Austrian Transition to Open Access: a collaborative approach

This article presents a collaborative project, the ‘Austrian Transition to Open Access’ (AT2OA), initially running from 2017 to 2020, which had the overarching goal of enabling the large-scale transformation of publishing outputs from closed to open access (OA) in Austria. The initiative, which has...

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Main Authors: Rita Pinhasi, Lothar Hölbling, Brigitte Kromp
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Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2021-11-01
Series:Insights: The UKSG Journal
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Online Access:https://insights.uksg.org/articles/561
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description This article presents a collaborative project, the ‘Austrian Transition to Open Access’ (AT2OA), initially running from 2017 to 2020, which had the overarching goal of enabling the large-scale transformation of publishing outputs from closed to open access (OA) in Austria. The initiative, which has recently secured funding for a second four-year cycle from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, brings together all key players: universities, research institutes, the national library consortium and a cOAlition S funding member, the Austrian Science Fund. The project outcomes include a transition feasibility study that builds on the methodology of the 2015 Schimmer et al. article, the seeds of a national OA monitoring data hub and transformative agreements with major publishers. In addition, the project helped launch institutional OA Publishing Funds across the country and explored alternative publishing models. Furthermore, it saw the emergence of a nationwide network of OA experts. The authors also share their thoughts on lessons learned.
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spelling doaj.art-8ed83dfb1a464e1fadad17e7cfa72bee2022-12-21T20:12:47ZengUbiquity PressInsights: The UKSG Journal2048-77542021-11-0134110.1629/uksg.561503Austrian Transition to Open Access: a collaborative approachRita Pinhasi0Lothar Hölbling1Brigitte Kromp2Academic Librarian, Consortia Management, Vienna University LibraryDepartment for Data Analyst, AT2OA Project, Vienna University LibraryHead of Consortia Management, Vienna University LibraryThis article presents a collaborative project, the ‘Austrian Transition to Open Access’ (AT2OA), initially running from 2017 to 2020, which had the overarching goal of enabling the large-scale transformation of publishing outputs from closed to open access (OA) in Austria. The initiative, which has recently secured funding for a second four-year cycle from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, brings together all key players: universities, research institutes, the national library consortium and a cOAlition S funding member, the Austrian Science Fund. The project outcomes include a transition feasibility study that builds on the methodology of the 2015 Schimmer et al. article, the seeds of a national OA monitoring data hub and transformative agreements with major publishers. In addition, the project helped launch institutional OA Publishing Funds across the country and explored alternative publishing models. Furthermore, it saw the emergence of a nationwide network of OA experts. The authors also share their thoughts on lessons learned.https://insights.uksg.org/articles/561open accesstransformative agreementcost allocation modelworkflowspublishing data
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title Austrian Transition to Open Access: a collaborative approach
title_full Austrian Transition to Open Access: a collaborative approach
title_fullStr Austrian Transition to Open Access: a collaborative approach
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title_short Austrian Transition to Open Access: a collaborative approach
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transformative agreement
cost allocation model
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