[chox] [open2] OPEN ACCESS AGREEMENT FOR FINLAND

• From: "Karl Dietz" <karl.dietz gmx.de>
• Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 22:26:21 +0200

..

NATIONAL OPEN ACCESS AGREEMENT FOR FINLAND 

Finland is the first country to make a nationwide commitment to Open 
Access, it was announced today. All universities, polytechnics and research 
institutes in Finland have become BioMed Central members. The 
membership agreement covers the cost of publication, in BioMed Centrals 
100+ Open Access journals, for all 25000 publicly funded researchers and 
teachers in Finland. BioMed Central agreed the membership with FinELib, 
the National Electronic Library of Finland. A consortium of universities, 
polytechnics, research institutes and regional libraries, FinELib is part of the 
National Librarys services for libraries. FinELib acquires Finnish and 
international resources to support teaching, learning and research. 86 
institutions from the consortium will take part in the membership deal, adding 
80 new institutions to BioMed Centrals membership program. Kristiina 
Hormia-Poutanen, Head, National Electronic Library Services, explained 
why the National Electronic Library took the decision, The aim of FinELib is 
to promote access to information. Open access is an important movement to 
improve access to information all over the world. Open access enables the 
most effective distribution of research results and can have significant impact 
to 
the Finnish innovation system. FinElib is also interested in the developments 
in new business models which are evolving. Finlands decision represents a 
landmark in the move towards Open Access for all biomedical research. 
BioMed Central, the largest Open Access publisher, has seen their 
membership program go from strength to strength. Over 300 institutions 
worldwide became members in 2003. These included the NHS in England 
and all UK universities, all institutions in Ohio, USA, 18 institutions in 
Australia, and the Max Planck Society. BioMed Central now has 500 
member institutions in 39 countries. 

just seen in: inetbib.de

--
OPEN2 = no mail at all - just info.
http://mailman.aki-stuttgart.de/mailman/listinfo/openspace
--
------- Ende der weitergeleiteten Nachricht / End of forwarded message -------
_______________________
http://www.oekonux.de/

• Previous thread: [chox] heise online: Grüne unterstützen Aktionen gegen Softwarepatente
• Next thread: [chox] SPIEGEL ONLINE - EU und Software-Streit: Der Patentkrieg geht weiter
• Next by Date: [chox] SPIEGEL ONLINE - EU und Software-Streit: Der Patentkrieg geht weiter
• Prev by Date: [chox] heise online: Grüne unterstützen Aktionen gegen Softwarepatente