Implementing Open Access Mandates in Europe: OpenAIRE Study on the Development of Open Access Repository Communities in Europe
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Birgit Schmidt and Iryna Kuchma
OpenAIRE: Universitätsverlag Göttingen, (Nov 2012)
From the Summary: This work highlights existing open access policies in Europe and provides
an overview of publishers’ self-archiving policies. It also highlights
the strategies needed to implement these policies. It provides a unique
overview of national awareness of open access in 32 European countries
involving all eu member states and in addition, Norway, Iceland, Croatia,
Switzerland and Turkey. Moreover, it describes funder and institutional
open access mandates in Europe and national strategies to introduce and
implement them. An overview is provided of the repository infrastructure
currently in place in European countries, including institutional and disciplinary
repositories, national repository networks and national open access
information portals and support networks.