OpenAIREplus – linking peer-reviewed literature to associated data

Abstract

According to their Press Release 15 December 2011, OpenAIREplus was launched in Pisa in early December. It is the 2nd Generation of Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe, a 30 month project, funded by the EC 7th Framework Programme. It will extend its mission further to facilitate access to the entire Open Access scientific production of the European Research Area, and provide cross-links from publications to data and funding schemes.

“The project will capitalise on the successful efforts of the OpenAIRE project which is rapidly moving from implementing the EU Open Access Pilot project into a service phase, enabling researchers to deposit their FP7 and ERA funded research publications into Open Access repositories. The current publication repository networks will be expanded to attract data providers from domain specific scientific areas.” /- - - /The purpose of OpenAIREplus is to create “a robust, participatory service for the cross-linking of peer-reviewed scientific publications and associated datasets.”(www.openaire.eu).

Partners from the Nordic- Baltic countries are: Technical University of Denmark, Kaunas University of Technology, National Library of Sweden,, University of Helsinki, University of Tromsø Library, Library of the University of Latvia, Library of the University of Tartu