Czech Republic
The official national policy document in the field of science and research by The National Research, Development and Innovation of the Czech Republic in 2009 – 2015 does not mention open access. But that does not mean that there is no development in this area in the Czech Republic. Czech Republic is in the initial phase of adopting OA. OA awareness is still mostly limited to library staff only, which explains why most OA initiatives in the country are seen to have been adapted only very recently. The essential organization for the advancement of science in the Czech Republic is the Research, Development and Innovation Council. Together with the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and the Czech Science Foundation, they constitute the country's main science and research funders.
As of July 2015, 87 OA journals are indexed in DOAJ which are published in Czech Republic. There are 13 Czech open repositories registered in OpenDOAR.
03 institutional OA policies are currently registered in ROARMAP.
Enabling Environment:
OA initiatives have taken place. The Czech Science Foundation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, and Masaryk University signed the Berlin Declaration.
The Association of Czech University Libraries (covering 23 universities) promotes OA issues by inviting recognized experts to introduce OA at its annual conferences Bibliotheca academica, by organizing seminars and supporting other events and activities conducted by university libraries, such as DSpace CZ or Open Access Week.
Details of Key Organizations:
Association of Czech University Libraries
Overview: Association of university libraries aimed at promoting, developing and supporting university libraries, sharing practice and collaboration. Communication address: Czech Technical University in Prague, Computing and Information Center, Computing and Information Center, 166 36 Praha 6-Dejvice, Czech Republic; e-mail: iva.prochaskova(at)upce.cz
Past and Future OA Related Activities:
May 2015: Czech University of Life Sciences: “Czech Open Science Days 2015." This was a FOSTER-supported training programme organized in partnership with EIFL with the aim of setting in place sustainable mechanisms for EU researchers to Foster Open Science. This was one of the 24 training programmes organized in 2015 for the the research communities of 17 other EU countries.
22 October 2014: "Conference on Grey Literature and Repositories", Prague, Czech Republic.
27-28 May 2014: INFORUM 2014: Conference on Professional Information Resources; OA is among the topics. Prague, Czech Republic
25 May 2014: Information OPV- Seminar Open Access; Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
17-18 October 2013: "eBooks on Demand Conference 2013", OA is among the topics. Prague, Czech Republic
Collaboration between the Czech universities and research institutions in organizing the Open Access Week (2010, 2011) in the Czech Republic.
Czech Republic participates in OpenAIRE project. VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava Central Library represents the Czech NOAD in the OpenAIRE.
List of Publications
Ondřej Fabien, (2013) "Open Access in the Czech Republic: An Overview".
National Open Access and Preservation Policies in Europe: Analysis of a Questionnaire to the European Research Area Committee; EUROPEAN UNION, 2011.
ASCR (2010), "Open Access Policy at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic"
CASLIN 2009: Institutional Online Repositories and Open Access: 16th International Seminar, Teplá Monastery, Czech Republic, 7-11 June 2009. Pilsen: University of West Bohemia, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7043-806-0.
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