Press Release: Open Access Self-Archiving Mandate at the University of Helsinki, Finland

From: Veera Ristikartano <veera.ristikartano_at_HELSINKI.FI>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 14:45:14 +0300

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Open access to output of publicly funded research enhances the visibility
and the impact of the work of the University as well as of individual
researchers.

The goals of the University of Helsinki are

? To support open access to research results

? To make results of publicly funded research openly accessible online to
anyone interested

? To encourage other funding bodies as well to require research results
funded by them be made public

? To increase the visibility, use and impact of research publications of the
University of Helsinki by providing open access through the University?s own
repository

? To make its repository and publication records openly available online and
available for linkage to other repositories internationally

? To ease the reviewing of research results with open access research
publications

By a unanimous decision of the university management team the University of
Helsinki requires that researchers working at the University deposit copies
of their research articles published in academic research journals in the
open repository of the University.

This decision applies to articles approved for publication from 1st January
2010 onwards. The University of Helsinki recommends the depositing of
articles in the repository of the University also for articles published
before this date.

The researcher is responsible for submitting a full-text version of his/her
article to the open repository which is maintained by the University
library. The University will offer the support services needed in the
deposit process for all its researchers.

In addition to the research articles, other kinds of publications such as
popular articles, other published texts, serial publications of University
departments, teaching material and, publishing contracts permitting,
monographs may be stored in the open repository of the University of
Helsinki.

University of Helsinki is the first university in Finland to mandate open
access self-archiving of its scholarly output. With its more than 38 000
students and nearly 8000 employees University of Helsinki is the biggest
multidisciplinary institution of higher education and research in the
country. University of Helsinki web pages http://www.helsinki.fi/university/

While we are waiting the university?s web pages of e-publishing services to
be translated into English, the decision text can be viewed at
http://www.helsinki.fi/ejulkaiseminen/rinnakkaistallennus/pdf-tiedostot/deci
sion260508_eng.pdf

For additional information, please contact:

Ms. Veera Ristikartano
Project Manager, Coordinator of Electronic Publishing
Library Coordination Office
University of Helsinki, Finland
e-mail: veera.ristikartano_at_helsinki.fi
phone: +358-9-191 21724


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Ms. Veera Ristikartano
projektipäällikkö / Project Manager
Kirjastopalvelujen koordinointiyksikkö / Library Coordination Office
PL 33 / B.O. BOX 33
Yliopistonkatu 4
00014 Helsingin yliopisto / University of Helsinki
p. / tel. +358-9-191 21724
veera.ristikartano_at_helsinki.fi
Received on Thu Jun 05 2008 - 12:55:37 BST

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