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OpenAIRE study on the development of open access repository communities in Europe
Full text linkSoftcover, 17x24, 175 S.: 20,00 €Softcover, 17x24The implementation of open access policies in Europe is a socio-technical undertaking whereby a wide range of stakeholders work together to bring out the benefits of open access for European and global research. This work provides a unique overview of national awareness of open access in 32 European countries involving all EU member states and in addition, Norway, Iceland, Croatia, Switzerland and Turkey. It describes funder and institutional open access mandates in Europe and national strategies to introduce and implement them. An overview of the current European repository infrastructures is given, including institutional and disciplinary repositories, national repository networks, information portals and support networks. This work also outlines OpenAIREplus, a continuation project which aims to widen the scope of OpenAIRE by connecting publications to contextual information, such as research data and funding information. Opportunities for collaboration in order to achieve European and global synergies are also highlighted. The OpenAIRE project, a joint collaboration among 38 partners from 27 European countries, has built up a network of open repositories providing free online access to knowledge produced by researchers receiving grants from the European Commission or the European Research Council. It provides support structures for researchers, operates an electronic infrastructure and a portal to access all user-level services and works with several subject communities. Birgit Schmidt is affi liated with Goettingen State and University Library. Iryna Kuchma is affi liated with EIFL
Der Wandel der Informationspraxis in Forschung und Bibliothek
No full textHorstmann W, Jahn N, Schmidt B. Der Wandel der Informationspraxis in Forschung und Bibliothek. Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie. 2015;62(2):073-079
Open Science: some thoughts and hopefully some inspiration
No full textThis is a talk I gave during the 2017 retreat of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, at Burg Ludwigstein. I used my own slides, but also slides from Birgit Schmidt, Najko Jahn, FOSTER, open science crowd etc. Some of the slides I changed to include crucial points from the discussion. You may reuse the slides under cc-by 4.0. However, there is other licensed material in the presentation, so please make sure that you keep information on pictures intact
Auf dem „goldenen“ Weg? Alternative Geschäftsmodelle für Open-Access-Primärpublikationen
Full text linkPublications in Open Access media are free of charge to the readers but nevertheless need to be financed. Scholars, their institutions and libraries as well as research funders contribute. This places them in a new position within the publication chain and changes the dynamics of supply and demand of the scientific publication market. The present report analyses current business models for primary publications with respect to this dynamics and points out some chances and risks
On the "golden" path - Alternative business model for Open-Access-primary publication
No full textPublications in open access media can be used free of charge but nevertheless need to be financed. The scholars, institutions and libraries, as well as research funders, who contribute to making this possible, thus now find themselves in a new position within the publication chain and change the dynamics of supply and demand in the scientific publication market. The present report analyses current business models for primary publications with respect to their dynamics and points out some opportunities and risks
On the "golden" path - Alternative business model for Open-Access-primary publication
No full textPublications in open access media can be used free of charge but nevertheless need to be financed. The scholars, institutions and libraries, as well as research funders, who contribute to making this possible, thus now find themselves in a new position within the publication chain and change the dynamics of supply and demand in the scientific publication market. The present report analyses current business models for primary publications with respect to their dynamics and points out some opportunities and risks
Open Science Education: Learning and Teaching Materials via the FOSTER Portal
No full textOpen Science ist ein relativ junger Begriff, die zugrunde liegende Idee des Teilens von Wissen, Ergebnissen und Methoden ist jedoch so alt ist wie die Wissenschaft selbst. Open Science umfasst neben Open Access und Open Data – dem offenen Zugang zu Veröffentlichungen und Forschungsdaten – auch radikal neue Bereiche wie Citizen Science und Open Notebook Science. Seitdem die Europäische Kommission und andere Forschungsförderer zunehmend Open Access zu Publikationen und Daten in ihre Förderrichtlinien aufnehmen, ist es für Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler unumgänglich geworden, sich mit diesem Thema auseinanderzusetzen. Die Herausforderung bei der Umsetzung dieser Anforderungen ist nicht so sehr die Existenz und Zugänglichkeit relevanter Informationen, sondern die unübersichtliche Fülle an Material. Das von der Europäischen Kommission geförderte Projekt „Facilitating Open Science Training for European Research“ (FOSTER) führt deshalb eine breite Sammlung von Materialien und Kursen zum Thema Open Science zusammen und schafft so eine Lernressource für die europäische Forschungscommunity. Die Inhalte stehen möglichst über offene Lizenzen zur Verfügung, um die Nachnutzung in weiteren Schulungen zu unterstützen. Die Navigation durch die Fülle an Inhalten erfolgt entlang einer Taxonomie oder anhand von zielgruppenspezifischen Lernzielen, die zum Beispiel Projektmanager oder Multiplikatoren wie Bibliothekare adressieren. Der Artikel stellt die aktuellen Ergebnisse des Projektes