National guidelines for open
access in Norway
Presentation SPARC Helsinki 29 June 2016
Torkel Brekke
Peace Research Institute Oslo, PRIO
University of Oslo
Civita
Context and overview
• Mandate, process, background, hearing,
implementation
• Structure of the report
• Guidelines
• Measures and preconditions
• Background
Rewards and incentives
• Stimulate open publishing with a factor
in the Norwegian Publication Indicator
• Require institutions to deposit in local or
national repositories in order for articles
to count in performance-based funding
system
Technical stuff
• Create national academic repository
• Strengthening register of approved
publication channels
• Norwegian Centre for Research Data or other
gatekeepers against predatory journals?
• Alignment/coordination?
• What about DOAJ?
Fostering a culture of academic
responsibility
• Academic freedom is essential
• But so is academic responsibility
• Employees in the public sector, health workers,
teachers, journalists
• Patients, consumers and interest groups
• Small and medium-sized businesses
Where to find it
• https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/mottok-
anbefalinger-for-apen-tilgang-til-
forskning/id2504079/
• http://www.cristin.no/english/about/news/2016/nat
ional-guidelines-for-open-access.html
• http://blogs.prio.org/2016/06/open-access-our-
academic-responsibility/
National Guidelines for Open Access in Norway, Torkel Brekke

National Guidelines for Open Access in Norway, Torkel Brekke

  • 1.
    National guidelines foropen access in Norway Presentation SPARC Helsinki 29 June 2016 Torkel Brekke Peace Research Institute Oslo, PRIO University of Oslo Civita
  • 2.
    Context and overview •Mandate, process, background, hearing, implementation • Structure of the report • Guidelines • Measures and preconditions • Background
  • 3.
    Rewards and incentives •Stimulate open publishing with a factor in the Norwegian Publication Indicator • Require institutions to deposit in local or national repositories in order for articles to count in performance-based funding system
  • 4.
    Technical stuff • Createnational academic repository • Strengthening register of approved publication channels • Norwegian Centre for Research Data or other gatekeepers against predatory journals? • Alignment/coordination? • What about DOAJ?
  • 5.
    Fostering a cultureof academic responsibility • Academic freedom is essential • But so is academic responsibility • Employees in the public sector, health workers, teachers, journalists • Patients, consumers and interest groups • Small and medium-sized businesses
  • 6.
    Where to findit • https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/mottok- anbefalinger-for-apen-tilgang-til- forskning/id2504079/ • http://www.cristin.no/english/about/news/2016/nat ional-guidelines-for-open-access.html • http://blogs.prio.org/2016/06/open-access-our- academic-responsibility/