Project description
Supporting Diamond Open Access to achieve full potential
Open access (OA) models are revolutionising today’s scholarly communication and collaboration. They are eliminating costs and lifting physical barriers, granting open access to scientific data and research information. The online non-profit Diamond OA is among the most promising international academic platforms gathering a community of academics, policymakers and members of non- and for-profit organisations of high-quality research. However, Diamond OA needs technical and organisational support to develop its full potential. The EU-funded CRAFT-OA project will strengthen the Diamond OA by improving the technological bases of its platforms, software and infrastructure. It will make Diamond OA’s activities and results more discoverable and appreciated.
Objective
After several decades of evolving, Open Access (OA) publishing is now at the centre of scientific communication, providing access to scientific publications without barriers. In Diamond Open Access, authors can publish free of charge as the institutional sector with universities, research institutions or libraries provide the necessary technological infrastructure. While the commercial model of Open Access dominates in anglophone journals from the Global North, the Diamond OA model shows a much higher level of diversity and origin. However, the Diamond OA landscape continues to be fragmented, is often underfunded, and is not always technically proficient enough to develop its full potential for science and society. The CRAFT-OA project aims to consolidate the Diamond OA publishing landscape. The project focuses on four threads of activities to improve the technical and organisational infrastructure of Diamond OA: (1) Provide technical improvements for journal platforms and journal software (2) Build communities of practice to foster overall infrastructure improvement (3) Increase visibility, discoverability and recognition for Diamond OA publishing (4) Integrate Diamond OA publishing with EOSC and other large-scale data aggregators. CRAFT-OA’s 23 consortium partners from 14 European countries are all engaged in institutional publishing and its infrastructures, and committed to sustaining and developing capacities in the field. Many CRAFT-OA partners are leading organisations at national and European levels in terms of open publishing, and represent internationally visible centres of expertise in Open Science and FAIR implementation with strong connections to EOSC. Within 36 months, CRAFT-OA will deliver technical and community tools, training events, training materials, information, and services for the Diamond OA institutional publishing environment. It will foster communities of practice with the capacity to sustain the project improvements over time.
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinator
37073 Gottingen
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Participants (20)
1000 BRUXELLES
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00170 Helsinki
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53173 Bonn
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30167 Hannover
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10000 Zagreb
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3004-531 Coimbra
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601 77 Brno
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67080 Strasbourg Cedex
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1000 Ljubljana
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15125 Marousi
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151 25 Maroussi
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00185 Roma
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10124 Torino
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1098 XG Amsterdam
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11523 Athina
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23 000 Zadar
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00-330 Warszawa
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20095 Hamburg
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00-927 WARSZAWA
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13284 Marseille
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Partners (2)
Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
3012 Bern
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EX3 0EP Topsham
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