELL GROUP UNIVERSITY REACHES INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH
OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHER SOCIAL SCIENCES DIRECTORY 

UK-based 'gold' open access publisher Social Sciences Directory Limited
today announces that Russell Group member, the University of Nottingham, has
become the first university in the world to take up an institutional
membership to the multi-disciplinary journal Social Sciences Directory
(www.socialsciencedirectory.com). 

The institutional membership, which costs GBP 2,000, will allow an unlimited
number of manuscript submissions to be made without any additional payments
of either article processing charges or subscriptions, up to the end of
2013. The intention is to cut the time taken to publish and disseminate
research, whilst maintaining editorial quality controls. All research papers
will undergo peer review and be published under a Creative Commons CC-BY
licence. 

Tony Simmonds, Faculty Team Leader - Social Sciences at the University of
Nottingham, commented:

"Nottingham has long been a proponent of open access publishing, with an
established research fund to pay open access charges. We believe this is a
promising and bold venture, and one that deserves backing."

Dan Scott, founder and director, commented:

"This is a landmark agreement and I am very pleased that a university as
prestigious as Nottingham has become the first to support this initiative.
Having worked in subscription publishing for years, I heard academics and
librarians complain about its flaws and cost but say there was no viable
alternative. Open access publishing provides significant benefits for
authors and readers alike in widening access, allowing author copyright
retention and providing better value-for-money for taxpayers. Core to our
thinking is that Social Sciences Directory provides a platform for published
research across a broad range of disciplinary areas and from a wide
international catchment. We hope this agreement will act as an example to
other universities and that they will follow suit."

ENDS

11.12.2012

NOTE TO EDITORS:

Social Sciences Directory Limited was founded in 2012 by Dan Scott, as a
'gold' open access publisher. It was set up in reaction to many well-known
issues in scholarly publishing such as IP, the quantity of wasted material,
outdated methodologies and unsustainable costs at a time of widespread
budget austerity. It has established two websites, Social Sciences Directory
which is 'live' and Humanities Directory, which is in the process of being
set up and aims to publish its first issue in early 2013. A central concept
is that most research is now carried out online using keyword searches, and
Social Sciences Directory simplifies the process by:

.         removing individual journal titles in favour of a large repository

.         making the resulting content freely available

In addition, value-added content such as case studies, presentations,
reports and conference proceedings can be submitted free of charge and
published subject to editorial approval.

Social Sciences Directory is an affiliate member of the Open Access
Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) <http://oaspa.org/> .

For further information, please contact Daniel Scott, Director, Social
Sciences Directory Limited on +44 (0)1423 326 257 or +44 (0)770 381 2042.

Email dan.scott at socialsciencesdirectory.com;
dan.scott at humanitiesdirectory.com 

URL www.socialsciencesdirectory.com
<http://www.socialsciencesdirectory.com/> ; www.humanitiesdirectory.com 

The University of Nottingham, described by The Sunday Times University Guide
2011 as 'the embodiment of the modern international university', has 40,000
students at award-winning campuses in the United Kingdom, China and
Malaysia. It is ranked in the UK's Top 10 and the World's Top 75
universities by the Shanghai Jiao Tong (SJTU) and the QS World University
Rankings. It was named 'the world's greenest university' in the UI
GreenMetric World University Ranking 2011.

More than 90 per cent of research at the University of Nottingham is of
international quality, according to the most recent Research Assessment
Exercise. The University's vision is to be recognised around the world for
its signature contributions, especially in global food security, energy &
sustainability, and health. The University won a
<http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2011/november/queensannivers
aryprize.aspx> Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in
2011, for its research into global food security.

For more information about the University of Nottingham, please visit:
<http://www.nottingham.ac.uk> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk

Dan Scott MA, BA (Hons)

Director

Social Sciences Directory Limited

T: +44 (0)1423 326 257

M: +44 (0)770 381 2042

www.socialsciencesdirectory.com 

 <http://www.humanitiesdirectory.com> www.humanitiesdirectory.com

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