vor, beleuchtet die Rolle der Niedersächsischen Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen im Projekt und gibt einen Ausblick auf die Aktivitäten im zweiten Projektjahr.Open Science is a rather recent term, although the idea behind it is probably as old as science itself. It encompasses Open Access and Open Data, meaning free online access to research publications and data, but also more radical areas like Citizen Science and Open Notebook Science. As the European Commission and other research funders adopt mandates for open access to data and publications within their funding guidelines, familiarity with these topics becomes imperative for researchers. The challenge for researchers seeking information about these areas lies not, however, in finding or accessing resources, but rather in filtering the vast number of resources in existence. Hence, the European Commission funded project “Facilitating Open Science Training for European Research” (FOSTER) is collecting and consolidating Open Science materials and courses, to build a consistent learning resource for the European research community. Materials are provided under open licenses where possible to facilitate re-use in future training activities. The wealth of material on offer can be navigated either by an Open Science taxonomy or via specific learning objectives targeted at particular groups, e.g. project managers or multipliers like librarians. The article presents the most recent results of the project, highlighting the role of the State and University Library Göttingen and giving an overview of activities planned for the project’s second year.L’Open Science est encore un concept relativement nouveau, mais l’idée sous-jacente du partage des connaissances, des méthodes et des résultats est aussi vielle que la science en elle-même. L’Open Science comprend également, outre l’Open Access et l’Open Data, de nouveaux domaines tels que la science citoyenne et l’Open Notebook Science. Depuis que la Commission européenne et d’autres bailleurs de fonds de recherche reprennent plus régulièrement Open Access aux publications et aux données dans leurs lignes directrices pour les aides financières, il est devenu indispensable pour les chercheurs d’aborder ce sujet. Le défi de la mise en œuvre de ces exigences ne réside pas tant dans l’existence et l’accessibilité des informations pertinentes, mais plutôt dans l’abondance chaotique de matériel. Le projet „Facilitating Open Science Training for European Research“ (FOSTER), qui est subventionné par la Commission européenne, rassemble une vaste collection de matériel et de cours sur le thème de L’Open Science et crée ainsi une ressource d’apprentissage pour la communauté de la recherche européenne. Dans la mesure du possible, les contenus sont disponibles via des licences libres pour favoriser leur réutilisation dans d’autres formations. La navigation à travers la richesse du contenu se fait via une taxonomie ou basée sur des objectifs cibles spécifiques, qui s’adressent, par exemple, à des gestionnaires de projet ou des multiplicateurs tels que des bibliothécaires. L’article présente les résultats les plus récents du projet, met en évidence le rôle de la Bibliothèque d’État et universitaire de Basse-Saxe à Göttingen dans ce projet et donne un aperçu des activités planifiées pour la deuxième année du projet
OpenAIRE - Building a collaborative Open Access infrastructure for European researchers
Full text linkThis paper outlines the efforts of the OpenAIRE networking team to establish a Europe-wide open access initiative. OpenAIRE is an effort to realize the open access policies of the European Commission, and has built an infrastructure to support the widest possible dissemination of project results within a certain funding area, FP7. The purpose of the paper is to highlight how such a service can be established through the work of a successful network of European open access contacts and by effective communication with a range of stakeholders. The paper also outlines the flexible technical infrastructure and research activities within the project. Not without its challenges, the approach to tackling existing barriers, such as building repository interoperability, are explored. The paper also introduces the aims and initial activities of the continuation project, OpenAIREplus
Licensing Revisited: Open Access Clauses in Practice
Full text linkOpen access increases the visibility and use of research outputs and promises to maximize the return on our public investment in research. However, only a minority of researchers will "spontaneously" deposit their articles into an open access repository. Even with the growing number of institutional and funding agency mandates requiring the deposit of papers into the university repository, deposit rates have remained stubbornly low. As a result, the responsibility for populating repositories often falls onto the shoulders of library staff and/or repository managers. Populating repositories in this way – which involves obtaining the articles, checking the rights, and depositing articles into the repository – is time consuming and resource intensive work.The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), a global association of repository initiatives and networks, is promoting a new strategy for addressing some of the barriers to populating repositories, involving the use of open access archiving clauses in publisher licenses. These types of clauses are being considered by consortia and licensing agencies around the world as a way of ensuring that all the papers published by a given publisher are cleared for deposit into the institutional repository. This paper presents some use cases of open access archiving clauses, discusses the major barriers to implementing archiving language into licenses, and describes some strategies that organizations can adopt in order to include such clauses into publisher licenses
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