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Slovak Open Science Forum 2024

The Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information organised a Second Slovak Open Science Forum. The conference was held in Bratislava on November 14th, 2024 in Palffy palace. The conference was attented by over 60 participants. It hosted speakers from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Hungary and Slovakia. The conference was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic. The conference brings the latest information in...

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OpenAIRE AMKE General Assembly: Shaping the European Open Science Vision in Izmir, Turkiye

The OpenAIRE AMKE General Assembly and Executive Board Meeting was held in Urla, Izmir, Türkiye, from September 23-26, 2024. Hosted by Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), this was the first time the meeting took place in Türkiye, with representatives from OpenAIRE member institutions attending from various countries. Established as a legal entity in October 2018, OpenAIRE's membership has been steadily growing, and it now has 47 institutional members from 37 countries. A Journey Beginni...

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Meet Our New NOAD from Moldova: Welcoming the Information Society Development Institute!

Dear OpenAIRE members, NOADS and partners,  We are pleased to announce yet another addition to our scholarly communication and open science community!   Join us in welcoming our latest new member, the NOAD of the Republic of Moldova, represented by the Information Society Development Institute!  The Information Society Development Institute (ISDI) is an application-oriented research institute, which actively promotes and implements open science principles through its inf...

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Cooperation of Turkiye and Azerbaijan OpenAIRE Noads

OpenAIRE NOADs from Turkiye and Azerbaijan participated in the summer school organised in Ganja, Azerbaijan within the context of ERASMUS-EDU-2022-CBHE DIRNA project. The status of the DIRNA project As mentioned in our previous blog posts, the ERASMUS-EDU-2022-CBHE project "Developing Research Capacity through Institutional Repository Network in Azerbaijan" aims to establish an institutional repository network for eight Azerbaijani Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Three Europ...

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Khayala Hajiyeva: Azerbaijan’s OpenAIRE NOAD in Focus

Meet Khayala Hajiyeva, the Library Director at Azerbaijan Technical University and OpenAIRE National Open Access Desk (NOAD) for Azerbaijan. As a recent member of the OpenAIRE network, the representative from Azerbaijan Technical University has valuable insights to share with our community. In this interview, Khayala shares her journey into Open Science, the impact of her work with OpenAIRE, and the exciting projects driving change in Azerbaijan. Discover her vision for advancing Open Scien...

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Game On: Creative Approaches by the University of Gdańsk Library to Motivate the Open Science Community

The Library of the University of Gdansk is an active promoter of the concept of open science among the scientific community. One of the key elements of implementing the Open Access Policy is the "The Knowledge Base" repository, maintained by the University library. The Knowledge Base is a CRIS system based on Omega-PSIR software, that also serves as an institutional repository. Currently, it contains 115.766 items, 15.308 of which are published under open access and 6.524 are deposited in the re...

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OpenAIRE's Ongoing Influence on Open Science Initiatives in Turkey Highlighted Across any Platform

The "IFLA Division D Mid-term Meeting", hosted by Koç University, took place in Istanbul on June 5-7, 2024 and was a resounding success, gathering over 80 participants, from 57 different institutions and 16 different countries. Offering a broad spectrum cover of all aspects of Open Science, this event provided a platform for researchers, librarians, data managers, and scientific infrastructure developers to discuss critical issues, such as Open Access and the Role of Collection Development,...

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Embracing Digital Responsibility at Creating Knowledge 2024: OpenAIRE and the Treasure Hunt

The Creating Knowledge 2024 conference, held from 5-7 June 2024 at the University of Helsinki, focused on "Think Before You Click: Responsibility in the Digital Information Landscape" exploring themes of digital literacy, AI in education, and open education practices. OpenAIRE's presence was integral to the conference, emphasizing its mission to promote Open Science and responsible digital practices. OpenAIRE's tools and services, such as the OpenAIRE Graph, were showcased to support researchers...

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Highlights from the EOSC Beyond Workshop in Krakow

The historic city of Krakow became a nexus of innovation and collaboration as it hosted a pivotal three-day workshop dedicated to advancing the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). From 10 to 12 June 2024, key stakeholders from across the continent gathered to participate in this event, which was delivered under the Work Package 15 (WP15) of the EOSC Beyond project. Led by ACC Cyfronet AGH and coordinated by the EGI Foundation, this workshop marked a significant milestone in the quest to enhance ...

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OpenAIRE’s Insights from the WCRI 2024: Promoting Transparency and Accountability

We are thrilled to announce that OpenAIRE participated as an exhibitor at the 8th World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI), held from June 2-5, 2024, at the stunning premises of Megaron Athens International Conference Centre (MAICC). This prestigious event took place in Athens, Greece, drawing together researchers, academics, and professionals from across the globe to discuss the pivotal issues surrounding research integrity. The WCRI Conference is renowned for its international outlook, br...

