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Open access in Belgium
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<h2 id="repositories">Repositories</h2> <p>There are some twenty-three collections of scholarship in Belgium housed in digital <a href="/facts/Open_access_repositories/Uqv57rH5">open access repositories</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> They contain journal articles, book chapters, data, and other research outputs that are <a href="/facts/Open_access/r7rLYN6C"></a> <a href="/facts/Gratis_versus_libre/YDd7Hjzm">free to read</a>. The <a href="/facts/Universit%25C3%25A9_catholique_de_Louvain/LVrne0wU">Université catholique de Louvain</a>, <a href="/facts/KU_Leuven/VEJryv1f">KU Leuven</a>'s "Lirias", <a href="/facts/Ghent_University/dcmAef7x">Ghent University</a>'s "Academic Bibliography", and University of Liège's "Orbi" hold many publications.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="belspo-open-research-data-mandate">BELSPO open research data mandate</h2> <p>The <a href="/facts/BelSPo/pHV2k62V">BELSPO</a> (Belgian Federal Science Policy Office) mandate was introduced on 21 November 2019. The policy aims at complying with the <a href="/facts/FAIR_data/W0xxG6kx">FAIR data</a> principles in a more sustainable manner, and is applicable to digital data whose collection has been funded either partially or entirely by the BELSPO. The <a href="/facts/Data_management_plan/0hsE7Dt6">Data management plan</a> (DMP) was to be integrated in March 2020.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Internet_in_Belgium/IVJPjwjA">Internet in Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Education_in_Belgium/xQEKI19C">Education in Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Media_of_Belgium/gUvwyhID">Media of Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_libraries_in_Belgium/t7pXopK1">List of libraries in Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Science_and_technology_in_Belgium/GsTd7bPu">Science and technology in Belgium</a></li> <li>Open access in other countries</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Charles-Henry Nyns (2010), <a href="http://communia-project.eu/node/124.html">"Open Access and Institutional Repositories in Belgium"</a>, <i>Communia: the European Thematic Network on the Digital Public Domain</i></li> <li>Richard Poynder (2011), <a href="https://poynder.blogspot.com/2011/06/oa-interviews-bernard-rentier-rector-of.html">"OA Interviews: Bernard Rentier, Rector of the University of Liège"</a>, <i>Open and Shut?</i>, UK – via BlogSpot</li> <li>François Renaville; et al. (2012), <i>L'Open Access en Belgique francophone Étude de la BICfB réalisée à la demande des Recteurs des universités et du F.R.S.-FNRS</i> [<i>Open Access in French-speaking Belgium: report by BICfB at the request of the Rectors of the Universities and the FRS-FNRS</i>] (in French), Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de la Communauté française de Belgique, <a href="/facts/Hdl_(identifier)/rdebSxmC">hdl</a>:<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2268%2F124876">2268/124876</a></li> <li>Swan, Alma (2015), <i>Institutional Policy Implementation at the University of Liege, Belgium</i>, PASTEUR4OA Case Study, <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281%2Fzenodo.44308">10.5281/zenodo.44308</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Walt_Crawford/xAAPbjx8">Walt Crawford</a> (2018). "Belgium". <a href="https://waltcrawford.name/goaj.html"><i>Gold Open Access by Country 2012-2017</i></a>. US: Cites & Insights Books. <a href="/facts/Open_access/r7rLYN6C"></a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Open access (publishing) in Belgium. <ul><li><a href="https://openaccess.be/open-access-in-belgium/">"Open Access in Belgium"</a>, <i>Open Access Belgium: Promoting Open Science</i>, <a href="/facts/Ghent_University_Library/YnXL0E6E">Ghent University Library</a> and University of Liège Library [fr]. (Overview guide) <ul><li><a href="https://openaccess.be/open-access-per-subject-area/">Links to resources by subject</a>: architecture, astronomy, biology, chemistry, economics, engineering, humanities, informatics, information technology, law, medicine, pharmacy, physics, political science, psychology, social sciences.</li> <li><a href="https://openaccess.be/belgian-open-access-bibliography/">Belgian Open Access Bibliography</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.openaire.eu/oa-in-belgium">"OA in Belgium"</a>. <i>Open Access in Practice: EU Member States</i>. <a href="/facts/OpenAIRE/Udy5lUQ7">OpenAIRE</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://roar.eprints.org/view/geoname/geoname.html">"Browse by Country: Europe: Belgium"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/Registry_of_Open_Access_Repositories/1gzcgSMW">Registry of Open Access Repositories</a></i>. UK.</li> <li><a href="http://doaj.org">"(Search: Country of Publisher: Belgium)"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/Directory_of_Open_Access_Journals/t6kTdQuX">Directory of Open Access Journals</a></i>. UK: Infrastructure Services for Open Access.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Suber/ewmDw42C">Peter Suber</a> (ed.). <a href="https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/tag/oa.belgium">"(Belgium)"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/Open_Access_Tracking_Project/lQMEmHXu">Open Access Tracking Project</a></i>. Harvard University. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1040261573">1040261573</a>. News and comment from the worldwide movement for open access to research</li> <li><a href="http://roarmap.eprints.org/view/country/">"Browse by Country: Belgium"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/ROARMAP/1gzcgSMW">ROARMAP</a>: Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies</i>. UK: <a href="/facts/University_of_Southampton/PVb6rV2E">University of Southampton</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/membership/members/">"Our members: Belgium"</a>. <i>Sparceurope.org</i>. <a href="/facts/SPARC_Europe/GExLQVgq">SPARC Europe</a>. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSJAzi8EW3PXBBrYJTDSOw">Open Knowledge Belgium</a> (videos).</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Septon, Monique; Van Hee, Freia (2015), Open Access in Belgium, PASTEUR4OA Case Study, doi:10.5281/zenodo.54750 <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Septon, Monique; Van Hee, Freia (2015), Open Access in Belgium, PASTEUR4OA Case Study, doi:10.5281/zenodo.54750 <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Brussels Declaration on Open Access, 2012 – via Openaccess.be <a href="https://openaccess.be/2012/10/22/brussels-declaration-on-open-access/" target="_blank">https://openaccess.be/2012/10/22/brussels-declaration-on-open-access/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Belgium". www.openaire.eu. Retrieved 2020-01-20. <a href="https://www.openaire.eu/item/belgium" target="_blank">https://www.openaire.eu/item/belgium</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Belgium". Directory of Open Access Repositories. UK: University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2018. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206084105/http://www.opendoar.org/countrylist.php?cContinent=Europe#Belgium" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20090206084105/http://www.opendoar.org/countrylist.php?cContinent=Europe#Belgium</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Belgium". Global Open Access Portal. UNESCO. Retrieved 18 March 2018. <a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/portals-and-platforms/goap/access-by-region/europe-and-north-america/belgium/" target="_blank">http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/portals-and-platforms/goap/access-by-region/europe-and-north-america/belgium/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Open Access Repositories", Openaccess.be, retrieved 18 March 2018 <a href="https://openaccess.be/open-access-in-belgium/open-access-repositories/" target="_blank">https://openaccess.be/open-access-in-belgium/open-access-repositories/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Open Access Repositories", Openaccess.be, retrieved 18 March 2018 <a href="https://openaccess.be/open-access-in-belgium/open-access-repositories/" target="_blank">https://openaccess.be/open-access-in-belgium/open-access-repositories/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>