Open access in Norway explained

Open access scholarly communication of Norway can be searched via the Norwegian Open Research Archive (NORA). "A national repository consortium, BIBSYS Brage, operates shared electronic publishing system on behalf of 56 institutions."^[1],, University of Tromsø, and Universitetsforlaget belong to the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association.^[2] Norwegian signatories to the international "Open Access 2020" campaign, launched in 2016, include CRIStin, (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, NIBIO), Norwegian Institute of Palaeography and Historical Philology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, University of Tromsø, University of Bergen, University of Oslo, and .^[3]

Repositories

There are a number of collections of scholarship in Norway housed in digital open access repositories.^[4]

Timeline

Key events in the development of open access in Norway include the following:

• 2001
  • 26 November: Norwegian Wikipedia, an open educational resource, begins publication.
• 2003
  • Norsk Institutt for Palaeografi og Historisk Filologi signs the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.
• 2006
  • Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing begins in Tromsø.^[5]
• 2007
  • May: OpenAccess.no website launched.^[6]
  • 27 June: Ministry of Education and Research State Secretary Lisbet Rugtvedt endorses open access.
  • November: National policy adopted "requiring government agencies to provide open access to any geodata they gather or produce."
• 2009
  • Research Council of Norway signs the Berlin Declaration.
• 2010
  • CRIStin (Current Research Information System in Norway) launched.^[7]
• 2011
  • 18 February: University of Tromsø creates fund to cover author fees.^[8]
• 2013
  • Research Council of Norway pays for 40 open access journals.
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology creates fund to cover author fees.
• 2017
  • Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP), a government agency, begins providing "open access to two of its publications: the CROP Series in International Poverty Poverty Studies and Global Challenges - Working Paper Series."^[9]
• 2019
  • Used title of ISSC Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP). Transitioned into a new programme of University of Norway and A-XM6956 - International Science Council (ISC).^[10]

Further reading

• . 2007-2011
  • • • Book: Norway . . Gold Open Access by Country 2012-2017 . Cites & Insights Books . US . 2018 .

External links

• Web site: Norway . Global Open Access Portal . UNESCO.
• Web site: . UK . Browse by Country: Europe: Norway .
• Web site: (Search: Country of Publisher: Norway) . . Infrastructure Services for Open Access . United Kingdom .
• Web site: Tag "oa.norway" . . 1040261573 . Harvard University.
• Web site: Browse by Country: Norway . ROARMAP

  Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies

  . . United Kingdom.
• Web site: Our members: Norway . Sparceurope.org . Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition.

Notes and References

1. Web site: OA in Norway . Open Access in Practice: EU Member States . . 23 March 2018 .
2. Web site: Oaspa.org . Members . Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association . The Hague . 7 April 2018 .
3. Web site: OA2020 Expression of Interest: List of Signatories . 10 June 2018 . Oa2020.org . . Münich .
4. Web site: Norway . . University of Nottingham . UK . 15 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090206084105/http://www.opendoar.org/countrylist.php?cContinent=Europe#Norway . 6 February 2009 . dead .
5. Web site: About the conference . Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing . UiT The Arctic University of Norway . 7 June 2018 .
6. Web site: Timeline 2007 . Nancy Pontika . . 757073363 . . US . 26 April 2018 .
7. Book: Birgit Schmidt . Iryna Kuchma . Implementing Open Access Mandates in Europe: OpenAIRE Study on the Development of Open Access Repository Communities in Europe. Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN) . 2012. Universitätsverlag Göttingen. 978-3-86395-095-8. (+ via Google Books)
8. Web site: OA publication funds . Nancy Pontika . Open Access Directory . 757073363 . Simmons School of Library and Information Science . US . 26 April 2018 .
9. Web site: Publishers of OA books . Nancy Pontika . Open Access Directory . 757073363 . Simmons School of Library and Information Science . US . 26 April 2018 .
10. Web site: GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY DATABASE - Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) .