Open Access in the Netherlands: 2009 Open Access year Bas Savenije Utrecht University
At present All universities have signed the Berlin Declaration Network of university repositories: DARE-net items 2 University libraries publishing Open Access journals 4 Universities with a fund for publications in Open Access journals Mandate for doctoral theses in each university
Springer Open Choice Pilot Springer’s Open Choice: A publication becomes Open Access, when the author pays $ UKB License with Springer: € All Dutch universities in 2007: publications Pilot For publications Open Choice is ‘free’ Each publication > 1.250: $ 1.500
2009: Open Access year Increasing awareness University Boards: –models for a university’s OA policy –towards a mandate The research community Funding agencies: towards a pilot Polytechnics: Berlin Declaration Academic friendly publishers
2009: Open Access year Repositories Improving the repositories’ workflow Broadening repositories: web lectures, primary research data Improving retrievability Creating / improving use statistics
2009: Open Access year Copyright Stimulating the use by researchers of: License to publish: Relation author - publisher License to deposit: Relation author - institution License to use: Relation author - reader Involving these issues in negotiations with publishers about licensing
UKB Open Access working group Taskforce SURF’ s rOAdmap More information: