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<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Iryna Kuchma</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iryna.kuchma@eifl.net">iryna.kuchma@eifl.net</a>></span><br>Date: 5 February 2016 at 18:04<br>Subject: [EIFL-OA] European University Association Roadmap on Open Access to Research Publications<br>To: <a href="mailto:hilton.gibson@gmail.com">hilton.gibson@gmail.com</a><br>Cc: EIFL - Open Access program announcement and discussion list <<a href="mailto:eifloa@lists.eifl.net">eifloa@lists.eifl.net</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt">Press Release</span><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><div><div>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">EUA
Roadmap on Open Access to Research
Publications</span></b><br></p><p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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The Council of the European University
Association (EUA) approved the “<a href="http://www.eua.be/Libraries/publications-homepage-list/eua-roadmap-on-open-access-to-research-publications.pdf?sfvrsn=4" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Roadmap on Open Access
to Research Publications</span></b></a>”
during its meeting on 29 January 2016. The
Roadmap, which aims to assist universities
in the transition to Open Access (OA), is
the first in a series of initiatives that
EUA plans to develop to address the
implications of Open Science for European
universities.<br>
<br>
The Roadmap has been drafted in close
collaboration with EUA’s <a href="http://www.eua.be/Libraries/research/science-2-0-expert-group-members45c165ca84b96a879ce5ff00009465c7.pdf?sfvrsn=0" target="_blank">Expert
Group on Science 2.0/Open Science</a>, a
group of 20 experts from 19 countries
designated by their respective national
rectors’ conferences (NRCs). The Roadmap
is a key element of EUA’s long-term vision
to support its members in the transition
towards Open Science, also formally
endorsed at the 29 January meeting. In
this context EUA will tackle,
progressively, all the main issues at
stake, including research assessment and
researchers’ career development, the
quality of publications, text and data
mining (TDM), copyright, data protection
and infrastructure.<br>
<br>
The Roadmap on Open Access to Research
Publications focuses primarily on the
following areas:<br>
<br>
• Fostering structured dialogue among
all stakeholders;<br>
• Promoting and supporting the adoption
of OA policies, infrastructures and
initiatives by European universities;<br>
• Encouraging the development and
establishment of advanced scientific
recognition and research assessment
systems;<br>
• Addressing intellectual property
rights and copyright policies for various
outputs;<br>
• Considering alternative and
sustainable OA business models;<br>
• Promoting access, use and sharing of
research publications and data, including
TDM;<br>
• Encouraging, supporting and
eventually monitoring the establishment of
comprehensive standards for institutional
OA policies concerning research
publications and teaching materials.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">According
to Professor Jean-Pierre Finance, Council
member and Chair of the Expert Group, “EUA
has come up with a set of well-defined
objectives and priority actions for the
university sector that will be taken
forward in the coming months. By acting
together, European universities will
undoubtedly set the pace for progress
towards a more open system for the
generation of new knowledge through
research.”<br>
<br>
The EUA Open Access Roadmap to Research
Publications comes at a crucial time as
there is currently a strong political push
towards OA. Just last week, EU ministers
responsible for research assembled in an
informal meeting in Amsterdam with
European Commissioner Carlos Moedas to
discuss research issues, including OA.
This topic will continue to be high on the
European political agenda as the EU Dutch
Presidency has identified OA as one of its
priority areas. <br>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ends</span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Notes:</span></b><br>
To view the “EUA Roadmap on Open Access to
Research Publications” please <a href="http://www.eua.be/Libraries/publications-homepage-list/eua-roadmap-on-open-access-to-research-publications.pdf?sfvrsn=4" target="_blank">click
here</a>.<br>
<br>
In an additional step in support of its
coming activities on research assessment
and research publications, the EUA Council
also endorsed a Statement with the purpose
to become a signatory of the San Francisco
Declaration on Research Assessment (<a href="http://www.ascb.org/" target="_blank">DORA</a>). <br>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Previous
EUA publications in the field:</span></i><br>
<a href="http://www.eua.be/Libraries/research/recommendations_open_access_adopted_by_the_eua_council_on_26th_of_march_2008_final.pdf?sfvrsn=0" target="_blank">Recommendations
on Open Access (2008)</a><br>
<a href="http://www.eua.be/Libraries/publication/OA_Briefing_Paper_Final.pdf?sfvrsn=2" target="_blank">Briefing
paper on Open Access to Research
Publications (2014)</a><br>
<a href="http://www.eua.be/Libraries/publications-homepage-list/Open_access_report_v3.pdf?sfvrsn=4" target="_blank">EUA’s
Open Access checklist for universities
(2015) </a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For
more information please contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Jessica Carter, tel: <a href="tel:%2B32%202%20743%2011%2059" value="+3227431159" target="_blank">+32 2 743 11 59</a>;
mobile: <a href="tel:%2B32%20473%2074%2087%2085" value="+32473748785" target="_blank">+32 473 74 87 85</a>; email: <a href="mailto:jessica.carter@eua.be" target="_blank">
</a><a href="mailto:jessica.carter@eua.be" target="_blank">jessica.carter@eua.be</a><br>
or Ulrike Reimann, tel: <a href="tel:%2B32%202%20743%2011%2058" value="+3227431158" target="_blank">+32 2 743 11 58</a>;
mobile: <a href="tel:%2B32%20491%2015%2089%2072" value="+32491158972" target="_blank">+32 491 15 89 72</a>; email: <a href="mailto:ulrike.reimann@eua.be" target="_blank">
</a><a href="mailto:ulrike.reimann@eua.be" target="_blank">ulrike.reimann@eua.be</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
European University Association (EUA) is
the representative organisation of more
than 800 universities in 47 European
countries and 36 national rectors’
conferences (NRCs). The Council of EUA
is comprised of the President, the
members of the Board, and of the
presidents of all of Europe’s NRCs. EUA
works closely with its members to ensure
that the voice of European universities
is heard.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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