Imagine a world without access restrictions, where you could freely obtain any article in any journal regardless of whether the library could afford to subscribe to it (and without breaking the law).
This is the vision of the open access movement - and in addition to the obvious benefits for readers, open access has the potential to raise the profile of academic research, which has traditionally only been visible to those fortunate enough to be members of well-resourced institutions.
A number of initiatives are underway to increase the availability of scholarly research, including SHURA - Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive
SHURA is Sheffield Hallam University’s open access research repository, designed to share our research with the world. Papers in SHURA can be discovered via search engines such as Google Scholar, making them easier to find - and as a result we’re already seeing our papers being downloaded by users worldwide. With the new RAE expected to increase the focus on citations and impact factors, this is an important way of disseminating your research to the widest possible readership.
For more information about SHURA, or to find out how you can add your own research papers, please see the staff intranet pages (SHU staff only) or the SHURA blog.
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