International coalition joins together to halt potentially harmful copyright reform
Efforts target key lawmakers
BACKGROUND | ISSUE BRIEFS & POSITION PAPERS | THE OPEN LETTER | CONTACT
BACKGROUND
SPARC Europe is leading and collaborating with an international coalition in an effort to halt the adoption of harmful provisions found in the current draft of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, and certain amendments, which could threaten Open Access and Open Science.
On behalf of the coalition, we have been investing great efforts to raise awareness, among MEPs, advisers and other influencers, of the importance of safeguarding seamless access to Open Access publications; urging for the removal of proposals in the draft copyright reform that would restrict access to research and place administrative and legal burdens on institutional repositories. We have also requested improvements on proposals related to text and data mining, copyright in an education setting, and preservation and access to works for non-commercial endeavors — speaking through an open letter, in-person meetings, and briefs and flyers distributed widely to essential influencers at the European Parliament.
For an update on where things currently stand with the draft, see our issues briefs and position papers below.
ISSUE BRIEFS & POSITION PAPERS
A collection of resources — position papers, briefs and infographics — have been produced since our release of the original Open Letter. These provide more detail on potential negative impacts of the proposed copyright reform legislation, if not revised.
Briefing on Art 11 and amendments, Oct 2018 submitted for the Trilogue
Briefing on Art 13 and amendments, Oct 2018 submitted for the Trilogue
Copyright Reform Brief; our summary response to this week’s Parliamentary vote on its Amendments to the Draft Copyright Initiative, 14 September 2018
Download Proposed AMENDMENTS for Article 11, 28 August 2018 submitted to the European Parliament
Download Proposed AMENDMENTS for Article 13, 28 August 2018 submitted the European Parliament
Communication to ambassadors to the EU, their deputy ambassadors and the IP attachés at the missions in advance of the COREP Meeting, 26 April 2018
For the Sake of European Research. A briefing on Art 11 to European Ministers, 10 April 2018
SPARC Europe update on Copyright Reform, 27 Feb 2018
Position on Article 13 to the Intellectual Property Working Group of the European Council, 28 Feb 2018 (email)
Position on Article 13 to Axel Voss, Rapporteur of JURI, Shadow Rapporteurs, and to opinion rapporteurs of other Parliamentary committees, 27 Feb 2018 (email)
Position on Article 11 to the Intellectual Property Working Group of the European Council, 20 Feb 2018 (email)
Copyright Reform Brief, Oct 2017
Repositories (flyer), Oct 2017
The new EU Copyright Directive: What’s at stake? (Infographic)
Our Open Letter to halt potentially harmful copyright reform, 29 Sept 2017
JOIN US
SPARC Europe, together with the rest of the coalition, is inviting others to join us in reaching out to EU lawmakers. Here’s how you can help:
- Add your name to the open letter, and share it with your networks and other organisations. Your name and the title of your affiliated organisation will be added to the letter, both on this page, and on the live Google document version. (We will continue to update the Letter through 1st October.) An updated version of the letter, including newly-added signatures, will again be delivered to the Legal Affairs Committee in October.
- Along with relevant colleagues from your country, request a meeting with MEPs from your country, especially those from the Legal Affairs Committee, to express your opposition to the proposed copyright revisions. (Find the list of MEPs in the Legal Affairs Committee here.)
- Reach out to members of the Legal Affairs Committee via Twitter to share your concerns and the open letter. You can find their Twitter handles on their profile pages.
- If you are a library consortium, funder or research association, we also urge you to share the Open Letter with your Ministers of Education, Research and/or Science; and tell them of your opposition to this proposed reform.
THE OPEN LETTER
EU copyright reform threatens Open Access and Open Science
Open letter to the members of the Legal Affairs Committee in the European Parliament
We represent a large group of European academic, library, education, research and digital rights communities and we are writing to express our alarm at the draft Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, and in particular at the potential impact of Articles 11 and 13. We are concerned that these provisions will create burdensome and harmful restrictions on access to scientific research and data, as well as on the fundamental rights of freedom of information, directly contradicting the EU’s own ambitions in the field of Open Access and Open Science.
We therefore urge the Legal Affairs Committee to remove Articles 11 and 13 from the draft Directive. Furthermore, the Committee should ensure that Articles 3 to 9 support new forms of research and education and not work against them.
