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Welcome to our first newsletter just for staff!
If there is anything you want to hear more about let us know.

Open Access is here! Are you ready?

On 1 April 2016 the new Open Access Policy for the next Research
Excellence Framework (REF) comes into force, building on existing
funder policies. The REF OA policy requires that you deposit your
peer-reviewed manuscripts in PURE as soon after acceptance as
possible: Act on Acceptance: Deposit in Pure. Read more on our
blog. Your University Library can help with this process:

Ask us about:

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Open access options, embargoes, copyright and licensing.

Funders' OA policies.
How to deposit in Pure.
OA for REF eligibility.
Funding in some Gold Open Access cases.

Open Access team: openaccess@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research Data team: research-data@st-andrews.ac.uk
See our webpages for more information, a checklist and video demo.

Digital Collections revamped!

The project to build St Andrews Digital Collections began in 2013 and we now
hold almost 300 items, all of which are either unique or of special significance
to St Andrews. Over the past few months weve made several improvements to
the site to make it easier for you to discover, navigate and to explore the
contents of the objects in the collections. Expect further developments in the
coming months! Find out more on the Library blog.

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New access to Latin Dictionary

The Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources was the first ever
dictionary to focus on British Latin, covering the language from 6th century to
16th it was completed in print in 2013. We have recently purchased an online
version of the dictionary which will be of interest to medievalists and allows
for much faster searching and retrieval. You can access the dictionary from our
A-Z list of databases.

Image in the Public Domain, from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prog-languages.png

Do you write software for research?

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The University Librarys Research Computing Team is reaching out to anyone
across the University who is developing software for research. No matter
where in the University you work or what your job title/description is, if you write
code (from domain-specific languages to C to R to JavaScript), we would like
to hear from you. You can find out more on the Library blog, get in touch:
research-computing@st-andrews.ac.uk or join the St Andrews Research
Computing Network mailing list.

Franki Raffles archive

Dr Alistair Scott from Edinburgh Napier University recently discussed the
launch of the Franki Raffles Archive website www.frankirafflesarchive.org in a
guest blog post for us. Franki Raffles was, as Dr Scott explains in the post: "a
feminist social documentary photographer" and a St Andrews graduate.
Materials archived include photographic prints, negatives and notebooks,
which were deposited in our Special Collections and are in the process of being
digitising and catalogued. See the photographic collection for details.

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Trial access until 30th June 2016

The trial is on campus only and can be accessed at UN iLibrary. This new
database allows you to cross-search the many publications authored by the
different UN departments, agencies, funds and programs. The resource
currently includes publications, journals and series in the official languages of
the United Nations but further content including working papers and statistics
will be added throughout 2016.

New in EndNote X7
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EndNote (software for managing references) now has a new option

available to help support research collaboration. Researchers can now
share their desktop library with up to 14 people allowing all members of
the group to access references, PDFs and annotations at the same time.
Find out how to share your library by viewing this video, or contact us
for advice on how best to use this functionality for your research projects.

22.04.16

Winner! You Said We Did Prize Draw

When filling in one of our You Said We Did feedback we offer everyone
the chance to enter a prize draw.

04.04.16

Migration to New Worlds: The Century of Immigration

New Resource
Access now available to primary source material relating to the migration
of people to the New Worlds over a 350 year period.

31.03.16

University of St Andrews Library Visiting Scholarship

Scheme 2016
This is a guest post by Maxine Branagh- one of our Visiting Scholars for
2016.

28.03.16

Open Access is here! Make sure you are ready

Open Access is now an essential feature of scholarly communications.

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