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Openscience.no in English: Target audiences

The target audiences for the English version of openscience.no are researchers and students at Norwegian research institutions who do not have sufficient proficiency in Scandinavian languages, as well as international publishers of research literature.

What English-language content is available on openscience.no?

A concise presentation of what is defined by the term open science, its history, and what open science means in practice can be found here: What is Open Science?

A general overview of the guidelines that apply to open research in Norway is described on the webpage National strategies, policy and guidelines.

Research communities are actively working to increase the proportion of open publications. The tables showing this activity are curated each year and presented in a dedicated OA barometer: OA-barometer for open publishing

For researchers, students, and the general public

Find openly available research is aimed at anyone who wants information on where to find research that is openly accessible to all.

Sikt, which administers the website, is also responsible for the work of negotiating and managing agreements with publishers on behalf of Norwegian research institutions. If you want to publish under one of our agreements, you will find an overview of them here: Agreements that include open publishing. On these pages you will find general information about each agreement, who participates in it, which titles you can publish in, and how to do so.

A number of webinars on topics related to open research are held at Norwegian research institutions. The target audience is usually researchers who need information about which tools and procedures can be used to make their research open and FAIR. Because there are many non-Norwegian-speaking researchers at Norwegian institutions, several of these webinars are held in English. We have compiled the events in this overview: Calendar of open science webinars. Note that most webinars are open to everyone, not just to researchers at the host institution.

Openscience.no presents news related to open research. Many of the news items are available in English, for example those announcing upcoming events. Other news items of particular interest will be available in both languages.

For publishers and providers of academic literature

Sikt's suppliers of scholarly literature are, in almost all cases, international, and therefore have their own English-language information pages on this site: For publishers. Although the primary target audience is publishers, these pages may also be of interest to others. 

Here you will find information about how we work with agreements at Sikt — who we are, how we negotiate, which procedures apply, what kind of pricing structure forms the basis for the agreements, which institutions participate, and which agreements are in our portfolio.

Do you need more information in English?

The target audiences are thus researchers and publishers, and — at least for now — this does not include research administrators and librarians at research institutions. Their task is to guide their researchers, and in this work the site offers practical information they can use to assist their researchers in line with the resources, proceures and policies of their own institution. These pages are mainly in Norwegian, since those who fill these support functions are, in the vast majority of cases, proficient in the language. If you are a researcher, you are generally encouraged to contact your library for assistance.

Whatever your background: if you are missing information in English, it is important for us to hear about it! We want to improve the pages in line with our audience's wishes. If you have input, please contact the editor at redaksjon@openscience.no.