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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>RUSSELL GROUP UNIVERSITY REACHES INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHER SOCIAL SCIENCES DIRECTORY <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 (<a href="http://www.socialsciencedirectory.com">www.socialsciencedirectory.com</a>). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tony Simmonds, Faculty Team Leader – Social Sciences at the University of Nottingham, commented:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“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.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dan Scott, founder and director, commented:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“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.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:white'>ENDS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:white'>11.12.2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>NOTE TO EDITORS:</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>removing individual journal titles in favour of a large repository<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>making the resulting content freely available<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Social Sciences Directory is an affiliate member of the <a href="http://oaspa.org/">Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For further information, please contact Daniel Scott, Director, Social Sciences Directory Limited on +44 (0)1423 326 257 or +44 (0)770 381 2042.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Email <a href="mailto:dan.scott@socialsciencesdirectory.com">dan.scott@socialsciencesdirectory.com</a>; <a href="mailto:dan.scott@humanitiesdirectory.com">dan.scott@humanitiesdirectory.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>URL <a href="http://www.socialsciencesdirectory.com/">www.socialsciencesdirectory.com</a>; <a href="http://www.humanitiesdirectory.com">www.humanitiesdirectory.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2011/november/queensanniversaryprize.aspx" title="The University of Nottingham won a Queen's Anniversary Prize"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Queen’s Anniversary Prize</span></a> for Higher and Further Education in 2011, for its research into global food security.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>For more information about the University of Nottingham, please visit: <a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.nottingham.ac.uk</span></a></i><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dan Scott MA, BA (Hons)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Social Sciences Directory Limited<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>T: +44 (0)1423 326 257<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>M: +44 (0)770 381 2042<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="www.socialsciencesdirectory.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.socialsciencesdirectory.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.humanitiesdirectory.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.humanitiesdirectory.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>READ IT. 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