• Austrian Transition to Open Access (AT2OA)

    Author(s):
    Patrick Danowski, Andreas Ferus (see profile) , Brigitte Kromp, Rita Pinhasi
    Date:
    2018
    Group(s):
    Global Outlook Scholarly Communication
    Subject(s):
    Open access publishing
    Item Type:
    Conference paper
    Conf. Title:
    IFLA World Library and Information Congress
    Conf. Org.:
    International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
    Conf. Loc.:
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Conf. Date:
    2018
    Tag(s):
    Transition, Open Access Agreements, Offsetting Deals, Alternative Open Access Publishing Business Models, Open Science Infrastructures and Services (OSIS), Open access
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6XW47W0J
    Abstract:
    In 2016 the expert group called “Open Access Network Austria” (OANA) published 16 recommendations on how Austria should support a transition to open access (OA). The overarching recommendation is that “By 2025, a large part of all scholarly publication activity in Austria should be Open Access. In other words, the final versions of most scholarly publications (in particular all refereed journal articles and conference proceedings) resulting from the support of public resources must be freely accessible on the Internet without delay (Gold Open Access).” These recommendations generated discussions across the sector and questions were raised over costs. In order to address these questions and to explore wider implications, the Austrian university libraries submitted a joint application to the Ministry of Science, Research & Economics and managed to secure funding for a project entitled “Austrian Transition to Open Access” (AT2OA). The goal of the AT2OA project, launched in 2017, is to support the large-scale transformation of scholarly publications from Closed to OA, and to implement measures supporting this initiative. The project aims to increase Austria’s OA publication output by restructuring license agreements with publishers and by providing targeted support for researchers’ publication activities. It will also establish new venues for OA publishing. Currently there are seven transition agreements (see https://konsortien.at/openaccess-en.asp) in place within the framework of the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ). During the talk we will discuss lessons learned and present the first results of our analyses.
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    Publisher:
    International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
    Pub. Date:
    August 21, 2018
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    5 years ago
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