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A presentation given at the Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing (Tromsø, Norway) of how the Nordic Council of Ministers is working with Open Access. Both through the development of a new repository service and through the introduction of a OA mandate. Concluding with an invitation to work together in the Nordic Region
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Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
The Making of a Mandate
Niels Stern | Head of Unit, Publications
@sterntweet | [email protected]
Nordic Council of Ministers
http://econ.st/YGGYAs
Nordic Council of MinistersNordic Council of Ministers
• Anno 1971
• Intergovernmental Organization (IGO)
• Consensus based
• No legislation
• Nordic Utility
• Publishing and funding
• Financed by the countries
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Two years ago…
• Great OA activity in all the member countries
• No regional OA collaboration
• No OA activity at the Nordic Council of Ministers
• A need for modernization
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Regional opportunities
• Knowledge sharing
• Common events
• Common projects
• Access to the highest political level
• International dialouge
• Awareness and advocacy
• …
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Organization (more or less)
Ministers
Senior National Officials
Secretariat
Working Committees
Research
Institutions
Research
Projects
Research
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
• Secretariat in Copenhagen
• 32 institutions and offices
• 34 working committees
• 22 cooperation partners
• 500+ projects annually
NCM Open Access projectRepository & Mandate
February 2012
Initial idea
November 2012
Internal go
February 2013
Partners on board
March 2013 Project begins
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
http://issuu.com/07interaktiv/docs/nfm_en/60
NCM Open Access projectRepository & Mandate
March 2013 Project begins
May 2013 Repository
chosen
November 2013
Mandate Phase 1 approved
February 2014
Launch of repository and
mandate
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
NCM Publications
What we publish
o Reports
o Journals
o Working papers
• Total: 300+ publications
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
What we fund
o Articles
o Preprints
o Other publications
• Total: 1,000+ publications
Repository for the Mandate
• All publications in one place
• Uniformed metadata scheme
• Becoming interoperable
• Longterm archiving
• Modernizing the distribution
• Rationalizing through common investment
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
To be launched February 2014Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
To summarize
• There is an existing Nordic platform for collaboration
• Open Access is on the agenda in the Nordic Council of Ministers
• There a many practical problems
• There are lots of regional opertunities to be explored
• Let’s enter the next stage through collaboration!
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
Thank you!
Niels Stern | Head of Unit, Publications
@sterntweet | [email protected]
Nordic Council of Ministers
Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013
http://econ.st/YGGYAs
