Useful Links

Below are links to various resources and documents that have been useful when developing the Scottish Universities Press.

SCURL Website

Find out more about the Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries and their important work co-ordinating shared services and procurement across our member library services.

Proof of Concept for a Scottish University Press

In 2019 SCURL commissioned research to scope out the appetite and potential models for an Open Access (OA) Press. The resulting report can be read via the link above.

JISC Toolkit New university press toolkit

This toolkit has provided invaluable advice to SUP, providing guidance on how to set up a new university press.

OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit

This toolkit aims to help book authors to better understand open access book publishing and to increase trust in open access books. It has many useful articles on OA book publishing.

Creative Commons Licences

Learn more about how Creative Commons licences work.

SCURL Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Glossary

Download this glossary which includes links to many useful resources about inclusive language.