The situation of open access institutional repositories in Spain: 2009 report

Introduction. The DRIVER I project drew up a detailed report of European repositories based on data gathered in a survey in which Spain's participation was very low. This created a highly distorted image of the implementation of repositories in Spain. This study aims to analyse the current state of Spanish open-access institutional repositories and to describe their characteristics. Method. The data were gathered through a Web survey. The questionnaire was based on that used by DRIVER I: coverage; technical infrastructure and technical issues; institutional policies; services created; and stimulators and inhibitors for establishing, filling and maintaining their digital institutional repositories. Analysis. Data were tabulated and analysed systematically according responses obtained from the questionnaire and grouped by coverage. Results. Responses were obtained from 38 of the 104 institutions contacted, which had 29 institutional repositories. This represents 78.3% of the Spanish repositories according to the BuscaRepositorios directory. Spanish repositories contained mainly full-text materials (journal articles and doctoral theses) together with metadata. The software most used was DSpace, followed by EPrints. The metadata standard most used was Dublin Core. Spanish repositories offered more usage statistics and fewer author-oriented services than the European average. The priorities for the future development of the repositories are the need for clear policies on access to scientific production based on public funding and the need for quality control indicators. Conclusions.This is the first detailed study of Spanish institutional repositories. The key stimulants for establishing, filling and maintaining were, in order of importance, the increase of visibility and citation, the interest of decision-makers, simplicity of use and search services. On the other hand the main inhibitors identified were the absence of policies, the lack of integration with other national and international systems and the lack of awareness efforts among academia

Journal author rights and self-archiving: the case of Spanish journals

Open access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. The lack of clarity of publisher permissions for archiving in OA repositories affects the adoption of the green OA route. This paper explores editorial policies and self-archiving conditions in 1,615 Spanish scholarly journals. 48% are published by university and research institutions, 25% by associations/societies, and 17% by commercial publishers; social sciences and humanities (SSH) accounted for 67% of the journals (44.5% and 22.5%, respectively) followed by health sciences (20%); 71% offered gratis access immediately after publication, and 11% after an embargo; 31% provided some mention of author rights. Self-archiving was specifically allowed by 65% of the journals; 52% were classified as ROMEO-blue, 12% as green and 15% as white, and 21% could not be classified; 21%, mostly in SSH, used some type of Creative Commons license

Paisaje, guerra civil y patrimonio geológico-minero en La Granadella (Les Garrigues, Catalunya)

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Open access in Southern European countries

The Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) is a public foundation under the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation whose mission is to strengthen the value chain of knowledge by fostering science and innovation and trying to integrate them and bring them closer to society, in response to the needs and expectations of the Spanish science, technology and enterprise system. The Foundation’s goal is to be recognized by Spanish society as a key reference in the dissemination, information and measurement of science and innovation. It also wishes to contribute to the development of a knowledge-based economy. One of the main challenges of the Foundation is to lead the integration and rationalization of scientific information and science, technology and innovation metrics, described as the “integrate and measure vector” in its 2010- 2012 strategic plan. FECYT already has considerable experience in managing national scientific information. It is the national licensee of the Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge accessed by the Spanish scientific community. It is also firmly committed to establishing itself as the Spanish hub in favour of the open access (OA) movement (for free access to scientific information available on the Internet), in combination with supporting the traditional markets of scientific information. In 2010 FECYT organized the 5th International Conference on Open Repositories in Madrid, with the aim of positioning Spain in the debate on emerging trends in the management of scientific information. The authorities are opening the door to the open access movement, under the belief that publicly funded research should be freely available. Among other initiatives, the 2010 Spanish Bill on Science, Technology and Innovation urges researchers to deposit their research papers produced with public funding in institutional repositories

