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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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 December issue of ScieCom info. Nordic-Baltic Forum for Scientific Communication<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We continue to follow the promising Open Access developments in Denmark. In our last issue we wrote that the Danish Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation was prepared to introduce a policy of Open Access to publicly funded research, </span><span lang=SV><a href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/announcement/view/16"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/announcement/view/16</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US> <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><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Read about the latest developments in Líse Mikkelsen’s </span><span lang=SV><a href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/4759/4320"><span lang=EN-US>report</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US> “Recommendations for implementation of Open Access in Denmark – extraction of comments from the hearing process” <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>Lars Björnshauge’s provocative “</span><span lang=SV><a href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/4768/4331"><span lang=EN-US>Call for action!</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US>” applauds librarians for all their successful efforts for Green OA and for OA mandates. Now is the time to stop paying only lip service to Gold OA. Why not try the 1% idea?<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>Jan Erik Frantsvåg provocatively asks researchers: “</span><span lang=SV><a href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/4765/4326"><span lang=EN-US>What is it about the public?</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US>” Time and again, researchers mention “the public” as – at best – an audience that is uninteresting for the scientist or – at worst – should be barred from access. <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>One might suspect, that Jan Erik heard some of these arguments when his university launched its new OA-policy – a mandate – earlier this year: “</span><span lang=SV><a href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/4764/4325"><span lang=EN-US>The University of Tromsø adopts an institutional Open Access policy</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US>.” <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 concept of quality is fundamental and closely linked to all kinds of research assessments and distribution of funding. Claus Vesterager Pedersen presents: “</span><span lang=SV><a href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/4757/4318"><span lang=EN-US>The Danish Bibliometric Research Indicator – BFI. Research publications, research assessment, university funding</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US>.” <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 “</span><span lang=SV><a href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/4760/4321"><span lang=EN-US>Open Access availability of articles by Nordic authors</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US>”, Turid Hedlund describes the OA phenomenon from an article based perspective. Internet was trawled for OA-copies of peer-reviewed articles with at least one author from a Nordic country. <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 group from Helsinki University Library focused on the OA availability of publications from the University of Helsinki: “</span><span lang=SV><a href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/4761/4322"><span lang=EN-US>The current state of Open Access to research articles from the University of Helsinki.</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US>” Search results from Google or Google Scholar were compared with the results from Open DOAR or Scientific Commons. <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>Áslaug Agnarsdóttir presents the “</span><span lang=SV><a href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/4762/4323"><span lang=EN-US>The University of Iceland‘s digital repository, Skemman - open access or closed?</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US>” The University of Iceland joined Skemman in 2008, but in spite of numerous presentations, there was a marked lack of submissions. Then they had a sudden windfall. <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 “</span><span lang=SV><a href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/4756/4317"><span lang=EN-US>PersID: building a persistent identifier infrastructure</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US>”, Adrian Price describes how six European countries have worked together to build a persistent identifier infrastructure for the scientific community: PersID. A persistent identifier is needed to ensure a “shelf mark” for distributed internet resources, both for longevity and to establish stable interrelations. <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>Mikael Karstensen Elbæk reports from: “</span><span lang=SV><a href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/4758/4319"><span lang=EN-US>Knowledge grows when shared – The Launch of OpenAIRE, 2nd December in Ghent</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US>”, a European infrastructure project to facilitate the success of the FP7 Open Access Pilot. Neelie Kroes, VP of the European Commission, responsible for the Digital Agenda, emphasized that “above all, open access to scientific information is important because it helps citizens to their right to have access to knowledge produced using public funds.” <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>From Tromsø, Jan Erik Frantsvåg sums up “</span><span lang=SV><a href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/4763/4324"><span lang=EN-US>The 5th Annual Munin Conference on Scientific Publishing 2010 -”Open Access – The Competitive Advantage</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US>” This year the theme of the conference was wholly related to Open Access, and the number of participating scientists was higher than ever before.<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 international workshop "</span><span lang=SV><a href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/4767/4330"><span lang=EN-US>Open Archives and their Significance in the Communication of Science</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US>" was held in Uppsala, November 16 – 17 2010. Urban Ericsson, Jenny Ericsson, and Linda Åström Wennbom report. Usage statistics and quality were among the subjects discussed as well as the need for more IR-content and more OA mandates from universities and funders. <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>Mikael Graffner and Kristoffer Holmqvist report from “</span><span lang=SV><a href="http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/4766/4327"><span lang=EN-US>MOA- Meeting place Open Access 2010</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US>”. This Swedish conference held its fourth meeting on November 24-25 at Lund University. The conference focusing on the development of Open access at Swedish higher education institutions. Open Access for research data, Open Educational Resources and Open Access Policies were some of the topics discussed. <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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt;color:red'>Happy Holidays!<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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>