A group of young researchers, science administrators and librarians of the Open Access Network Austria (OANA), released the first version of The Vienna Principles: A Vision for Scholarly Communication in the 21st Century. The group under the leadership of Peter Kraker discussed the relationship between Open Access and Scholarly Communication intensely and with great passion. After more than a year of research, serious debate and analysis of pro and cons across the subject area, a set of twelve principles were rolled out which represent the cornerstones of excellence within the future scholarly communication system.

The idea behind these principles is to contribute to the international Open Science discussion in relation to scholarly communication and how to improve the current system. Any further input and comments would be most valued by the group members who invite interested collegues and co-professionals to participate, annotate and debate via: viennaprinciples.org. This document is seen as work in progress and the hope of the authors is to inspire the international community to take part in a widespread, open and transparent discussion towards a shared vision for scholarly communication in the 21st century.

You can read the full blogpost by Peter Kraker about the principles on our blog: https://blogs.openaire.eu/?p=1054 

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