Open Research team

The Open Research team works in partnership with academic and research staff, postgraduate research students, and other staff facilitating research.

We provide guidance and training to help you plan, publish, preserve and share your research. We can help with:

Open access, including University policy, funder mandates, and REF OA requirements
Research data management, including University and funder data policies, data management planning, and advocacy for good practice
Open research, promoting openness and transparency in research, and developing networks of practice
Copyright legislation, exceptions and related licences concerning scholarly publications
ORCID iDs and other identifiers
Citation analysis and bibliometrics, general principles and practice for individual researchers.

We provide one-to-one support (via email, telephone, Zoom or Google Meet). We also deliver training activities and briefings for departments.

Contact the team

Contact us to ask a question, book an appointment or request training.

You can contact the team by email:

lib-open-research@york.ac.uk

Team member	Focus
Thom Blake Open Research Manager	Team management and strategy Support for open access and research publications York Open Access Fund Open access repository services General open research enquiries
Lindsey Myers Open Research Librarian	Support for the principles and practice of research data management Reviews of data management plans Research Data York service Skills training to research staff and students
Ben Catt Open Research Librarian	Guidance and advocacy for research transparency, reproducibility and openness Support for copyright and licensing issues relating to research General open research enquiries
Matthew Herring Open Research Specialist	Library services supporting open access and research data deposit
Amanda Briant Open Research Specialist	Library services supporting open access and research data deposit