[BOAI] OpenAIREplus project: linking peer-reviewed literature to associated data

[Iryna Kuchma]

[Forwarded message from Rettberg, Najla]

***apologies for cross posting*******

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PRESS RELEASE ****

15 December 2011****

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*Paving the way to an open scientific information space: OpenAIREplus –
linking peer-reviewed literature to associated data. *

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OpenAIREplus (2nd Generation of Open Access Infrastructure for Research in
Europe) was launched in Pisa in early December. The 30 month project,
funded by the EC 7th Framework Programme, will work in tandem with
OpenAIRE, extending the mission further to facilitate access to the entire
Open Access scientific production of the European Research Area, providing
cross-links from publications to data and funding schemes.  This
large-scale project brings together 41 pan-European partners, including
three cross-disciplinary research communities.****

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The project will capitalise on the successful efforts of the OpenAIRE
project which is rapidly moving from implementing the EU Open Access Pilot
project into a service phase, enabling researchers to deposit their FP7 and
ERA funded research publications into Open Access repositories. The current
publication repository networks will be expanded to attract data providers
from domain specific scientific areas. “The participatory design of
OpenAIREplus will seamlessly guide the researcher to Open Access research
data. The experienced consortium will pave the way to support the research
work of European scientists and open up the road to multi-disciplinary
science” says Dr. Norbert Lossau, Scientific Coordinator of OpenAIREplus
and Director of Göttingen State and University Library, Germany.****

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Creating a robust, participatory service for the cross-linking of
peer-reviewed scientific publications and associated datasets is the
principal goal of OpenAIREplus.  As scholarly communication touches upon
many disciplines, the project’s horizontal outreach will facilitate
collaboration across data infrastructures, providing information to
scientists, non-scientists as well as to providers of value-added services.
The project will establish an e-Infrastructure to harvest, enrich and store
the metadata of Open Access scientific datasets. Innovative underlying
technical structures will be deployed to support the management of and
inter-linking between associated scientific data. ****

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Access to and deposit of linked publications via the OpenAIRE portal will
be supported by a Help Desk, and OpenAIRE’s collaborative networking
structure will be extended to promote the concept of open *enhanced
publications* among user communities. Liaison offices in each of the
project’s 31 European countries work to support the needs of researchers in
Europe. The project will also actively leverage its international
connections to contribute to common standards, data issues and
interoperability on a global level. ****

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Website: www.openaire.eu****

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Contact: ****

Najla Rettberg, OpenAIREplus Scientific Manager****

E najla.rettberg at sub.uni-goettingen.de****

T +49 (0)551- 39 5242
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