A set of slides from "The State of Open" panel at OpenCon2014

1. The Current State of
Open Access in Europe
& Developing &
Transition Countries
Iryna Kuchma
EIFL Open Access Programme
Manager
OpenCon 2014, Washington, November 15

2. Open access
(OA) policies in
China and Latin
America

4. OA is now required by law in
Mexico

5. And also in Argentina

6. and in Peru

8. India

10. Europe

11. European
CommissionAs of April 2014, more than
50% of the scientific papers
published in 2007, 2008,
2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012
can be downloaded for free
on the Internet.
(Proportion of Open Access
Papers Published in Peer-
Reviewed Journals at the
European and World Levels—
1996–2013:
http://www.science-metrix.co
m/en/publications/reports#/e
n/publications/reports/propo
rtion-of-open-access-papers-

13. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European
Commissioner for Research, Innovation &
Science: “Putting research results in the
public sphere makes science better &
strengthens our knowledge-based
economy. The European taxpayer should
not have to pay twice for publicly funded
research. That is why we have made OA
to publications the default setting for
Horizon 2020, the EU research &
innovation funding programme."

14. Image courtesy of http://aukeherrema.nl/ CC-BY

15. Image courtesy of
http://aukeherrema.nl/ CC-
BY

18. PASTEUR4OA
Open Access Policy
Alignment STrategies for
European Union Research
"Science knows no country, because
knowledge belongs to humanity, and is
the torch that illuminates the world."
Louis Pasteur, 1822-1895

22. Training on open
access, open
research data and
open science

24. http://www.eifl.net/openaccess

25. 68 OA mandates
19 this year in Algeria,
Azerbaijan, Belarus,
China, Czech Republic,
Kenya, Moldova, Serbia,
South Africa, Ukraine
and Zimbabwe

26. 700+ OA repositories
4000+ OA journals
107579 people trained
in 2012-2013

27. “One idea I can give
other students to spread
the word about OA is to
make people aware
about OA by raising its
visibility on campus.
This can be done by
posting OA posters and
flyers all over the
campus, setting up a
projector in front of the
library and showing
short videos related to
OA and organizing a talk
program between the
students and librarians.”

28. “One idea I can give
other students to spread
the word about OA is to
form advocacy groups
and engage relevant
stakeholders. They
should identify and
collaborate with existing
OA supporters in their
institutions.”
"Never doubt that a
small group of
committed citizens can
change the world;
indeed, it is the only
thing that ever has" -
Margaret Mead.

29. "One idea I can give
other students to
spread the word about
OA is to get informed
about the policies at
their institutions,
applaud good
practices and push
for even better ones.
Tell your peers why
OA matters and
build a knowledge-
action chain!"

30. Students for OA in
Poland
Fundacja Projekt: Polska, Centrum Cyfrowe with
partners: The Citizens of Science, University of
Warsaw Library, Polish Culture Institute at Warsaw
University; media partners: Tytul Ujednolicony and
Bibliosfera.net; and students organizations: Opener
Initiative, Student Scientific Group of Intellectual
Property at the University of Warsaw, Libertas et Lex
Scientific Group and Scientific Group of Library
Science Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun

31. UwolnijNauke.pl

32. Open Science
Library

33. What can we
do together?

34. Later today:
Workshop:
OA in the Context of
Developing
Countries

35. Thank you!
Questions?
iryna.kuchma@eifl.net
www.eifl.net