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Open Access projects in Macedonia: The first steps

Open Access projects in Macedonia: The first steps. Irina Shumadieva, Metamorphosis Foundation. Current situation. …regarding online content in general. Low level of e-content most apparent in the area of education evidently in languages other than Macedonian

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Open Access projects in Macedonia: The first steps

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  1. Open Access projects in Macedonia: The first steps Irina Shumadieva, Metamorphosis Foundation

  2. Current situation …regarding online content in general • Low level of e-content • most apparent in the area of education • evidently in languages other than Macedonian • commercial websites actively create content (limited topics) • bloggers and forum members - important contributors in local e-content • Most scientific institutions publish journals, but very few do it online • Few exceptions, for example MirkoSpiroski: From 8 Macedonian Medical Journals selected on the base of specific criteria, only 1 has online ISSN and only 2 have websites proper for online publishing of scientific papers

  3. Current situation …regarding open access in particular • Low awareness • Low skills by perspective users • Lack of interest andcapacitiesby relevant institutions • Discouragement due to low feedback level • Unavailable contents from students • Plagiarism and disuse of attribution

  4. Previous Open Access Initiatives • Trainings • Guide • Events, Conference Sessions (e-Society.mk 2006, e-Society.mk 2008) • Tech support for open access science publication (philologicalstudies.org) • Open letter to the Ministry of Education and Science and the Government of RM • Promotion of Creative Commons licenses

  5. Open Access Project • Period of implementation: by the end of the first trimester of 2010 • Main goal: to contribute to constructive use of digital technologies as tools for critical thinking and democratization in Macedonia, through increasing the quantity and quality of e-content. • Activities: presentations, trainings, repository software localization • Expected results: increased quantity of e-content in the local languages in Macedonia; establishment and rising of quality standards of scientific and research works published online

  6. Goals • To raise awareness of the importance of Open Access as a concept • To improve visibility of academic publications • To build capacities of academic institutions • To increase the quality of local scholarly content available online

  7. Activities • Public presentations for • Content creators from the academia • Decision makers (MIS, managers of sci. institutions) • Localized versions of Open Access Repository Software • Trainings • for members of the academia and the education sector • transfer of specific relevant skills (how to launch and use own online repository)

  8. Crosscuttingthemes • Inclusion of members of various ethnic communities and social groups • Sharing of knowledge about protection of intellectual property • Lobbying and advocacy to make Macedonian legal and institutional framework conducive to Open Access

  9. OA Repository Software • Localization of OA Repository software will be conducted into Macedonian and Albanian languages • dSpace • Because of its number of supporting formats • Because of its user interface • Because it’s used by more that 70 countries • Creation of test repository aimed at gathering all Metamorphosis’ publications

  10. Thank you for your attention! irina@metamorphosis.org.mk

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