A U-turn on Open Science?
1. We believe that increased digital access, data analytics and open information flows will increase innovation in Europe. The European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme similarly supports open access to scientific publications and research data as essential drivers of EU global competitiveness. The EU has set an example internationally with its extensive policy work, for example by including Open Access in one of its six European Research Area (ERA) priorities. Moreover, in 2016 at the Competitiveness Council, all of Europe’s ministers of science, innovation, trade and industry committed to Open Access to scientific publications as the default option for publicly funded research results by 2020. Open Science is increasingly accepted by governments and industry as a means not only to accelerate innovation, but also to ensure faster access to information for citizens.
2. However, several proposed elements of Articles 11 and 13 will prevent the EU from realizing the significant potential of Open Access and Open Science to promote scientific discovery and progress, and may thereby reduce the impact of European research worldwide.
The Ancillary Right – Putting the brakes on knowledge-sharing and building walls around already open publications and data
3. Article 11 already poses a significant threat to an informed and literate society. Links to news and the use of titles, headlines and fragments of information could now become subject to licensing. Terms could make the last two decades of news less accessible to researchers and the public, leading to a distortion of the public’s knowledge and memory of past events. Art. 11 would furthermore place EU law in contravention with the Berne Convention, whose Art. 2(8) excludes news of the day and ‘mere items of press information’ and ‘press summaries’ from protection.
4. The extension of this controversial proposal to academic publications, as proposed by the ITRE Committee, significantly worsens an already bad situation. It would provide academic publishers additional legal tools to restrict access, going against the increasingly widely accepted practice of sharing research. This will limit the sharing of open access publications and data which currently are freely available for use and reuse in further scientific advances. If the proposed ancillary right is extended to academic publications, researchers, students and other users of scientific and scholarly journal articles could be forced to ask permission or pay fees to the publisher for including short quotations from a research paper in other scientific publications. This will seriously hamper the spread of knowledge. The proposed ancillary right further conflicts with the Berne Convention’s Article 10(1), which provides a mandatory exception for quotation, as well as posing risks to freedom of speech.
5. Prior experiments with the press publishers’ right have also failed from an economic standpoint. No impact assessment has been carried out, no evidence produced, and no consultation conducted around the ramifications of extending Art. 11 to academic publishers.
6. In addition, academic publishers usually acquire rights to the works they publish when signing contracts with their authors. Publishers already have all the rights they need, thus ancillary rights don’t make sense.
Filtering obligations – Undermining the foundations of Open Access
7. The provisions of Article 13 threaten the accessibility of scientific articles, publications and research data made available through over 1250 repositories managed by European non-profit institutions and academic communities. These repositories, which are essential for Open Access and Science in Europe, are likely to face significant additional operational costs associated with implementing new filtering technology and the legal costs of managing the risks of intermediary liability. The additional administrative burdens of policing this content would add to these costs. Such repositories, run on a not-for-profit basis, are not equipped to take on such responsibilities, and may face closure. This would be a significant blow, creating new risks for implementing funder, research council and other EU Open Access policies.
Text and Data Mining – The risks to scientific values
8. Regarding Article 3, we welcome amendments that expand the exception for text and data mining (TDM) to allow anyone, including SMEs and society in general, to mine works to which they have legal access, regardless of the purpose. Furthermore, Article 3 should direct Member States to set up a secure facility to ensure accessibility and verifiability of research made possible through TDM. Under no circumstances should data structured for mining purposes be deleted – this is fundamentally contrary to good scientific practice. Finally, the exception should be protected from being overridden by contract terms, and technological measures should be prohibited that interfere with the exercise of the exception. Both protections are essential for the exception to function.
Education, preservation and access – An enabling environment for Open Science
9. Regarding Article 4, we believe that a robust exception to copyright for education should support broad access to and fair reuse of copyrighted content of all types in a variety of education settings, locally and across borders. The scope of the exception should cover digital and non digital uses, including ‘scientific research’ purposes, alongside educational ones, and prevent rightholders from overriding the exception through contractual provisions or technological protection measures. Finally, the exception should not depend on compulsory remuneration.
10. We also urge MEPs to take full account of the views of library and cultural heritage institutions regarding Articles 5-9 of the draft Directive, which aim at ensuring maximising the effective preservation of, and access to works for public interest, non-commercial purposes.
