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Open Access co-ordination workshop
| Administrator
The EC is convening a workshop bringing together projects and initiatives addressing specific implementation issues within the broader policy area of open
access. These initiatives are relevant for the work of both DG INFSO and DG RTD.
The EC convened a workshop (May 4, 2011 in Brussels) bringing together projects and initiatives addressing specif…
Spanish Congress passes the Law on Science, Technology and Innovation with Open Access Mandate
| Alicia Lopez
The Plenary of the House of Representatives has finally adopted the Law on Science, Technology and Innovation by 289 votes in favor, 3 against and no abstentions, including the mandate to deposit the research results funded by the General State Administration in an open access repository. While remaining to see how this Law still concrete in the…
Final version of the Danish Open Access recomendations
| Mikael Karstensen Elbæk
The final version of the Recomendations for implementation of Open Access in Denmark have now been released. It can be downloaded from: http://www.fi.dk/viden-og-politik/strategier-og-handlingsplaner/open-access/recommendations-for-implementation-of-open-access-in-denmark-final-report-from-the-open-access-committee.pdf
The release will be followed…
SMEs call for Open Access
| Mikael Karstensen Elbæk
A new study commissioned by the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (FI) and Denmark’s Electronic Research Library (DEFF) has explored the use of research-based knowledge by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Read more and download the full report on web site of the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation…
OpenAIRE contributes to EC consulation & hearing
| Birgit Schmidt
On 30 May 2011, the European Commission held a public hearing on access to and preservation of scientific information in Luxembourg. OpenAIRE partners contributed to the discussion and submitted a statement with recommendations.
Recently, OpenAIRE has also contributed a response to the consultation about the European Commission's Green Paper on a…
Open Access Policy at the University of Barcelona
| alicia
The Governing Council of the University of Barcelona (UB) approved last June 7, 2011 the mandate for open access under the name: "Open Access Policy at the University of Barcelona," which states that "any member of the academic community will deposit an electronic copy of his/her academic publications in the Univeristy of Barcelona Institutional r…
New OA-policy at Aalborg University, Denmark
| Mikael Karstensen Elbæk
The Management, the AAU Open Access Committee and the VBN Editorial Office have drawn up an Open Access policy for the University that applies from 31 August 2011. The focus of the policy is to make researchers aware of the importance of adding full text files to their publications in Aalborg University’s Research Database (VBN).
Research from A…
Organic Eprints is now OpenAIRE compliant
| Mikael Karstensen Elbæk
“This is a benefit for both the users and authors of research results from organic food and farming” says Ilse A. Rasmussen, coordinator of Organic Eprints.
Organic Eprints, the main subject repository for research in organic farming, is now compliant with the OpenAIRE guidelines detailed below. In return, the peer-reviewed results of EC-funde…
OpenAIRE is a success story for the European Commission
| Inge Van Nieuwerburgh
OpenAIRE. Opening science to all. Together
The success story can be found on the website of Research Infrastructures: http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures/index_en.cfm?pg=success5
New Article on non-open Creative Commons Non-Commercial licenses (CC NC)
| Paolo Manghi
A new article analyzing the problems of the highly popular, non-open Creative Commons Non-Commercial licenses (CC NC) has been published. The authors claim that even though CC NC licenses have their uses, they also have serious re-use limitations. While overused in publishing, they do not substantially contribute to a commons.
If this is a topic…
EC has just released a review of the National OA policies in Europe
| MKE
A follow-up to the 2008-2009 survey of the status of implementation of the 2007 Council Conclusions on scientific information in the digital age. The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation have now released their second survey of the national Open Access policies in Europe.
From the introduction: "In the light of the new ambitious goals…
Open Access in Horizon2020 - furthers Open Access and Open Data
| Mikael Karstensen Elbæk
In the communication from the Commission to the EC parliament for the next framework programme for research - Horizon2020 - expands on Open Access and Data:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/open-access-in-horizon-2020_en.pdf
"Europe's taxpayers have a right to know how their money is invested. Because research a…
