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Da der freie Zugang zu Publikationen keine Grenzen kennt, sind Sie herzlich zum Open Access Tag der Universität Trier am 18. April 2018 von 13-18 Uhr eingeladen.

Experten aus den Bereichen Rechtswissenschaften, Wissenschaftsorganisation und Bibliometrie zeigen ihre “Aspekte und Perspektiven“ zum Thema Open Access auf:

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Couldn't make it to our Open Science conference in October?  Catch up via this blog posting or watch the recording of the event.

Research is becoming progressively more open, transparent and accessible to society. Open Science is all about making publications free to access (Open Access), rendering data and code available to re-use and share (Open Data, Open Source) and changing towards more transparent and collaborative practices.

Do you speak Open Science? You might still be unsure what is in it for you! Why is it beneficial and how can it be implemented? What better way than hearing from successful fellow researchers who have built their career doing Open Science!

Mark your calendar for Luxembourg’s first National OpenAIRE conference on 26 October 2017 and attend either physically at the Belval Campus (Esch-sur-Alzette) or online through our event live stream!

You will hear from Prof. Lennart Martens (Ghent University, Belgium) about the benefits from Open Science, while Prof. Conchita D'Ambrosio (University of Luxembourg) will give you insights on its link with society and how we may be "Open in order to … fight inequality". The talks will be followed by an opportunity to discuss, debate and social network around a standing buffet!

Registration is open (until 22/10/17): http://openscience2017.uni.lu

Feel free to contact the National Open Access Desk representative in Luxembourg (OpenAIRE) if you would like to get further information about the event: Jonathan England - jonathan.england@uni.lu

This event is organised by the University of Luxembourg and OpenAIRE in partnership with FNR, LIH, LIST, LISER, MPI, LuxDoc and EURAXESS.

This year’s theme of “Open in Action” is all about taking concrete steps to open up research and scholarship and encouraging others to do the same.

Open Access Week, a global event now in its eighth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research.

See the following links for events in our area: France, Belgium, Germany…

In France, the law entitled LA CIRCULATION DES DONNÉES ET DU SAVOIR for a digital Republic was adopted after approval by the Senate.

This law is particularly important for researchers and scientific article author on two aspects:
-  Article 17, which legalizes open access to scientific publications and data, regardless of contracts signed with publishers
-  Article 18bis which allows Text and Data Mining

In particular, Article 17 which focuses on open access, gives a central role to the researcher as author of scientific articles, allowing them to give access to their work in the context defined by the law.
Along with this, the exploitation of the data released in open access by the author is also authorized and regulated.

To consult the law: CIRCULATION DES DONNÉES ET DU SAVOIR
More information available on the COUPERIN site for open access in France

OpenAIRE has scheduled a full week of webinars on various exciting Open Science topics.

During the week of October 24-30, join us at lunchtime (12.00 CEST) each day for key insights into the ethics and implementation of Open Science, especially as they relate to the EC’s Horizon2020 programme and OpenAIRE’s mission to foster the social and technical links that enable Open Science in Europe and beyond.

• MONDAY: The fundamentals of Open Science, October 24, 2016 at 12.00 CEST, on key themes in Open Science, with Tony Ross-Hellauer (OpenAIRE, University of Goettingen), Paola Masuzzo (Ghent University) and Chris Hartgerink (Tilburg University).

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OpenAIRE invites you to participate in a brief survey on attitudes to Open Peer Review.

Your anonymous answers will be made available to the research and publishing communities to inform future innovations in peer review. 

The survey takes around 15-20 minutes to complete and will remain open until Friday 7th October.

Take the survey now: https://www.soscisurvey.de/OPR/

The European Commission has released new Guidelines on FAIR Data Management in Horizon 2020. There are a few key changes and a new template for DMPs which has been added to DMPonline.

The scope of the Open Research Data pilot has been growing. In the initial 2014-15 work programme, 7 areas were selected to take part. This grew in the 2015-16 work programe, and from 2017 the pilot will be extended to cover all the thematic areas of Horizon 2020, making Open Access to Research Data the default.

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Europe’s governments have agreed to common ambitious political Open Science goals for the first time at a gathering of ministers of science, innovation, trade and industry on 26-27 May 2016.

What consequences will taking action on these goals mean?
Who will be the influencers to make it happen?

See the highlights of the agreed goals here.