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OPEN — a new version of the Repository of Open Scientific Publications

OPEN is a part of the Open Science Platform (pon.edu.pl) at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, University of Warsaw (icm.edu.pl). Formerly known to the Polish academic community as the CeON Repository, it enables Polish researchers from all fields to openly share their articles, books, conference materials, reports, doctoral theses, and other scientific texts. Publications in the Repository are indexed by the most important aggregators and search engines, ...

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Professionalising Open Access Repositories in Germany and Beyond

A talk with Marcel Wrzesinski The project "Professionalization of the Open-Access Repository Infrastructure in Germany" (Pro OAR DE), launched in October 2023 at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science, aims to support institutional repositories in advancing systems based on the current needs of the research community. Initially, these repositories focused on storing electronic documents and ensuring their long-term availability. Today, they are integral components of the scientific...

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Knowledge Transfer and Lively Discussions: Azerbaijan NOADs and Technical University Representatives Visit Finland for DIRNA Project

Khayala Hajiyeva, Director of the Library Information Center at Azerbaijan Technical University, and Iltifat Ibrahimov, Senior Consultant on Digitization and Library Systems, recently traveled to Finland to attend training sessions for the "Developing Research Capacity through Institutional Repository Network in Azerbaijan" (DIRNA) project.  Funded by the Erasmus+ KA2 program, the DIRNA project aims to sustainably enhance the practices of research output management in the Azerbaijani higher...

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Türkiye Makes Strides in Open Science Thanks to OpenAIRE

Gultekin Gurdal, the Library Director at Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH) and an executive board member of OpenAIRE AMKE, attended the Polish Open Science Conference that took place 10–12 April 2024. This key event, focused on all aspects of Open Science, provided a platform for researchers, librarians, data managers, and scientific infrastructure developers to discuss critical issues such as Open Access publishing, research data management, and the European Open Scienc...

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Introducing ARGOS to the Greek and Cypriot research communities

Closing the year: The last webinar of the OpenAIRE in Greece and Cyprus collaboration series for 2023 focused on the importance of Data Management Plans (DMPs) and their creation in ARGOS. The webinar was attended by 150 participants who had the opportunity to discuss their questions directly with Elli Papadopoulou, OpenAIRE NOAD in Greece and product manager of ARGOS.  Significance In the first part of the presentation, Elli shared the value of DMPs in Research Data Management (RDM) clarif...

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A Collegial Approach to Research Integrity: Ireland’s NRIF

Ireland's National Research Integrity Forum (NRIF) was founded in 2015 with the aim to promote research integrity (RI) and excellence in research through a collegial approach. The NRIF has many national initiatives from implementing a National RI online training program across all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and revising the national policy statement to publishing a framework for ensuring RI in collaborations. It has hosted national events in "Advancing a shared direction on research as...

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Collaborating for Long-Term Preservation: Meet the PHAIDRA Network

It all began in Vienna in 2008 when the PHAIDRA repository went online at the University of Vienna in Austria. In cooperation between the university library and the computer center, a digital location was created where researchers could archive their scientific materials in all formats for the long term and make them accessible to the public worldwide: PHAIDRA repository. With an optimally designed metadata editor, all members of the university were able to upload data themselves and then m...

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Interview: Seán Harnett

Step into the world of OpenAIRE with Seán Harnett. Learn more about his journey, vision, thoughts and achievements in the Open Science community and beyond. Enjoy! Can you please introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your background and expertise?  My name is Seán Harnett. I live with my family in a small village in an Irish-speaking community in Connemara, to the west of Galway City. I started out my career in information architecture and instructional design before moving into d...

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Izmir Institute of Technology provided Open Science and Institutional Repositories Training to Azerbaijan Higher Education Institutions within the scope of the DIRNA Project

Within the scope of the DIRNA Project, Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH) hosted a study tour on November 15-17, 2023 with the participation of 16 people from 8 Azerbaijan HEIs. The study tour aimed to share information about Open Science and Institutional Repository practices at Izmir Institute of Technology and to support AZHEIs, in developing their own applications.   About DIRNA Project: The Establishment of Institutional Repository Network in Azerbaijan (DIRNA) Proje...

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eNauka Portal – Making FAIR a Reality

CRIS systems usually play a vital role in scientific communities. The question is if they could be used for boosting and measuring the implementation of Open Access and Data policies at research-performing organizations. In the last 6 years there has been huge progress in the implementation of the repository network within Serbia. Starting from the national PhD thesis portal (2015), today the country now hosts about 86 Research Performing Organizations (RPO) with their own repositories. The majo...

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