ICT role in 21st century education and its challenges
OpenAIRE at INFSO-RTD, Open Access Co-ordination Workshop, Brussels, May 2011
1. Yannis Ioannidis
Professor, Dept of Informatics & Telecom, U. Athens
President & Gen. Director, ATHENA Research Center
Peeking Through an
Open Window to OpenAIRE
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2. Open Access to Knowledge
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“Scientific information has the power to transform our
lives for the better - it is too valuable to be locked away.”
Neelie Kroes
Vice President of the European Commission for the Digital Agenda
OpenAIRE brings the innovation cycle to a new open
world, contributing to the Digital Agenda for Europe
3. OpenAIRE & Open Access
OpenAIRE makes Open Access a reality for
research publications
OpenAIRE implements the OA pilot in FP7 of
the EC
OpenAIRE addresses projects with special
clause 39 in their grant agreement …
… and beyond
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4. OpenAIRE & Infrastructures
- OpenAIRE delivers participatory infrastructure
of repositories, technologies, people
- building on existing European infrastructures
- pushing coordination of repositories
- capitalizing on existing technologies
- building up support networks for and of people
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o Links OA repositories with FP7 / ERC projects
o Provides repository for “homeless” publications
o Calculates statistics on OA/FP7/ERC deposition
FP7 /ERC Project
InformationOA repositories
Orphan
Researchers Funders
6. OpenAIRE Participatory Design
Institutional repositories
and depositions
growing over time
Strong institutional
commitment: responsibility
and mission for maintaining
central repository
Individual cost can be very high: Participatory design
avoids expense duplication
Founded on DRIVER’s 292(↑) validated repositories
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7. OpenAIRE & Research Impact
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Orphan
OpenAIRE puts foundations to measure research
impact per
publication, researcher, project, institution, country, …
OA repositories
Researchers
Funders
Repository Managers
view
download
rate
8. OpenAIRE & European Freedoms
OpenAIRE improves scientific information
access, use and reuse - easier & more reliable
OpenAIRE improves free info movement in
European Research Area benefiting
– researchers, students, citizens
– funding officers and industry
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9. OpenAIRE Unique Added Values
Researchers: One-step deposition of
publications
– for local reporting
– for global dissemination
Researchers/industry: One-stop shop for
European open access research publications
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10. OpenAIRE Unique Added Values
Funding agencies: Comprehensive
assessment of research impact
– includes national funding project information
– extends to national programmes (upcoming
COAR guidelines)
Repository managers: Interoperability and
harmonization of repositories
– standards and guidelines
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11. OpenAIRE Unique Added Values
Policy makers: Generic infrastructures
applicable/available beyond OA pilot mandate
– other EC programs
– national funding agencies and programs
– funding organizations around the globe
– data linked to research publications (OpenAIRE+)
– any scientific area
– government documents, learning objects, …
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12. OpenAIRE European Footprint
Coordination
– University of Athens
– Göttingen State and University Library
– CNR-ISTI
5 technical partners
– Digital libraries, e-Infrastructure experts
6 libraries/library ITs
– Active on OA - European & international level
27 national organizations covering entire European Union
– National research infrastructures on scholarly
publications
5 scientific communities
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13. National Open Access Desks
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Region 1 North
(DTU)
Denmark
(Danish Technical
University)
Finland
(University of Helsinki)
Sweden
(National Library of
Sweden)
Region 2 South
(UMINHO)
Cyprus
(Universtity of Cyprus)
Greece
(National
Documentation Center)
Italy
(CASPAR)
Malta
(Malta Council for
Science & Technology)
Portugal
(University of Minho)
Spain
(Spanish Foundation for
Science & Technology)
Region 3 East
(eIFL)
Bulgaria
(Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences)
Czech Republic
(Technical University of
Ostrava)
Estonia
(University of Tartu)
Hungary (HUNOR)
Latvia
(University of Latvia)
Lithuania
(Kaunas Technical
University)
Poland
(ICM – University of
Warsaw)
Romania
(Kosson)
Slovakia
(university Library of
Bratislava)
Slovenia
(University of Ljubljana)
Region 4 West
(UGENT)
France
(Couperin)
Germany
(University of Kostanz)
Ireland
(Trinity College)
Netherlands
(Utrecht University)
UK
(SHERPA)
Austria
(University of Wien)
Belgium
(Universtiy of Gent)
Norway
(University of Tromsoe)
14. OpenAIRE & The World
OpenAIRE relaxes and bridges geographic,
organisational, disciplinary boundaries
OpenAIRE establishes European leadership in
a domain with a global horizon
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OpenAIRE
Open Access Infrastructure for Research
in Europe
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15. Out in the Air with OpenAIRE
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17. Deposition Services
Single point of entry to European repositories
– Identify institutional, thematic, national
repositories (OpenDOAR repository registry)
Homeless repository
– Publications preserved by the CERN library
Link from publishers to EC data
– Links to external publications (through DOIs)
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19. Access and Interaction
Window to EC funded publications
Find the who, what, when, how of European
research
Easy ways to search, identify, and view
publications
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20. Window to the World of OA
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21. Window to the World of OA
Open Access Policies and Mandates
Open Access Initiatives
– What is happening around in my country, in
similar institutions, in Europe, in the world?
Comprehensive information on national
infrastructures
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23. Advocacy, Human Support
Guidelines and how-to’s for
– researchers as authors
– repository managers
– institution leaders
Detailed info on copyrights
Updated FAQ on “hot” issues
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24. Advocacy, Human Support
Helpdesk customized to your
– Needs (researchers, repository manager, funder)
– Geographical region (responded by people that
are familiar with your situation, practices)
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26. Get People Involved
500+ European repositories
292 validated through DRIVER
OpenAIRE Guidelines 1.1
Repository registration and validation tool
Tools to retrieve project info to enrich local
metadata
Popular repository platform plugins for
OpenAIRE compliance
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28. Research Output for Funding Input
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29. Research Production & Impact
Quantitative measurements → Qualitative
metrics
First: get the numbers
– Standards
– Tools
Then: do the math
– Metrics
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30. Quantitative Measurements
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Different types of statistics to evaluate research output
• project, programme, scientific area
• timelines, country, institution → coming soon
31. Quantitative Measurements
Putting the foundations
Combine different methodologies and define
explorative performance indicators
– Bibliometrics
– Webometrics
– Usage data
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32. Bibliometrics in OpenAIRE
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Total # of citation per project
and Working Programme
Frequency distribution
of the ISI listed
records per project
and Working
Programme
Bibliographic and citation data extracted from ISI Web of Science
Project IDs in the SC 39Project List provided by the EC
34. Usage Statistics in OpenAIRE
Usage data aggregator
– Privacy issues
Collaboration with
– National initiatives (SURF, JISC, OAStatistik, …)
– European initiatives (Knowledge Exchange, …)
Upcoming OpenAIRE standards & guidelines
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35. Usage Statistics in OpenAIRE
Google Motion Charts
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Per Repository
Per Project
Per Publication
36. Portal: New Face, New Layout
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37. OpenAIRE → OpenAIREplus
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Significant effort so far
Significant effort ahead
Moving towards global OA vision
Come join us
Fresh air in innovation cycle