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Are you publishing your APC-free Open Access journal on a shoestring?
| Pedro Príncipe
If you're publishing an APC-free Open Access journal with very little resources, you might be able to receive funding for it from OpenAIRE! The alternative funding mechanism being launched here is an instrument to economically support Open Access (OA) journals and platforms which do not charge any Article Processing Charges to thei…
What is the right global approach/balance for OA?
The Knowledge Societies Division, Communication and Information Sector (KSD/CI) of UNESCO and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) have released a joint statement on implemenation for Open Access, reasserting their commitment to advance the Open Access agenda within the broader context of sustainable development through optimal res…
Full OA by 2020? Competitiveness Council’s conclusions on Open Science
| Tony Ross-Hellauer
Following their 26-27 May meeting in Brussels, the EU Competitiveness Council (made up of ministers of science, innovation, trade, and industry) declared that all scientific papers should be freely available by 2020. Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, has called the move "life-changing".
Open Science Policy Platform announced
| Tony Ross-Hellauer
The Members of the high-level advisory group Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP) were announced by Commissioner Moedas during the 27 May Competitiveness Council, with OpenAIRE's Natalia Manola and Norbert Lossau among their number.
First International Workshop on Reproducible Open Science (REPSCIENCE 2016)
| Eleni Koulocheri
First International Workshop on Reproducible Open Science (RepScience 2016)
Co-sponsored by Research Data Alliance Europe and OpenAIRE2020 Hannover, Germany, September 9th, 2016 Web site: http://repscience2016.research-infrastructures.eu E-mail: repscience2016@isti.cnr.it In conjunction with the International Conference on Theory and Practice of…
Cameron Neylon joins OpenAIRE Advisory Board
| Tony Ross-Hellauer
OpenAIRE are delighted to announce that Cameron Neylon will join the OpenAIRE Advisory Board effectively immediately.
Cameron Neylon is Professor of Research Communication at the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University and well known agitator for opening up the process of research. His current work focusses on how the cultures…
Zenodo - New and Improved!
| Eleni Koulocheri
Upload files of up to 50GB, track releases with improved Github integration, link H2020 research with OpenAIRE automatically, get faster results!
CERN and OpenAIRE are delighted to announce the launch of the new and improved Zenodo, the open repository for all research outputs!
Find out what's new!
OpenAIRE celebrates Open Access Week 2016
| E
Oct 24-30, 2016 we celebrate one of the highlights of the year: Open Access Week!
The International Open Access Week has been established as a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research.
Research Consulting Ltd wins bid for providing a Market Analysis Report on the Open Access publishing market
| Eleni Koulocheri
Four bids were received as of the Oct 7th deadline in response to the call for proposals for an Open Access Publishing Market Analysis Report released by OpenAIRE and the EC FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot on Sep 16th. After a careful bid assessment process and a steep competition among the received proposals, the proposal submitted by&…
FAIR Data in Trustworthy Data Repositories Webinar
| Eleni Koulocheri
When: Monday, 12 December, 2016, Tuesday 13 December 10.00 hours CET
Article text: Courtesy of EUDAT
Everybody wants to play FAIR, but how do we put the principles into practice?
There is a growing demand for quality criteria for research datasets. In this webinar we will argue that the DSA (Data Seal of Approval for data repositories) a…
Workshops on Supporting RDM and Open Data
| Eleni Koulocheri
If you’re supporting researchers to manage and share their data, there are a few useful workshops coming up in early 2017 that may be of interest. In January, the DCC and DANS will be running two one-day workshops in Amsterdam. On 25th January, the “Developing Research Data Management Services” workshop will introduce participants to the range of…
Europe and Latin America expand their collaboration for open science
| Eleni Koulocheri
Over a million records of open access publications from Latin America are now discoverable through the OpenAIRE platform. In December 2016, OpenAIRE began harvesting records from LA Referencia, the large regional repository network that aggregates metadata of open access publications. LA Referencia contains over 1.2 million records of open access…