The University intends that research outputs accepted for publication and all MPhil and Doctoral students’ theses will be placed in the Roehampton University Research Repository and thereby made freely accessible to the public.
Where the publisher prohibits use of the output in its actual published form, the author’s final version should be used. Where publishers’ copyright agreements prohibit even this, full bibliographical details should be provided and, where possible, a link to the website where the published version can be accessed. ...
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
