{"id":1073,"date":"2026-08-13T17:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2026-08-13T17:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:23:09","slug":"drop-in-support-2026-open-access-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/2026\/08\/drop-in-support-2026-open-access-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop-in support 2026: Open access and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you looking for advice and information on open access or managing publications? Do you have questions about copyright or how to comply with REF? Come to one of our monthly drop-in sessions and meet members of the Library Research Services team, who will be happy to answer questions on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/academics-and-researchers\/lrs\/open-access\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/academics-and-researchers\/lrs\/open-access\/\">Publishing open access<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Self-archiving your work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/academics-and-researchers\/lrs\/open-access\/apc\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/academics-and-researchers\/lrs\/open-access\/apc\/\">publisher agreements<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understanding research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/academics-and-researchers\/lrs\/open-access\/funders\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/academics-and-researchers\/lrs\/open-access\/funders\/\">funder policy<\/a> requirements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copyright and licencing issues relating to your publications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uploading your publications to our <a href=\"https:\/\/eprints.ncl.ac.uk\/\">repository<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/academics-and-researchers\/lrs\/open-access\/ref\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/academics-and-researchers\/lrs\/open-access\/ref\/\">REF<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you\u2019re a seasoned researcher, student or simply keen to explore the possibilities within open access, the session offers a welcoming space to ask questions, gain insights and delve deeper into the realm of open access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are informal sessions, however, registration is required for you to receive the online teams link.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4577711\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4577711\">Thursday 27 August 12.00-1.00<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4577712\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4577712\">Tuesday 29 September 12.00-1.00<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4577713\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4577713\">Thursday 22 October 12.00-1.00<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4577714\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4577714\">Tuesday 24 November 12.00-1.00<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4577715\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4577715\">Thursday 17 December 12.00-1.00<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All are welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking for advice and information on open access or managing publications? Do you have questions about copyright or how to comply with REF? Come to one of our monthly drop-in sessions and meet members of the Library Research Services team, who will be happy to answer questions on: Whether you\u2019re a seasoned researcher, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/2026\/08\/drop-in-support-2026-open-access-and-beyond\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Drop-in support 2026: Open access and beyond<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11975,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1078,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions\/1078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}