Open Access in Hungary
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Open Access Repositories
According to a survey based on the DRIVER Inventory Study, there are 8 institutional repositories in the country, 7 of them registered in OAIster, openDOAR, ROAR and BASE. These repositories are maintained by 4 out of the 26 universities in the country. Six of the repositories use EPrints, one uses DSpace and there is one based on a locally developed software.
The most important factors preventing the building of repositories are lack of knowledge in Open Access and a lack of technical know-how.
The situation in Hungary would be best supported by a series of projects that build a national infrastructure and fill it with content. Publishers must be involved. Further and more detailed surveys on electronic journal accessibility are necessary to help create a platform for smaller publishers in order to provide access to their electronic products. To achieve this, we have to plan and perform a massive advocacy campaign on all stakeholder levels. The campaign will only be effective if we find partners and we manage to involve colleagues, researchers, institutions, publishers, and sponsors who are willing to cooperate.
Current repositories being harvested and indexed by DRIVER:
Dissertations @ Corvinus University of Budapest
DEA: University of Debrecen Electronic Archive
Open Access Organisations/Groups
Open Access Projects/Initiatives
Open Access Journals
According to the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) there are 12 Hungarian OA journals.
Copyright
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Funding Policies
According to a Government mandate on the open availability of PhD theses (March 2007), universities are responsible for providing open access to the full text of theses.
Hungarian research projects are concerned by sponsor mandates (NIH, Wellcome Trust, EC, ERC, EUA).
Publishers and Open Access
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Current Local News & Events
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Other Topics
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Contributor's contact details
Ms Gyongyi Karacsony (University and National Library, University of Debrecen) gyk AT lib.unideb.hu
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