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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>[Apologies
for cross-posting</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear Readers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Welcome to the Christmas issue of ScieCom
info. Nordic-Baltic Forum for Scientific Communication,
http://www.sciecom.org/sciecominfo <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We start with the evaluation of our
financial supporter <a href="http://www.nordbib.net/Frontpage.aspx">Nordbib</a>.
Nordbib is a four year funding programme for R&D within the area of Open
Access to scholarly information in the Nordic countries. As the four-year
period was coming to an end, an official evaluation was commissioned. Here the
evaluators Jon Duke and Andy Jordan summarize their evaluation report:” <a
href="http://nile.lub.lu.se/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/1808/1415">Nordbib
– a success story</a>.” Now we are waiting to see if the “success story” will
result in a Nordbib.2. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The hot topic of OA business models is discussed
in three articles. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Mikkel Christoffersen, project manager of
Nordbib, presents “<span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/1809/1404">The
Danish experience of the Houghton studies: costs and benefits of alternative
publishing models</a></span>” and highlights the startling results of the
studies as well as the basic method and assumptions made to achieve them and
the potential implications for Denmark.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>In his provocative piece “ <span
style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/1810/1405">”Free”
Open Choice – beware of Greeks bearing gifts</a></span>” the economist Jan Erik
Frantsvåg, University of Tromsø, raises important questions regarding the
economic consequences of hybrid journal solutions Frantsvåg points at two major
problems one has to be aware of if pursuing this kind of strategy. Reflect on
his conclusions and feel free to comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Jörgen Eriksson follows up on a previous
article announcing the establishment of a central fund for OA publication fees
at Lund University. The fund is managed by the Libraries Head Office. In his
article “<span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/1811/1416">Lund
University supports publishing in OA journals: an examination</a></span>”
Eriksson analyzes the usage of the fund from January to late September 2009. He
shows the actual costs for the university with the current model, and draws
conclusions for the near future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>A new important Nordic institutional
mandate - The Copenhagen Business School (CBS) Open Access Mandate - was
adopted in June 2009, and covers publication of peer-reviewed journal articles
and contributions to conference proceedings. Leif Hansen, senior adviser at the
CBS, presents background, decision process, and experiences of the
implementation. “<span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/1812/1420">Greater
access to scholarly publications from Copenhagen Business School- The CBS
Open-Access Policy – 2009</a></span>”. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>With more and more mandates in place, it
becomes increasingly important to inform researchers about the implications of
OA. Peter Linde, Aina Svensson, and Helena Stjernberg have taken active parts
in a series of meetings with researchers at Swedish HE-institutions. They
present their experiences from these meetings, discuss the changed roles of
research libraries, and give us good practical advice. ”<span style='color:
#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/1813/1419">Open
Access at Swedish Universities and University Colleges: From Headwind to
Tailwind?</a></span>”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>In 2008, Finland’s universities of applied
science created a digital repository for theses and research publications. The Theseus
project was founded by Finland’s Ministry of Education and the country’s 26
universities of applied sciences. It had two parts: an open access web journal
and a repository for publications. In their article “<span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/1814/1409">Theseus.fi:
Open Access Publishing in the Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences</a></span>”
Herkko Hietanen and Anna-Kaisa Sjölund describe the project, legal issues, and
the challenges involved in its implementation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Finally, we are happy to present two
comprehensive conference reports:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Insights into the current situation for
Open Access in the Baltic countries and the Ukraine are given by Iryna Kuchma,
eIFL Open Access program manager, in her report on a seminar held at the
University of Latvia in October 2009. It was attended by a mixture of
researchers, research managers, policy-makers, journal editors, publishers,
librarians, and ICT specialists. “<span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/1815/1410">At
the event. Open Access: Maximising Research Quality and Impact seminar.</a></span>”
. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Kristoffer Holmqvist reports from the NOAP
conference “<span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/1817/1418">Nordic
Scientific and Scholarly journal publishing – interesting times (NSSJP)</a></span>”,
held in Uppsala 25 November. NOAP is funded by Nordbib to aid scientific
journals towards OA publishing. Representatives from various Nordic countries
and with different professional backgrounds were invited. Perspectives
discussed included Business Models, Journal Support Tools, and Copyright Issues
as well as new publishing concepts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>As always, your comments and ideas are very
welcome<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Ingegerd Rabow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Editor-in-chief<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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