Ciencia abierta en España 2023: informe de situación y análisis de la percepción

Proyecto RTI2018-094360-B-I00Durante el período 2019-2022, en el marco del proyecto Ciencia abierta en España (RTI2018-094360-B-I00), nuestro grupo de investigación ha analizado la percepción de la ciencia abierta y de sus elementos componentes (acceso abierto, datos abiertos, revisión abierta, modelos de evaluación) por parte de los agentes implicados en el sistema de investigación (autores, editores de revistas, vicerrectores y profesionales de bibliotecas). En primer lugar, llevamos a cabo una aproximación cualitativa a la percepción de las barreras y los elementos favorecedores de la ciencia abierta mediante un conjunto de entrevistas y un grupo de discusión a dichos agentes (González- Teruel, A. et al. 2022). En total se realizaron 23 entrevistas: editores de revistas científicas universitarias (9 entrevistas), investigadores (9), vicerrectores (3), y responsables de agencias de evaluación (2) y un focus group en el cual participaron ocho profesionales de bibliotecas universitariasA partir de aquí, realizamos una aproximación cualitativa y cuantitativa mediante encuestas aplicadas a estos mismos agentes y centradas en su percepción sobre la situación respecto del acceso abierto, los datos abiertos, la revisión abierta, los modelos de evaluación y la ciencia abierta en general. Se han publicado los resultados referentes a los vicerrectores (Abad-García, et al., 2022), los editores de revistas científicas (Melero et al., 2023), el personal de bibliotecas (Santos-Hermosa y Boté-Vericad, 2023) y está pendiente de publicación el estudio con las opiniones de los autores (Ollé et al., 2023).El objetivo general de este informe consiste en describir el grado de desarrollo de la ciencia abierta en España en 2023 y también la percepción de los principales agentes implicados (investigadores, editores de revistas científicas, vicerrectores, directores de agencias de evaluación, profesionales de bibliotecas) sobre las barreras y los elementos favorecedores de la ciencia abierta en general y de sus principales componentes (acceso abierto, datos abiertos, revisión abierta, evaluación de la ciencia), en particular.El documento se estructura en tres grandes apartados, que se refieren a los principales componentes de la ciencia abierta: acceso abierto, datos de investigación y evaluación de la ciencia. Para cada uno de ellos, se lleva a cabo un repaso de los aspectos legales y las políticas de promoción, una descripción de los avances en lo que respecta a contenidos (publicaciones, repositorios, etc.) y se acompaña de un análisis de la percepción de los investigadores, editores, bibliotecarios y vicerrectores respecto de las barreras y elementos favorecedores para impulsar la apertura de las publicaciones, de los datos abiertos y de nuevos modelos de evaluación científica. Finalmente se incluye un apartado dedicado a la percepción de la ciencia abierta en general

Journal author rights and self-archiving: the case of Spanish journals

Open access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. The lack of clarity of publisher permissions for archiving in OA repositories affects the adoption of the green OA route. This paper explores editorial policies and self-archiving conditions in 1,615 Spanish scholarly journals. 48% are published by university and research institutions, 25% by associations/societies, and 17% by commercial publishers; social sciences and humanities (SSH) accounted for 67% of the journals (44.5% and 22.5%, respectively) followed by health sciences (20%); 71% offered gratis access immediately after publication, and 11% after an embargo; 31% provided some mention of author rights. Self-archiving was specifically allowed by 65% of the journals; 52% were classified as ROMEO-blue, 12% as green and 15% as white, and 21% could not be classified; 21%, mostly in SSH, used some type of Creative Commons license

The situation of open access institutional repositories in Spain: 2009 report

Introduction. The DRIVER I project drew up a detailed report of European repositories based on data gathered in a survey in which Spain's participation was very low. This created a highly distorted image of the implementation of repositories in Spain. This study aims to analyse the current state of Spanish open-access institutional repositories and to describe their characteristics. Method. The data were gathered through a Web survey. The questionnaire was based on that used by DRIVER I: coverage; technical infrastructure and technical issues; institutional policies; services created; and stimulators and inhibitors for establishing, filling and maintaining their digital institutional repositories. Analysis. Data were tabulated and analysed systematically according responses obtained from the questionnaire and grouped by coverage. Results. Responses were obtained from 38 of the 104 institutions contacted, which had 29 institutional repositories. This represents 78.3% of the Spanish repositories according to the BuscaRepositorios directory. Spanish repositories contained mainly full-text materials (journal articles and doctoral theses) together with metadata. The software most used was DSpace, followed by EPrints. The metadata standard most used was Dublin Core. Spanish repositories offered more usage statistics and fewer author-oriented services than the European average. The priorities for the future development of the repositories are the need for clear policies on access to scientific production based on public funding and the need for quality control indicators. Conclusions.This is the first detailed study of Spanish institutional repositories. The key stimulants for establishing, filling and maintaining were, in order of importance, the increase of visibility and citation, the interest of decision-makers, simplicity of use and search services. On the other hand the main inhibitors identified were the absence of policies, the lack of integration with other national and international systems and the lack of awareness efforts among academia