This document discusses open access in Slovenia and the OpenAIRE project. It provides background on Slovenia's research environment and the current state of open access, which is weak with no funder or institutional mandates. It then describes the OpenAIRE project, an EU initiative to support open access of publicly funded research. OpenAIRE will provide infrastructure and help to implement open access mandates in Horizon 2020. Finally, the document outlines steps for Slovenia to develop its open access infrastructure tomorrow, such as a national repository, helpdesk, and supporting open access journals.

1. Open access in Slovenia and
OpenAIRE project

2. Contents
National research environment
Current OA situation in Slovenia
OpenAIRE project
Conference Open access to the achievements
of Slovenian scientists
OA in Slovenia tomorrow
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3. Slovenia
Independent state since 1991
Member of EU since 2004
Adopted EUR in 2007
2 mill. inhabitants
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4. National research environment

5. Research
Research and Development Act (2002): the
results of research, financed from
government funds, are public
App. 13.000 researchers
Slovenian current research information
system SICRIS
Major funders: Slovenian Research Agency &
Slovenian Technology Agency
1,66 % of GDP, 6 % of this from abroad
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6. Universities
University of Ljubljana
54.000 students, 3.500 lecturers and
researchers, 39 libraries, no central
university library, 169 librarians and
information specialists + CTK + NUK
University of Maribor
24.000 students, lecturers, researchers,
11 libraries coordinated by the
university library, 92 librarians and
information specialists
University of Primorska
7.000 students, lecturers, researchers, 5
libraries, 8 librarians
University of Nova Gorica
800 students, lecturers, researchers, 1
library, 3 librarians
 Rectors’ Conference of RS
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7. Institutes
Jožef Stefan Institute
Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian
Academy of Sciences and Arts
National Institute of Chemistry
Institute of Oncology
Agricultural Institute of Slovenia
 Coordination of Independent Research
Institutes of Slovenia
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8. Current OA situation in Slovenia

9. Situation
Weak awareness among funders, researchers,
research managers, librarians
No funder or institutional mandates for
depositing publications or data from publicly
financed research into OA repositories
None of institutions signed any of the open
access declarations
No joint policy towards publishing of open
access journals
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10. Major actions so far (1)
Rectors’ Conference suggested the
establishment of a national repository
connected with SICRIS to the Ministry for
Science, Higher Education and Technology
and to the Slovenian Research Agency (Dec.
2009)
 ministry acknowledged the receipt of
letter
 research agency supports the idea
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11. Major actions so far (2)
Competitiveness of Slovenia public tender
(April 2010):
− gradual set up of open data system
− deposit of data from publicly financed
research in Slovenia
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12. DRIVER-compliant repositories
Digital Library of Slovenia – dLib.si
(serves as national DRIVER aggregator)
Digital Library of the University of Maribor –
DKUM
EPrints.FRI
ELPUB (discontinued)
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13. Non DRIVER-compliant repositories
Univ. Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics
Univ. Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences
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14. Other OA sources
20 OA journals in DOAJ
Rare OA monographs
Social Science Data Archives
Specialised OA databases
Public sector information
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15. OpenAIRE project

16. Communication in science
Major part of published research financed
from public funds
Access controlled with subscription (spiraling
costs)
Copyright limitations
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17. Open access
ICT enables the establishment of OA
environment
No subscription or copyright limitations
Higher visibility and impact
Efficient use of public funds
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18. EU response
Obligatory deposit of research publications into
OA repositories
European Commission: Open Access Pilot in
FP7
European Research Council: Guidelines for OA
 Organisation and technical support within
OpenAIRE project
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19. Open Access Pilot in FP7
August 2008 till the end of FP7 (2013)
7 areas
Grant Agreement, Special Clause 39:
− deposit peer reviewed research articles or
final manuscripts resulting from their FP7
projects into an online repository
− ensure open access to these articles in 6 or 12
months
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20. European Research Council
Similar
requirements as
FP7 Pilot
Additionally:
immediate
deposit of data,
OA in 6 months
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21. OpenAIRE project (1)
Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe
Support FP7 Pilot and ERC Guidelines
Duration: 1. 12. 2009−30. 11. 2012
Budget: 5 mio EUR
38 partners from 26 EU countries and Norway
From Slovenia: University of Ljubljana
www.openaire.eu
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22. OpenAIRE project (2)
OA infrastructure
European helpdesk
Orphan repository
OpenAIRE portal
Explore research data management
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23. European Helpdesk
(National Contact Points)
OpenAIRE Project Overview23
Coordinator
Iryna

24. OpenAIRE Project Overview24

25. OpenAIRE Project Overview25
www.openaire.eu

26. Conference Open access to the
achievements of Slovenian
scientists
Ljubljana, October 27−28, 2010
http://www.zbds-zveza.si/academic_2010.asp

27. Sessions
Open access worldwide
Open access in Slovenia
Open access and research evaluation
Open access in Slovenia tomorrow
(also round table)
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28. Open access in Slovenia
tomorrow

29. Open access tomorrow
8th Framework Programme: 2014−
Neelie Kroes: »all publicly-funded research
should be freely and publicly available, rather
than locked behind the paid-subscription
firewalls of scientific publishers«
Slovenia will have to build the national
infrastructure of open access to the
achievements of Slovenian scientists
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30. Open access in Slovenia tomorrow
Funder mandate
Institutional mandates (to complement with)
National helpdesk
National repository or national aggregator,
connected with SICRIS
Slovenian OA journals:
− register in DOAJ
− subscription print journals, frequently free pdfs:
enter info into Sherpa RoMEO
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31. Useful source
Recommendations for Implementation of
Open Access in Denmark (Daniela)
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32. Thank you for your attention!
mojca.kotar@uni-lj.si
University of Ljubljana
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