Making the most of NECTAR

Nick Dimmock

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## Green Open Access - AKA [self-archiving](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-archiving) - In institutional or subject repositories - Free to share, free to access - Publishers may require embargo - May be version restrictions (e.g. accepted version) - May (rarely) be forbidden! - Use [RoMEO](http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/) to find green-friendly publishers - Central to the [post-2014 REF](http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2014/201407/)