Austria & Opens Science – New Projects in 2017
« (…) Promoted by the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW) « Austrian Transition to Open Access – AT2OA » is a new project involving 21 Austrian Universities under the lead of the University of Vienna. Its aim is to contribute to the transformation from Closed to Open Access of scholarly publications. (…)
Supporting measures for the transition to Open Access include the redesigning of licence agreements with publishers, as well as, spurring researchers into publishing through Open Access agreements and encouraging new Open Access strategies for publications.
The following topics will be organised in sub-projects: (1) analysis of potential impacts of an Open Access transition, (2) funding of Open Access business models, (3) establishment of Open Access publication funds and (4) promotion of Open Access publications and alternative Open Access publication models. (…) »
source > openaire.eu, 3 avril 2017
