University of Groningen Press acquires OPEN Science NL grant

Open Science NL* awards 45 projects that strengthen infrastructure for open science in the Netherlands.n. Our University of Groningen Press is involved in 2 of these projects:

• Scaling small in NL - Implementing a joint metadata management system to enable joint outputs and services in partnership with Open Access Book infrastructure services.
  This project unites university presses in Delft, Groningen, Maastricht, Nijmegen and Tilburg to build a shared system for managing book information. The aim is to improve access to diamond open access books—free to read and publish. In partnership with Thoth (open-source metadata platform), OAPEN and DOAB ( archiving and finding open access books) and Open Book Collective (which supports sustainable funding for open access), the project creates a joint catalogue and shared services. It strengthens non-commercial publishers and supports a more open, fair academic publishing system in line with national Open Science goals.

• Infrastructures for Diamond Open Access in the Netherlands
  Infrastructures for Diamond Open Access wil een hoogwaardige en flexibele nationale publicatie-infrastructuur opzetten die beschikbaar kan worden gesteld aan alle universitaire uitgeverijen, onderzoeksinstituten en andere academische organisaties die hun eigen artikelen, tijdschriften en (tekst)boeken willen ontwikkelen en publiceren. Het project bouwt voort op al bestaande, door academische bibliotheken geleide uitgevers, de zogenaamde Netherlands University Presses (NUPs) en Openjournals. Al deze infrastructuren hebben hun toewijding aan de principes van open science aangetoond door gebruik te maken van technologie op basis van open source software, een op gemeenschappen gebaseerd bestuur en door zich te richten op diamond open access en FAIR-dataprincipes.
  

* Open Science NL is the national programme that promotes and accelerates the transition to open science. The projects make scientific data, software and publications more accessible and help to make science more accessible, transparent and inclusive.