We therefore urge the Legal Affairs Committee to remove Articles 11 and 13 from the draft Directive. Furthermore, we ask for the improvement of Articles 3-9 in line with the suggestions put forward by library, educational, research and cultural heritage organisations throughout the parliamentary process to provide better support for teaching, learning, and new forms of research.
The signatories support a balanced copyright law that promotes open access to research articles, publications and data, thereby continuing to contribute to further strengthening Europe’s research outreach and innovative capacity for the benefit of Europe’s research industry, including SMEs and society.
List of original signatories
CESAER – Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research
COAR – Confederation of Open Access Repositories
Commons Network
Communia Association
Creative Commons
C4C – Copyright for Creativity (C4C) Coalition
EBLIDA – European Bureau of Library Information and Documentation Associations
EIFL – Electronic Information for Libraries
EUA – European University Association
Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU
IFLA – International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
LIBER – Association of European Research Libraries
RLUK – Research Libraries UK
Science Europe
SPARC Europe
DOWNLOAD a PDF of the letter.
NEW SIGNATORIES
Institutions
Agence bibliographique de l’enseignement supérieur
Bartin University
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Communauté française de Belgique
Centre International De Recherches Scientifiques
CIRAD
Conference of Directors of Polish Academic Libraries
ContentMine
CNRLIB (Communauté Nouvelle Recherche Libre)
DARIAH-EU
E-LIS EPrints Library and Information Science
European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc)
High Technical School Uzice
Inria
International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML)
Kadir Has University Library
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Dept. Speech, Music
Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, Library and Information Science
Liepājas Universitāte
Lithuanian Research Library Consortium
Mondragon Unibertsitatea
Natural History Museum
Neth-ER
OPERAS – Open access in the European research area through scholarly communication
Riga Stradins University
Riga Technical University
Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Society of Chief Librarians
Software Sustainability Institute
Stowarzyszenie EBIB
SURF
The Library of the University of Latvia
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
TGIR Huma-Num
Università degli Studi della Basilicata
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
University of Coimbra
University of Latvia
University of Malta Library
University Library of Antwerp
Vilnius University
Leaders and Members of the European Library/Scholarly Community
Aalborg Universitet
Bo Nygaard Bai
IT architect
Academy of Theatre and Dance / Amsterdam University of the Arts
Marina Moolhuijzen
Librarian
AdaCore
Yannick Moy
Software Engineer
Aeres Hogeschool Wageningen
Marion van den Dungen
Mediathecaris
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Thomas I. Strasser
Senior Scientist
Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
Matty Gaikhorst
Librarian
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Jaroen Kuijper
Librarian
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Panagiotis Giannakoulias
Ph.D. Researcher
Art Academy of Latvia
Andris Teikmanis
Vice-Rector
Art Academy of Latvia
Andris Teikmanis
Vice-Rector
Association of Hungarian Librarians
Agnes Hajdu Barat dr.
President
Associazione Amici Città della Scienza
Ferruccio Diozzi
Presidente
Associazione italiana biblioteche
Rosa Maiello
AIB President
Associazione Italiana per la promozione della Scienza Aperta (AISA)
Roberto Caso
President
Associazione Italiana per la Promozione della Scienza Aperta (AISA)
Susanna Mornati
Member
Athena RC/ILSP
Penny Labropoulou
Researcher
Avans University of Applied Sciences
Marcel Leermakers
Advisor
Babes-Bolyai University Faculty of Geography
Horvath Csaba
Lecturer
Belgian Association for Documentation (ABD-BVD)
Guy Delsaut
President
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Martin Grötschel
President
BI Norwegian Business School
Dagmar Langeggen
Library Director
Biblioteche pubbliche
Tommaso Paiano
Librarian
Bilkent university
Gözde Torun
Librarian
BioDec S.r.l.
