Open Access Year 2009

The Dutch higher education sector has declared 2009 to be 'Open Access Year'. The aim is to boost Open Access to the results of scientific/scholarly and practice-based research. Efforts will be made throughout the year to formulate and implement an Open Access policy, develop and improve the knowledge infrastructure, establish a clear legal framework, and create awareness with all stakeholders.
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The Dutch universities together with the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) have created a knowledge infrastructure making possible permanent Open Access to publications. NARCIS, the national "gateway to Dutch scientific information", provides access to the full text of almost 170,000 scientific and scholarly publications.

The UT is integrated in this knowledge infrastructure by means of its own repository of scientific publications, in most cases with full text and open access.

• More about this UT publications repository
• Search the UT publications repository
• Effects of open access of the UT publications repository
• Submit publications to the UT publications repository

Further information: repository@utwente.nl