A Tribute to Uwe Müller
It is with sadness that we learnt of the passing away of Uwe Müller in February 2019. Uwe was inextricably linked to his work at the German DINI initiative (German Initiative for Networked Information) which among other things has developed the DINI certificate to improve OA publishing and publication infrastructures.
Paving the way for linked re…
OpenAIRE and DuraSpace partner to support greater functionality in the global repository network
On September 25, 2018, OpenAIRE and DuraSpace signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Both OpenAIRE and DuraSpace have a shared interest in a robust, interoperable, and functional network of repositories that provide value to the research community and contribute to Open Science and Open Access in Europe and the world.
Are you an Open Science expert? The EC wants you!
The Commission decision adopted on 27 August launches the Executive Board for the EOSC as a formal expert group of the Commission.
This expert group will assist the Commission in the first phase of development of the EOSC until the end of 2020 and will contribute to the preparation of the transition to the second phase of development of the EOSC.
Plan S launched by the funder initiative cOAlition S
OpenAIRE welcomes the announcement of the ambitious ‘Plan S’, launched by cOAlition S, a coalition of 11 national funding organisations. This is an important step towards an open and transparent environment for research, where all kinds of research outputs can be openly accessed, linked, enriched and archived. We expect that this initiative will a…
OpenAIRE’s sessions in DI4R 2018!
OpenAIRE is pleased to announce that will organize three different sessions during DI4R 2018.
The first session is “The Who and the How of Open Science: A user journey in Open Science through the lens of OpenAIRE”, and takes place on Wednesday, October 10, in the main auditorium at 11.30. OpenAIRE will facilitate this session that explores the im…
BEYOND APCS: ALTERNATIVE OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING BUSINESS MODELS
Beyond APCs: alternative open access publishing business models
Recommendation on access to and preservation of Scientific Information
The European Commission has released a new set of recommendations to the Member States that offer guidance and propose the best way to implement and support open science practices. The new recommendations include sections on incentives, rewards and require action plans from member states with concrete and measurable objectives. They are to r…
EOSC-hub and OpenAIRE webinar "How to manage your data to make them Open and FAIR"
When: May 15, 2018 from 13.00 to 14.00 CEST Where: https://join.onstreammedia.com/go/eifl/fairrdm Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/LFiwFNWegWDhHvpi2 Target audience: researchers, research support staff, data librarians
EOSC-hub and OpenAIRE-Advance get together to support Open Science and the European Open Science Cloud initiative
Two flagship EC initiatives, OpenAIRE-Advance and EOSC-hub open a new exciting chapter in their collaboration with the signing of their collaboration agreement on Monday, 30 April 2018. The agreement solidifies the projects’ ambition for Europe to become a global leader in digital and open science to ensure that scientists reap the full be…
EOSC-hub & OpenAIRE-Advance: national nodes meetup
The EOSC-hub and OpenAIRE-Advance projects are organising a webinar to bring together the national contact points of EGI (the NGI International Liaisons – NILs) and the representatives of the National Open Access Desks (NOADs).
The online event will take place on April 24th at 13:00 (CET) and is organised by Gergely Sipos, EGI's Customer an…
OpenAIRE Kickoff meeting
The OpenAIRE kickoff meeting took place in Athens, Greece on Jan 13-14.