Event dates and duration: Monday, January 23

10:00 – 11:00 CET (proprietary platforms);

11:30 – 12:30 CET (DSpace repository platform);

14:00 – 15:00 CET (EPrints repository platform);

or Tuesday, January 24

13:00 – 13:50 CET (EPrints repository platform);

14:00 – 15:00 CET (proprietary platforms);

15:30 – 16:30 CET (DSpace repository platform);

(please choose the date most convenient for you)

Registration is free, but required. RSVP by Friday, January 20, to iryna.kuchma [@] eifl.net

Want to support and monitor the implementation of the FP7 Open Access pilot?

Want to help your faculty members comply with the Open Access requirements of the European Commission (EC)?

Interested in learning more about making your repository compliant with the OpenAIRE infrastructure?

Want to add EC project data to your repository records and use OpenAIRE value-added functionality (post authoring tools, monitoring tools through analysis of document and usage statistics)?

Please join us for our free online workshops!

In order to harvest and connect publications to related EC FP7 grant agreement and calculate the percentage of Open Access versus non-Open Access publications, the OpenAIRE project requires repositories to adapt to the OpenAIRE Guidelines. These are low-barrier requirements for OAI-PMH compliant repositories that build on the oai_dc and DRIVER Guidelines.

When your repository is OpenAIRE compliant, its FP7 funded content is harvested periodically, indexed within the OpenAIRE portal and presented in the OpenAIRE search and browse section. In this way, FP7 funded research results deposited in your repository can achieve wider visibility and distribution – and be read, used and cited more widely by the global research community.

Research managers in your institution will be able to compare your institutional performance in FP7 projects with the performance of other institutions in your country and within the European Union using the OpenAIRE FP7 publication statistics tool. You will also save time for researchers at your institution.

Repositories, successfully harvested by the OpenAIRE, are entitled to display the OpenAIRE logo on their website, to certify quality and the global networked status of their content.

The OpenAIRE project team can help you with your targeted advocacy activities to ensure that high quality content is deposited into your repository and then harvested by the OpenAIRE portal. We reach out to the researchers publishing FP7 funded articles and encourage them to self-archive in your repository.

Draft agenda

• Introduction: OpenAIRE and compliancy with the ERC Scientific Council Guidelines for Open Access and the European Commission Open Access Pilot in FP7.

• How to make your repository OpenAIRE compliant.

• Compliancy for DSpace, EPrints and other repository platforms.

• Questions and Answers.

How to register

To register your interest in attending the workshop, please email iryna.kuchma[@]eifl.net by Friday, January 20, stating your name, email address, job title, repository name and URL, repository platform and country.

How to participate
Once your place is confirmed, you will receive a URL and password for the session. All you will need is an internet-connected computer with sound (and maybe headphones if you are in a busy room).

To check if your computer will be able to access the session successfully, please go to www.instantpresenter.com/systemtest.

You can also book an individual consultation with the OpenAIRE team members on Wednesday, January 25, Thursday, January 26, or Friday, January 27.

Contact person: Pedro Príncipe, Open Access Projects, University of Minho, pedroprincipe[@]sdum.uminho.pt.

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.