The Current State of Open Access in Europe & Developing & Transition CountriesIryna KuchmaEIFL Open Access Programme Manager

OpenCon 2014, Washington, November 15

Open access (OA) policies in China and Latin America

OA is now required by law in Mexico

And also in Argentina

and in Peru

India

Europe

European Commission

As of April 2014, more than 50% of the scientific papers published in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 can be downloaded for free on the Internet.

(Proportion of Open Access Papers Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals at the European and World Levels—1996–2013: http://www.science-metrix.com/en/publications/reports#/en/publications/reports/proportion-of-open-access-papers-published-in-peer-reviewed-journals-at-the)

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation & Science: “Putting research results in the public sphere makes science better & strengthens our knowledge-based economy. The European taxpayer should not have to pay twice for publicly funded research. That is why we have made OA to publications the default setting for Horizon 2020, the EU research & innovation funding programme."

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Open Access Policy Alignment STrategies for European Union Research "Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch that illuminates the world."

Louis Pasteur, 1822-1895

Training on open access, open research data and open science

http://www.eifl.net/openaccess

68 OA mandates

19 this year in Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Czech Republic, Kenya, Moldova, Serbia, South Africa, Ukraine and Zimbabwe

700+ OA repositories

4000+ OA journals

107579 people trained in 2012-2013

“One idea I can give other students to spread the word about OA is to make people aware about OA by raising its visibility on campus. This can be done by posting OA posters and flyers all over the campus, setting up a projector in front of the library and showing short videos related to OA and organizing a talk program between the students and librarians.”

“One idea I can give other students to spread the word about OA is to form advocacy groups and engage relevant stakeholders. They should identify and collaborate with existing OA supporters in their institutions.”

"Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has" - Margaret Mead.

"One idea I can give other students to spread the word about OA is to get informed about the policies at their institutions, applaud good practices and push for even better ones. Tell your peers why OA matters and build a knowledge-action chain!"

Students for OA in PolandFundacja Projekt: Polska, Centrum Cyfrowe with partners: The Citizens of Science, University of Warsaw Library, Polish Culture Institute at Warsaw University; media partners: Tytul Ujednolicony and Bibliosfera.net; and students organizations: Opener Initiative, Student Scientific Group of Intellectual Property at the University of Warsaw, Libertas et Lex Scientific Group and Scientific Group of Library Science Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun

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Open Science Library

What can we do together?

Later today: Workshop:

OA in the Context of Developing Countries

Thank you!Questions?iryna.kuchma@eifl.net

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