Open Access – challenges and opportunities
Seen from an international perspective, the Open Access movement originated to ensure free and open access to research, but it also aimed to develop a publishing and quality assurance system that was more open, up-to-date, cost-effective, oriented towards scientific quality and driven by the academic system itself. This aim was primarily based on the perception that the established publishing system is the main cause of a number of systemic crises. Alternatives to the established system exist, but they need support to develop. Part of this also involves rethinking our current systems for research evaluation and professional recognition, which are arguably hampering our open access ambitions.
Read more about this in the two articles below, written by Open Science Coordinator Kaare Aagaard from the AU Research Data Office.
Set research free: A broader perspective
Set research free: Research evaluation and academic advancement system
In the last AU Research Support newsletter, we published two articles about the background to Open Access. You can read them here.