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31 August 2015

www.openaccess.nl completely overhauled

The national website on open access has been completely revamped. It now has a new, up-to-date look and is more...
03 August 2015

NWO modifies its criteria for open access publishing

NWO has modified the criteria for its Incentive Fund Open Access - Publications. Main applicants for NWO-funded research can apply...
NWO
07 July 2015

Amendment to Copyright Act

In the wake of the Dutch House of Representatives, the Senate has also adopted the amendment proposed by MP Taverne...
07 July 2015

UKB signs The Hague Declaration on open science

UKB , a consortium of 13 university libraries and the National Library of the Netherlands, has signed and therefore endorsed...
06 July 2015

Universities take first step towards Elsevier boycott

Dutch universities have activated their plan to boycott Elsevier, the world’s largest academic publisher. They took the first step in...
big deal
05 July 2015

Agreement with SAGE

SAGE publishers and Dutch universities have signed a two-year agreement on the transition to open access. This agreement enables researchers...
big deal
28 May 2015

1.000.000 records in NARCIS

The repository team from the University of Groningen University achieved that the number of publications that can be accessed via...
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01 May 2015

Discussion on Open access: How can we make scientific knowledge more accessible?

If the Dutch government has its way, everyone will have free access to all Dutch scientific publications in 10 years’...
29 April 2015

DOAB reaches 100 publishers

Directory of Open Access Books announced the 100th publisher on their platform: African Minds. Together, these publishers have made over...
16 April 2015

Wiley takes a step towards open access

The Wiley publishing firm and the Dutch universities have reached an agreement on investing in open access. As part of...
07 April 2015

Dekker and Clark write a non-paper on open access

Sander Dekker and his UK Tory counterpart Greg Clark from ‘Universities, Science and Cities’ have appealed to all EU member...
19 March 2015

TU Eindhoven opts for green route

The Executive Board of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has opted for the green route towards open access. As of...
green road
17 February 2015

First Open Access dataset deposited with DANS

In line with the new DANS policy, the first fully open access dataset has been made available in EASY by...
15 February 2015

Many sceptical about Dekker’s goals

A discussion meeting was held at Library & Archive, University of Twente (UT) on 18 February 2015. Following an introduction...
12 February 2015

TU Delft Library and Copernicus Publications enter into contract

To make open access publishing easier for researchers, the TU Delft Library has transferred a budget to Copernicus for open...
15 January 2015

NRC article about differing views on open access

Negotiations with Elsevier and Springer about open access publishing have produced different responses, prompting the NRC Handelsblad to publish a...
23 December 2014

More details about the Springer deal

Detailed information about the open access agreement between the Dutch universities and Springer is available now. Under the Agreement, all...
17 December 2014

Newsletter on Big Deal negotations

Open access is an important, if not crucial part of the current negotiations between VSNU and major publishers about journal...
big deal
17 December 2014

Agreement with Springer

In December 2014 the Dutch universities have reached an agreement with the publisher Springer on open access publishing for Dutch...
14 December 2014

Agreement with Springer about Open Access

Negotiations between VSNU and Springer have yielded an agreement in principle for 2015 and 2016. Instead of a paid subscription...
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