
Malta
Last updated on
Mar 22, 2022
National Open Access Desk

University of Malta

University of Malta
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Overview
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Open Science Policy
National Policy
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Infrastructure & EOSC
Key networks & Aggregators
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Data repositories
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National publishing initiatives
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National agreements with publishers
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OA books
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Training & Support
Adoption of Open Access is supported by the UM Library through the organisation of seminars, awareness raising events, and educational and training ventures. Training workshop entitled Enhancing the visibility of your research output: A hands-on workshop on how to upload your research papers on the UM Institutional Repository - OAR@UM are organised on monthly basis by the Library’s Open Science Department in collaboration with Library’s Outreach Department. -
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News
24 Nov 2022Supporting Open Science in Malta
Ensuring that OS becomes an emergent mode of Scholarly Communication Human capacity is instrumental in ensuring that we achieve culture change which is an important catalyst for the implementation of Open Science practices by Josianne C. Vello & Kevin J. Ellul The OpenAIRE team has the pleasure of speaking to Kevin J. Ellul, Director of Library Services and Josia...
13 Apr 2022Malta adopts a National Open Access Policy
By the end of 2025, Malta shifts to a state of immediate Open Access in terms of research publications by Kevin J. Ellul In 2019, the Malta Council for Science & Technology (MCST) has secured the support of the H2020 Policy Support Facility (PSF) to develop a National Open Access Policy. The PSF exercise kicked-off in July 2019 whereby a panel of experts undertook two country visits and ...
11 Feb 2021Open Science: The Future of Scholarly Communication
The University of Malta Library, in collaboration with OpenAIRE, are organising an online seminar entitled: Open Science: The Future of Scholarly Communication, on Wednesday, 24th February 2021 via zoom....
23 Jan 2019Maltese Journal Collection in OAR@UM
Scholarly journals published by academic societies have to struggle through the complex publishing landscape in order to maximise their visibility, discoverability and usage. This is due to the fact that these journals are either being hosted on non-robust platforms such as society websites or maintained by commercial publishers with content that is behind pay wall or against costly article proces...
9 Feb 2018Open Access in Practice: Dissemination, Visibility, Usage & Impact of Scholarly Research
The University of Malta (UM) Library in conjunction with OpenAIRE organised a one-day workshop entitled Open Access in Practice: Dissemination, Visibility, Usage & Impact of Scholarly Research. The event was held on Friday 12th January, 2018 at the UM’s Conferences and Events Unit, based at the Valletta Campus. The aim of the event was to raise awareness about the concept of Op...