Open Access is the immediate, online, free availability of research outputs without restrictions on use commonly imposed by publisher copyright agreements. It concerns the outputs that scholars normally give away free to be published – peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers and datasets of various kinds. Learn more...

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Two main European OA initiatives are in progress which will improve access to, and will accelerate the research and discovery process:

Open Access Pilot in FP7: Read more...
ERC Scientific Council Guidelines for Open Access: Read more...

question5 OpenAIRE has set up a Helpdesk to answer your questions about the FP7 pilot and ERC OA guidelines, and on depositing Open Access publications.

Check out our FAQ or post your question to our Helpdesk.

OpenAIRE releases version 1.0 of the OpenAIRE Guidelines
31/08/2010

The OpenAIRE Guidelines 1.0 provide orientation for repository managers to define and implement their local data management policies in compliance with the Open Access demands of the European Commissi [ ... ]

European Countries join forces to realize the EC Open Access pilot: OpenAIRE

OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe), a three-years project funded under the 7^th Framework Programme of the European Commission, has now taken up its work to implement Open Access on a pan-European scale. This ambitious effort unites 38 partners from 27 European countries.

The main goal of OpenAIRE is to support the Open Access pilot, launched by the European Commission in August 2008. This Open Access pilot, which covers about 20% of the FP7 budget, commits researchers from 7 thematic areas (Health, Energy, Environment, Information & Communication Technology, Research Infrastructures, Socio-economic sciences & Humanities and Science in Society) to deposit their research publications in an institutional or disciplinary Open Access repository, to be made available worldwide in full text. OpenAIRE will establish underlying structures for researchers to support them in complying with the pilot through European Helpdesk System, build an OpenAIRE portal and e-Infrastructure for the repository networks and explore scientific data management services together with 5 disciplinary communities.

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