Ivan Rossi
President
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Peter Linde
Librarian
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Anna Stockman
Librarian
Bordeaux INP
Frédéric Herbreteau
Associate Professor
Cea
CHIHANI
Researcher
Centre International De Recherches Scientifiques
Prof. Dr. Dr. Ghunshyam Kumar Rogbeer
Professor Doctor Doctor
Center of Estonian Language Resources, CLARIN Estonia
Kadri Vider
National Coordinator of CLARIN ERIC in Estonia
Centro di Riferimento Oncologico IRCSS Aviano(PN)
Ivana Truccolo
Head Librarian
Charles University
Anna Vernerova
researcher
Charles University
Pavel Straňák
Senior researcher
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
Nick Poole
CEO
Chr. Hogeschool Ede
Netty van der Haar
Informatiespecialist
Cineca
Paola Gargiulo
Open Access projects coordinator
CIRAD
EDDI
Chairman and CEO (PDG)
City, University of London
Jane Secker
Chair of CILIP Information Literacy Group / Senior Lecturer
CLARIN ERIC
Maria Eskevich
Central Office Coordinator
CLARIN ERIC
Steven Krauwer
Senior Advisor
CNRS
Anthony Scemama
Research Engineer
CNRS
David Trémouilles
Researcher
CNRS
Mateus Joffily
Research ingineer
CNRS
Michele Frigerio
Researcher
CNRS
Pierrick Gaudry
Directeur de recherche
CNRS
S. Lafrasse
Engineer
CNRS – UMR 9912 Ircam, Sorbonne-Université
Jean-Lousi Giavitto
Directeur de Recherche CNRS
Cogapp Ltd
Pat Hadley
Developer
Consorcio Madroño
Juan Corrales
Software engineer
Consortium Garr
Fulvio Galeazzi
PhD
Consortium of Libraries at Universities of Applied Sciences (SHB)
Annuska Graver
Chair
Copenhagen University Library
Karen Marie Iversen
Information Specialist
Council for Finnish University Libraries
Ulla Nygrén
Chairman
Croatian Library Association
Dunja Holcer
President
CRO Aviano National Cancer Institute
Mauro Mazzocut
Health Librarian
CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd.
Kimmo Koski
Managing Director
CSIC
Remedios Melero
Researcher
Cyprus University of Technology
Vasiliki Nikolakopoulou
Early Stage Researcher
Dalhousie University
Lucie Guibault
Canada
Department of Agribusiness, University of Trunojoyo Madura
Umar Khasan
Administration
Dicle University
Songul Atli
Library Manager
Director of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Solomon Mekonnen Tekle
DOAJ Ambassador for East Africa
Directory of Open Access Journals
Dominic Mitchell
Operations Manager
Directory of Open Access Journals
Tom Olyhoek
Editor in Chief
Directory of Open Access Journals
Clara Armengou
Project and Communications Manager
DOAJ
Dian Eka Indriani
Doaj Ambassador for Indonesia
DOAJ
Rikard Zeylon
Managing Editor
DOAJ
Yanhong Zhai
DOAJ Ambassador for China
Driestar Hogeschool
Kees Codée
Manager Support
DTU
Ioanna Karagali
Researcher
DTU Wind Energy
David Verelst
Research Scientist
DTU Wind Energy
Jennifer Rinker
Postdoctoral Researcher
Eastern Mediterranean University
Senal Amca
librarian
Ecole Normale Superieure Paris and CNRS
Marie Farge
Directeur de Recherche CNRS
Ecole Polytechnique
Marcel Filoche
CNRS Research Director
EIFL/LIBER
Gwen Franck
Open Access Policy Officer
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Michel Wesseling
Director
ESEO
Delatour
Associate Professor
Estonian Librarians Association
Katre Riisalu
President
Eurac Research
Alexander Koenig
Archivist
EUROCLIO – European Association of History Educators
Steven Stegers
Programme Director
Fachhochschule Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Antje Michel
Professor of Information Didactics and Knowledge Transfer
Fachhochschule Potsdam
Babette Moebius
Student
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
Pavel Rychlý
Associate professor
FESABID
Glòria Pérez-Salmerón
President
FH Potsdam
Laura Rothfritz
Student
FH Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Ellen Euler, LL.M.
Prof. Dr. iur.
