How was
OPEN ACCESS WEEK 2010
In Czech Republic
Mgr. Pavla Rygelová
Central Library of VŠB-TUO
Bibliotheca academica – CPVŠK
Masaryk University
Brno, 2nd November 2010
Mgr. Lucie Vyčítalová
University Library of UPa
Open Access Week 18th-24th October 2010
Global event
900 participants from 94 countries – 3 times
more than last year
Promotion and highligting of advantages of OA
Researchers focused
Open Access in figures
OpenDOAR – 1794 repositories
ROAR –1671 repositories
5598 open access journals from 108
countries
3 titles every day
(vs. 2447 journals from Elsevier, 7387 in
Journal Citation Reports )
Open Journal Systems – 6600 journals
16 new mandates OA in ROARMAP
during OAWeek (total: 244)
795 publishers v SHERPA/RoMEO
OA success = acceptation by
scientists
Who? Librarians, students, researchers
Where? Conferences, seminars, workshops
How? Promotional materials
Blog Open Access Week
Open Access Week
at VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava
Promotional materials: leaflets, bookmarks,
article in university journal, everyday lecture
on OA, prezentation on LDC monitors,
information brochures
AIM: increase awareness about OA among
academic members
Visibility of outputs of R&D
Accessibility of outputs of R&D
Increasing of citations of
outputs of R&D
Open Access Week
at VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava
Motto
Visibility-Accessibility-Impact
Inspiration by:
Self-archiving FAQ
Open Access Week
at VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava
Direct promotion among academic members
Inspiration by wiki Events celebrating Open Access Week
Open Access Week
at VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava
Collection of articles published in impact factor journals
Bibliografic records of articles according to Web
of Science
Only a few records with fulltexts of arcticles
published by Hindawi, Copernicus, IEEE
Open Access Week
at VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava
Letters to authors appealing for sending their manuscripts of
published articles
69 authors addressed
request for 129 manuscripts (preprints or postprints)
according to publishers‘ policies
Publishers‘ policies were checked in SHERPA/RoMEO database
and on publishers‘ websites
Result: 31 e-prints (from 19 authors) were submitted to
institutional repository DSpace VŠB-TUO
Conclusion: Researchers are interested in self-archiving!
Open Access Week
at VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava
Information support
by blog of Central Library of VŠB-TUO E-zdroje
Work on project OpenAIRE
in CR
Association of Libraries of Czech Universities
Long-term monitoring of OA (invitation of international
experts in OA to BA conference)
3rd Czech DSpace User Group Meeting focused on OA
Set up OA working group
1 work meeting in September 2010 in Pardubice
OAWeek
Work meeting in Pardubice
Organization and preparation of OAWeek
Communication via e-conference openaccess
and ActviveCollab
Information source about OA in Czech
Republic on the blog E-zdroje VŠB-TUO and
openaccess.cz
http://www.openaccessweek.org
openaccess.cz
„central point“
Connection to E-zdroje
List of involved
institutions
Contact list
Basic information about
OA (in Czech, English)
9 universities+ Library of AS CR and NTL
Interaktivní mapa
Aim of Czech OAWeek?
Inform scientists of existence of
Open Access
How did we involve?
leaflets, posters
web pages
brochures
bookmarks
articles in university journals
lectures, presentations
presentations on LCD monitors
…
University of Pardubice
• Motto: „… towards scientific outputs without
barriers“
• Presentation for collegium of rector
• Web pages
http://www.upce.cz/knihovna/OA.html
• Report about OAWeek in University Bulletin
During OAWeek, everyday
60min presentation
OA week globally
principles of OA (video)
terms (preprint, postprint, publisher
version)
analysis of publication activities of
UPa
examples of OA at UPa (statistics)
advantages of archiving to IR
total: 17 attendants
http://hdl.handle.net/10195/37730
Banners
Information point in students‘ hall
Leaflets
Bookmarks
Czech Technical University in
Prague
• web pages
http://knihovna.cvut.cz/veda/open-access/
• inform prorectors about OAWeek
• posters, leaflets
• news on web pages of university and
faculties
 invitation to e-conference DSVinfo, focused
on support of study, science, research at
CTU
 consulting hours (6 attendants)
Masaryk Univerzita
rector signed a Berlin Declaration
press release
http://www.muni.cz/events/calendar/1
8214898
articles in journal „muni.cz“
http://info.muni.cz/images/pdfmuni/
muni0810.pdf
web pages
http://www.ics.muni.cz/akceoaweek/
6 lectures on OA (103 attendants)
Tomas Bata University in
Zlín
web pages
http://web.knihovna.utb.cz/?id=0_1
&iid=107&lang=cs&type=0
modifyed video for purposes of TBU,
broadcasting in local TV channel
including OA issue to lectures for
graduates and teachers
sending information about OA to econference for university members
(without reaction)
University of Economics in
Prague
• web pages http://ciks.vse.cz/oa
• article in bulletin of UE
http://www.vse.cz/zpravodaj.php?ID
=461
• lecture on OA and CC for researchers
and graduates (15 attendants)
• exhibition“ Free culture/Svobodná
kultura“
University of West
Bohemia in Plzen
leaflets
bookmarks
web pages
http://knihovna.zcu.cz/open
_access.php
Library of Academy of
Science of CR
• OA policy adopted by academic court
http://www.cas.cz/sd/novinky/hlavnistranka/101015-av-prijala-politikuotevreneho-pristupu.html
• web pages
http://www.lib.cas.cz/cs/novinky/openaccess-week
• leaflets in Czech and English language
• article in bulletin
• OA issue in lectures for graduates, directors
of libraries of institutes of AS, directors of
institutes of AS
• OA t-shirts
Other institutions involved in
OAWeek
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
http://www.amu.cz/info-sluzby/knihovny-amu/openaccess-week
• National Technical Library
http://www.techlib.cz/cs/1155-open-access-v-ntk
• Brno University of Technology
https://www.vutbr.cz/portal3/index.php?page=document&
wapp=portal&parent=168&tail=26&dcid=16049&fldrid=
913&p4rew=done
Look at our flipchart
OAWeek in CR.
Thank you for your attention.
More information:
http://www.openaccess.cz
http://e-zdroje.vsb.cz