This document summarizes the activities of National Open Access Desks (NOADs) in promoting open access in Eastern European countries. It discusses NOAD collaboration with researchers and institutions to raise awareness of open access policies. It also outlines successes in establishing national repository infrastructure in countries like Bulgaria and Slovakia. The document requests an updated list of FP7 funded projects to support further dissemination activities.

1. Eastern European NOADs‘ experience
Awareness raising and how to reach
researchers and their organisations
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2. National Open Access Desks
Reaching all European Member States*
Region 1 North
(DTU)
(DTU)
Denmark
(Danish Technical
University)
Finland
(University of Helsinki)
Sweden
(National Library of
Sweden)
Region 2 South
(UMINHO)
Cyprus
(University of Cyprus)
Greece
(National
Documentation Center)
Italy
(CASPUR)
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
Konstanz)
Ireland
(Trinity College)
Netherlands
(Utrecht University)
UK
(SHERPA)
Austria
(University of Wien)
Belgium
(University of Gent)
Norway
(University of Tromsoe)
*Excl. Luxembourg,
Plus Norway

3. National Contact Points
Collaboration with the Network of National
Contact Points (NCPs) in Member States:
– As the NCPs are national structures, the
type and level of services offered may
differ from country to country but in
general, distribution of documentation
(forms, guidelines, manuals etc.) is
provided as the basic service
Sucess stories in Bulgaria, Czech Republic,
Hungary & Latvia
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4. Institutional level
Collaboration with research administrators
and EU funding offices on institutional level
– in Hungary: University of Debrecen,
Corvinus University and Eotvos University;
– in Slovakia: the Linguistic Institute of
Ľudovít Štúr, Comenius University and
Center of Low Temperature Physics, Košice
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5. National research funders
Collaboration with the national research
funders:
– National Research Foundations, National
Academies of Sciences, Ministries of
Science and Education, Ministry of
National Resources in Hungary, Slovak
Center of Scientific information, Slovak
Research and Development Agency, etc
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6. Repository managers
Collaboration with repository managers & national
university library associations
– Research administrators and repository
managers/librarians have been informed about
the EC/ERC OA policies and about the OpenAIRE
project by integrating sessions in
research/library/research administrators’
events/meetings at the national & international
level
– There is growing cooperation between local
research administrators and library/repository
managers
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7. Contacts with FP7 projects
Contacts with FP7 project coordinators and
participants were established
– initial group mailing to all national project
coordinators and participants (in Latvia,
Poland & Slovakia);
– group mailing to all national project
coordinators and participants facilitated
by NCPs (in Bulgaria)
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8. Individual contacts with FP7
projects

9. Individual contacts with FP7
projects (2)

10. Individual contacts with FP7
projects (3)
General positive feedback from researchers
but they required some clarifications:
– copyright management and permissions
from the publishers
Some FP7 project coordinators and
participants have already identified the
articles to be deposited (in Bulgaria and
Slovakia)
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11. Presentations
BG: National University library conference, Dec 2010 & National FP7
exhibition, Apr 2011
LV: Annual conference of the Association of academic libraries, Dec
2010, 69 annual scientific conference of the University of Latvia,
plenary session „EU financed research in Latvia: opportunities for basic
research in FP7”, Feb 2011
LT: "Open access: how to increase visibility, usage and citations of the
research output of Lithuanian scientists?" at the 12'th International
Vilnius Book Fair, Feb 2011, Eurodoc 2011 – the European Council of
Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers, Mar 2011
RO: The 2nd
International Conference on Information Science and
Information Literacy, Apr 2011
HU: PhD Symposium, Debrecen, Networkshop, Kaposvar, Apr 2011
SK: INFOS 2011, May 2011
CS: National conference for repository managers, May 2011
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12. Successes
BG: national repository infrastructure
launched (http://node3.d.dnet.research-
infrastructures.eu:8680/ui/bulgaria/index.do)
SK: the first national shared repository is
launched in partnership with CERN
RO: re-launched a national open access
portal http://www.acces-deschis.ro/ and
plans to release a National project
information database (research projects,
their results and people involved)
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13. Successes (2)
PL: the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and the
Ministry of Science and Higher Education are
working on a legislation to make the results of
publicly funded research open access:
– deposited in open access repositories and/or published in
open access journals
SI: The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and
Technology presented the Research Infrastructure
Development Plan 2011-2020.
– Chapter 3.4.7 of the Plan anticipates the establishment of
a national open data and open publication infrastructure
and mandatory deposition of publicly funded data and
publications
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14. National OA advocacy
campaigns (funded by EIFL)
EE: University of Tartu Library with the partners:
Estonian Ministry of Education and Research, Estonian
Ministry of culture, Arhiivikeskus, Estonian National Library
Archive, Academic Library of Tallinn University, OA Journals
in Estonia and Estonian E-University
LT: Lithuanian Research Library Consortium with the
partners: Lithuanian Academic Libraries Consortium for
Maintenance and Development of Information Infrastructure
for Science and Studies (LABIIMSPP), The Research Council of
Lithuania, Lithuanian Scientific Society and The Association
of Lithuanian Serials
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15. National OA advocacy
campaigns (funded by EIFL) (2)
PL: Nicolaus Copernicus University and Akademia
Gorniczo-Hutnicza - University of Science and
Technology
SI: Jozef Stefan Institute with the partners: University of
Ljubljana, University of Maribor, University of Primorska,
University of Nova Gorica, Scientific Research Centre of the
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, National Institute of
Chemistry, Institute of Oncology, Agricultural Institute of
Slovenia, National and University Library, Central
Technological Library of the University of Ljubljana, Library of
the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, The Ministry of
Higher Education, Science and Technology and the Slovenian
Research Agency
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16. Support needed
Updated list of FP7 funded projects with
Clause 39 as well as contact details of the
project partners will be very valuable for
further project dissemination activities
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17. Thank you for your attention!
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