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NOAD-Latvia is a support point in Latvia for the research community to be aware of OA and its benefits. NOAD-Latvia organizes activities and also gives consultations on topics related to OA, open science, OA policy, etc. As the University of Latvia is one of the first higher education institutions and scientific research institution in Latvia that has made its repository OA, the university provides all interested parties with consultations and information.
In 2019 the close collaboration is grown between NOAD-Latvia and State Education Development Agency (SEDA) and National Contact Points for Horizon 2020 in Latvia in giving strong support for the post-PhD students and new scientists on writing project proposals in Horizon 2020 program. The representative of NOAD-Latvia is joining the meetings of SEDA for scientists and post-PhD students with giving various presentations on Open Access and Open Science issues and Horizon 2020 Mandates.
An important step to contribute to the OA and Open Science movements in Latvian society was the creation of National Open Access Desk web page, which is the central point for dissemination of information on OA, including news & events in Latvian.
The E-course “Open Science/Atvērtā zinātne” has been created so that there could be a full understanding of the term "Open Science" as well as to promote it`s recognition amongst the members of the Latvian society of science. The principles of open science are gaining a stronger role in science`s development in the world. The course materials cover open science and its importance in research, OA, open data, open science policies, the management tools of OA information, repositories. It is possible to access the materials in various formats: presentations, videos, websites, written posts, statements and guidelines.
The course has been created thanks to the cooperation of the University of Latvia, the National Library of Latvia and Riga Technical University, in the project "Open Science - the 21st century`s benefits for researchers". The e-course contains materials from the FOSTER e-learning platform.
In 2012 the Library of the University of Latvia organized a special week that promoted the repository of e-resources of the University to the academic staff of the university and all higher education institutions in Latvia.
In 2013 the Scientific Council of the University of Latvia held a session and a discussion "Copyright issues in Open Access: a burden or an opportunity?" which also took place in the Scientific café. A video devoted to the 5-year anniversary of OA in Latvia, and electronic booklets in which the main questions about copyright issues in OA where answered was produced.
In 2015 the main event was the conference "Open Science - the 21th-century benefits for researchers" which was held during the international OA week. The aim of the conference was to raise awareness about Open Science, its challenges and benefits and the recommendations of the European Commission in relation to research data management and digitalization, and sharing of experience. The event was co-funded by the European Commission’s research and innovation program (FP7) project FOSTER (Facilitate Open Science Training for European Research).
In 2016 the national workshop "Research Data Management and Open Science: Challenges and Opportunities for Latvia" was held, which was given by Iryna Kuchma, EIFL-OA Programme Manager.
In 2017 the national workshop “Open Research Data and Data Management” was held at the Academic Center for Natural Sciences of the University of Latvia. Dr. Marjan Grootveld and Elly Dijk from Data Archiving and Networked Services – DANS were presented topics about OA and Research Data Management, FAIR principles, storing and preserving data.
In 2018 May the workshop “Open license Creative Commons for open science, business and society” was held, which was given by Gwen Franck, EIFL-OA Programme Coordinator.
There are several webinars conducted (January and February 2021) for the scientific and research institutions of Latvia based in Riga and regions: “Introduction to Open Science & Scientific Publishing and Open Access”, “Insights into Research Data Management”, “Horizon 2020 requirements and opportunities to meet in the Open Science context” with the presentation on OpenAIRE Services included.
Many presentations and video recordings from previous events are available on the activities website.
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On September 1, 2019, the EOSC Nordic project was launched to promote the implementation of the EOSC in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Latvia is represented in the project by Riga Technical University (more here).
In late 2019 the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia initiated the Open Science Latvia landscape research, which is done by the National Library of Latvia and Riga Technical University in collaboration with Riga Stradins University. The outcome of the research published in spring 2020 is available here, and the main recommendations here.
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In late 2020 there were discussions started on the National Open Science Strategy, the National policy document is in progress. Please find more information about the political context of promoting the Open Science here.
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OA policies are at an early stage in Latvia; In 2017 two universities, the University of Latvia and Riga Technical University adopted institutional policies. In both policies, it is recommended (not mandatory) that researchers provide OA to their publications and other research outputs.
Latvia has two institutional policies:
There is adopted Policy of the E-resource Repository of the University of Latvia.
Written on . Three institutional repositories were established in Latvia - E-resource repository of the University of Latvia, Riga Technical University E-resource Repository and Riga Stradins University E-resource Repository. The University of Latvia also manages the SciRePrints (Science and Religion Dialogue Prints) repository and since 2013 SciRePrints has been integrated in to the - E-resource repository of the University of Latvia. E-resource repository of the University of Latvia is included in European and world’s repository networks and webpages (DRIVER, OpenDOAR, ROAR, Dart-Europe, OpenAIRE a.o). The Riga Technical University repository is not fully open access, part of the content is accessible only by the university staff with passwords given by the university. In 2016 the National Library of Latvia set up a new version of their repository Academia. In 2019 the Riga Stradins University has set up the Riga Stradins University E-resource Repository .
