And here’s a little something I wrote about open access to give you a flavour of my experience and expertise.
How to cite this article: McGrath N. NGOs’ experiences of navigating the open access landscape [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research 2019, 8:1563 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17359.2)
In a two-part blog as part of 2019 Open Access Week, I share 5 tips on building a research programme website and my web developer Dru Riches-Magnier shares (almost) everything you need to know about working with a web developer.
How to cite this article: McGrath, N. and Riches-Magnier, D., 2019. Lessons from building a research programme website: Parts 1&2 - Research to Action. [online] Research to Action. Available at: <https://www.researchtoaction.org/2019/10/lessons-from-building-a-research-project-website/> [Date Accessed].
Presentations on open access issues. View more on my YouTube channel.
Navigating the OA landscape: reflections from a multi-country consortium of NGOs
I speak about navigating the Open Access landscape for consortium of NGOs based in low and middle-income countries at Publishers for Development 2017 conference (Oxford), hosted and filmed by INASP
Is Open Research really changing the world?
Much research claims to benefit communities globally, but are research outputs really available to everyone, even if they are made open access?
I had the privilege of being asked to deliver a presentation at Cambridge University's Festival of Ideas (October 2018).
Is open access helping or hindering the international development agenda?
As an international health consortium, COMDIS-HSD works with a combination of researchers in developing country NGOs, researchers at the University of Leeds, media outlets, independent researchers and consultants. This pool of expertise has highlighted issues about the open access privileges afforded to academic institutions versus the access that is available for those based outside of academia. Despite efforts by Research4Life to enable developing country actors to access research findings, many sections of society remain on the outside of the access paywall due to their non-academic status and/or their lack of funding. In this presentation, I share some challenges faced by our consortium in ensuring our research findings are accessible to all sections of society within the countries in which we work. It draws on discussions with journalists in Nepal to highlight the need for citizens to access and interpret the research that is primarily for and about them.