Open Access Mandate

Immediate Deposit: From October 3rd 2011, research staff are required to deposit metadata and full-text of the final accepted draft (not the published version) of their publications in BIROn, immediately upon acceptance, as mandated by the College's Academic Board.

Optional Access: Staff decide who can see their full text.  Although the mandate strongly encourages Open Access, this does not have to be immediate and can be altered on request.

About BIROn

Effortless Archiving: With a new, streamlined deposit process, researchers can register and complete their first deposit in less than 10 minutes.

REF-ready: Helping to showcase Birkbeck’s research output, BIROn will also facilitate collection and collation of publication data for the 2013 Research Excellence Framework, saving staff time.

Copyright safe: Copyright is thoroughly checked by BIROn staff.

Funder compliant: Many research funders like EPSRC now mandate Open Access deposit in some form.  Institutional repositories like BIROn help you fulfil these obligations.

For more details on the service, please see the FAQs, or contact: p.rigg@bbk.ac.uk, 0207 380 3266