Written on . The discussion among the scientific institutions of Latvia is going on about setting up the network of national research data repositories. Latvian Sociological Association (LSA) has developed the plan for establishing a national data service for the social sciences in Latvia by engaging in the CESSDA ERIC project CESSDA SaW. More information here. The Riga Technical University repository collects and stores the scientific research data and other relevant information in all fields of knowledge of RTU, the repository is registered in re3data.org.
Written on . The awareness of OA is mainly within three universities: University of Latvia, Riga Technical University, Riga Stradins University and the academic library community focus on the OA. Three institutional repositories were established in Latvia - E-resource repository of the University of Latvia, Riga Technical University E-resource Repository and Riga Stradins University E-resource Repository. Many researchers in Latvia publish their papers in OA journals and deposit their papers in subject repositories because they recognize that their studies will be accessible to a larger audience than by publishing in conventional journals. Scientists from Latvia upload their preprints to subject repositories such as PubMed Central, ArXiv, Cogprints etc. and publish in OA journals. These publications can be accessed through DOAJ, Open J-Gate, PLoS etc. OA journals published in Latvia are run individually by scholarly institutions such as universities, scholarly societies, research centres and are accessible on journals websites. Several journals published by the University of Latvia and Riga Technical University are accessible in their repositories. There are currently 12 OA journals, published in Latvia, listed in DOAJ.
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NOAD-Latvia is a support point in Latvia for the research community to be aware of OA and its benefits. NOAD-Latvia organizes activities and also gives consultations on topics related to OA, open science, OA policy, etc. As the University of Latvia is one of the first higher education institutions and scientific research institution in Latvia that has made its repository OA, the university provides all interested parties with consultations and information.
In 2019 the close collaboration is grown between NOAD-Latvia and State Education Development Agency (SEDA) and National Contact Points for Horizon 2020 in Latvia in giving strong support for the post-PhD students and new scientists on writing project proposals in Horizon 2020 program. The representative of NOAD-Latvia is joining the meetings of SEDA for scientists and post-PhD students with giving various presentations on Open Access and Open Science issues and Horizon 2020 Mandates.
An important step to contribute to the OA and Open Science movements in Latvian society was the creation of National Open Access Desk web page, which is the central point for dissemination of information on OA, including news & events in Latvian.
The E-course “Open Science/Atvērtā zinātne” has been created so that there could be a full understanding of the term "Open Science" as well as to promote it`s recognition amongst the members of the Latvian society of science. The principles of open science are gaining a stronger role in science`s development in the world. The course materials cover open science and its importance in research, OA, open data, open science policies, the management tools of OA information, repositories. It is possible to access the materials in various formats: presentations, videos, websites, written posts, statements and guidelines.
The course has been created thanks to the cooperation of the University of Latvia, the National Library of Latvia and Riga Technical University, in the project "Open Science - the 21st century`s benefits for researchers". The e-course contains materials from the FOSTER e-learning platform.
In 2012 the Library of the University of Latvia organized a special week that promoted the repository of e-resources of the University to the academic staff of the university and all higher education institutions in Latvia.
In 2013 the Scientific Council of the University of Latvia held a session and a discussion "Copyright issues in Open Access: a burden or an opportunity?" which also took place in the Scientific café. A video devoted to the 5-year anniversary of OA in Latvia, and electronic booklets in which the main questions about copyright issues in OA where answered was produced.
In 2015 the main event was the conference "Open Science - the 21th-century benefits for researchers" which was held during the international OA week. The aim of the conference was to raise awareness about Open Science, its challenges and benefits and the recommendations of the European Commission in relation to research data management and digitalization, and sharing of experience. The event was co-funded by the European Commission’s research and innovation program (FP7) project FOSTER (Facilitate Open Science Training for European Research).
In 2016 the national workshop "Research Data Management and Open Science: Challenges and Opportunities for Latvia" was held, which was given by Iryna Kuchma, EIFL-OA Programme Manager.
In 2017 the national workshop “Open Research Data and Data Management” was held at the Academic Center for Natural Sciences of the University of Latvia. Dr. Marjan Grootveld and Elly Dijk from Data Archiving and Networked Services – DANS were presented topics about OA and Research Data Management, FAIR principles, storing and preserving data.
In 2018 May the workshop “Open license Creative Commons for open science, business and society” was held, which was given by Gwen Franck, EIFL-OA Programme Coordinator.
There are several webinars conducted (January and February 2021) for the scientific and research institutions of Latvia based in Riga and regions: “Introduction to Open Science & Scientific Publishing and Open Access”, “Insights into Research Data Management”, “Horizon 2020 requirements and opportunities to meet in the Open Science context” with the presentation on OpenAIRE Services included.
Many presentations and video recordings from previous events are available on the activities website.
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