National guidelines for open access in Norway

Presentation SPARC Helsinki 29 June 2016

Torkel BrekkePeace Research Institute Oslo, PRIO

University of OsloCivita

Context and overview

• Mandate, process, background, hearing, implementation

• Structure of the report• Guidelines• Measures and preconditions• Background

Rewards and incentives

• Stimulate open publishing with a factor in the Norwegian Publication Indicator

• Require institutions to deposit in local or national repositories in order for articles to count in performance-based funding system

Technical stuff

• Create national academic repository• Strengthening register of approved

publication channels• Norwegian Centre for Research Data or other

gatekeepers against predatory journals?• Alignment/coordination?• What about DOAJ?

Fostering a culture of academic responsibility

• Academic freedom is essential• But so is academic responsibility

• Employees in the public sector, health workers, teachers, journalists

• Patients, consumers and interest groups • Small and medium-sized businesses

Where to find it

• https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/mottok-anbefalinger-for-apen-tilgang-til-forskning/id2504079/

• http://www.cristin.no/english/about/news/2016/national-guidelines-for-open-access.html

• http://blogs.prio.org/2016/06/open-access-our-academic-responsibility/