Open Access - Greater Reach For Research

Open Access (OA) to research results means that this material is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.

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Netherlands is one of the European Countries joining forces to realize the EC Open Access pilot: OpenAIRE

OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe), a three-years project funded under the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission, has now taken up its work to implement Open Access on a pan-European scale. This ambitious effort unites 38 partners from 27 European countries. Utrecht University is the liaison for the Netherlands. SURFfoundation will be heading the helpdesk.
Last Updated on Friday, 05 March 2010 13:53
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DRIVER II European repository project concludes successfully

The two-year EU project DRIVER II – Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research – came to a successful end in mid-February 2010. The Review Committee approved all of the project’s products.

The purpose of the DRIVER II project was to create a future-proof repository infrastructure enabling open access to research results. The project involved converting the pilot developed in the DRIVER I project into a production environment. Initially, a minimum of 15 countries were to participate in the environment. In the end, 33 countries joined the partnership.

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 February 2010 10:37

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