06.28.2013
project

MedOANet European Conference

The MedOANet European Conference will take place at the National Documentation Centre / National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens, Greece, from 17 to 18 October 2013 during the International Open Access Conference.

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05.16.2013
project

MedOANet Report on the European Workshop Released

The European Workshop of the MedOANet project took place in Braga (Portugal) on February 6th and 7th 2013, as part of a larger event, the UMinho Open Access Seminar, which included the MedOANet Workshop and the OpenAIREplus Interoperability Workshop.

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04.17.2013
project

MedOANet Report on National Open Access Workshops Released

The MedOANet (Mediterranean Open Access Network) project, funded by the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme, released its Report on the National Open Access Workshops, organized in 2012 by the project partners, namely Greece, Turkey, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal.

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02.14.2013
project

The MedOANet European Workshop

The MedOANet European Workshop took place at the University of Minho, Braga – Portugal, on the 6th February, 2013, included in a larger event, the UMinho Open Access Seminar, which brought together the MedOANet European Workshop and the OpenAIRE Interoperability Workshop, offering also public sessions on Open Access policies, open science, data repositories, interoperability and research infrastructures.

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02.05.2013
project

Italian National Open Access Workshop

Hosted by CNR (National Research Council), the Italian National Open Access Workshop took place in Rome, Italy, on January 29th 2013 with the support of the Conference of Rectors of Italian Universities. The workshop was part of the Mediterranean Open Access Network (MedOANet) project (www.medoanet.eu) supported by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (7FP), and organized by CINECA (formerly CASPUR), a partner of the MedOANet project, in cooperation with CNR as member of the Italian National Task Force.

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07.17.2012
open access

European Commission adopts Communication and Recommendation on access to and preservation of scientific information

The European Commission has today outlined measures to improve access to scientific knowledge produced in Europe. Better access to EU-funded scientific papers and data will make it easier for researchers and businesses to build on the results of publicly-funded research. This will boost Europe's innovation capacity and give citizens quicker access to scientific discoveries.

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07.17.2012
open access

European Commission: Open access to scientific data – Communication and Recommendation

The European Commission just released "Open access to scientific data - Communication and Recommendation"
The full text of the document is available at http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/565&form...

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07.16.2012
open access

RCUK announces new Open Access policy

Research Councils UK (RCUK) has today, 16th July 2012, unveiled its new Open Access policy. Informed by the work of the National Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings, chaired by Professor Dame Janet Finch, the policy at once harmonises and makes significant changes to existing Research Councils’ Open Access policies.

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07.03.2012
open access

LIBER appoints Izaskun Lacunza as new Executive Director

LIBER announced that Dr Izaskun Lacunza, Spanish Partner of the MedOANet project, has been appointed Executive Director of LIBER during the Annual LIBER Conference in Tartu.

See the full news at http://libereurope.eu/news/liber-appoints-izaskun-lacunza-as-new-executi...

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06.28.2012
open access

Wellcome Trust in UK announces strengthening of their OA policy

Wellcome Trust, one of the UK's major research funders, has announced to stengthen their open access policy with immediate effect. "Failure to comply with the policy could result in final grant payments being withheld and non-compliant publications being discounted when applying for further funding." Read more at http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2012/WTVM0557...

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