Academic libraries’ support for open science in the European Research Area

"According to the reflections in Europe’s Future: Open Innovation, Open Science, Open to the World(2017, p. 61) open science means at least fair open access to scientific peer reviewed publications, open access to data and metadata, open sources and open notebooks. The four major goals are public accessibility and full transparency of scientific communication, public availability and reusability of scientific data, transparency in experimental methodology, observation, and collection of data, and complete scientific collaboration. The four essential needs are to strengthen dialogue between science and society, linking scientists to science policy making, developing proper e-infrastructures, digital tools and services for open science, and changing legal tools and policy requirements for open science. In order to build the new structure of open science people skilled in openness are needed and research integrity is demanded from researchers.

Academic libraries can offer support to researchers mostly regarding open access to publications and research data and in building and managing certain open science infrastructures. Some support activities are presented further on in this report."

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