FIN-CLARIN
Jussi Piitulainen
PhD
FOBID Netherlands Library Forum
A.M. van den Berg
Secretary
Frontiers
Frank Hellwig
Institutional Memberships Manager
Gdansk University of Technology
Magdalena Szuflita-Żurawska
Senior Librarian
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Isabelle Tannous
Head of Information Infrastructure
German Library Association (dbv)
Barbara Lison
Federal Chairwoman
Ghent University
Ignace Lemahieu
Director of Research Department
Ghent University
Emilie Hermans
Librarian
Goettingen University
Rupert Schaab
Librarian
Hacettepe University
Orcun Madran
Academic Staff
Hamzanwadi University
Shahibul Ahyan
Lecturer
HAN University
Arjan Doolaar
Information specialist
Hanze University of Applied Sciences
Elleke Schouwenaar
Information Specialist
Hanze University of Applied Sciences
Marjan Bonink
Head of the Library
Harvard University
Peter Suber
Director, Office for Scholarly Communication
HAS University of Applied Sciences
Jeannette Waegemakers
Information Specialist
Health Research Board, Ireland
Dr Mairead O’Driscoll
Interim CEO
High Technical School Uzice
Olivera Novitovic
Professor
Hogeschool Rotterdam
Langhorst
Information Specialist
Hogeschool Rotterdam
M.J. Lampe
Head of library
Hogeschool Windesheim
I Wierda
Librarian
Hotelschool The Hague
Marga Staelens
Manager Media Centre
Hugo Grotius gGmbH – non-profit society for the advancement of legal sciences
Prof. Dr. Andree Kirchner
Managing Director
IES de Ribadeo Dionisio Gamallo
Antonio Gregorio Montes
Chief of Dept.
IFP Energies Nouvelles
Roussel Adrien
PhD Student
ILSP/ ARC
Kanella Pouli
Scientific Associate
ILSP/ ARC
Maria Gavriilidou
Researcher
ILSP/ ARC
Miltos Deligiannis
Scientific Associate
IMI – BAS
Peter Stanchev
Prof.
IMT Atlantique
Antoine Beugnard
Professor
Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Elin Opheim
University librarian
Inland Norway Univ. of Applied Sciences
Karianne Hagen
University librarian
INPT/IRIT Université de Toulouse
Marc Pantel
Associate Professor
Inra
Esther Dzale Yeumo
Head of unit, scientific information
INRA
Jaillet
Contractual software engineer
INRA
Mouhamadou Ba
Research Engineer
INRA
Nédellec
Research director
Inria
Alan Schmitt
Senior Researcher
INRIA
Paul Zimmermann
Directeur de Recherche
Institute of Astronomy, University of Latvia
Ilgmars Eglitis
Dr.phys., Director of Institute
Institute of Biomechanics od Valencia
Juan Vicente Durá-Gil
Researcher
Institute of Microbiology & Biotechnology, University of Latvia
Peteris Zikmanis
Dr.habil.biol.
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia
Dagmara Beitnere-Le Galla
Dr. soc.
Institute of Physical Chemistry “Ilie Murgulescu”
Dr. Viorel Chihaia
Senior Researcher
Institute of the Estonian Language
Jelena Kallas
Scientific Secretary
Institute of the Estonian Language
Margit Langemets
Chief editor of dictionaries
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Robert Bossy
Research Engineer
International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML)
Stanisław Hrabia
President
IRCCS San Matteo Hospital
Valeria Scotti
LIBRARIAN
Istanbul Technical University Fac. of Aero. & Astro.
Zeki Celikbas
Librarian
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Paola De Castro
Senior Officer, Scientific Knowledge and Communication Service
Izmir Institute of Technology
Gultekin Gurdal
Director, Library
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Frank Scholze
Director of Library Services
Koc University
Burcu
E-Resources Librarian
Kocaeli University
Elif Mine Karadeniz
Librarian
Konstanz University
Jessica Rex
OpenAIRE NOAD
KTH
Greta Richardson
Librarian
KTH
Joakim Gustafson
professor
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
David House
Professor
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Dimosthenis Kontogiorgos
PhD Student
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Giampiero Salvi
Associate professor
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Jens Edlund
Ass. Professor
Lapland University Consortium Library
Susanna Parikka
Library Director
Laser Centre of University of Latvia
Andris Berzins
Dr.
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre
Jānis Ķimsis
Scientific assistant
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre
Karina Spunde
Researcher
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre
Marija Mihailova
PhD
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre
Raitis Peculis
Scientific assistant
Latvian Council of Science
Arnis Kokorevics
Scientific Secretary
Latvian Language Institute of the University of Latvia
Anta Trumpa
Dr. philol.
Latvian Language Institute of the University of Latvia
Renāte Siliņa-Piņķe
Dr. philol.
Latvijas Universitāte
Valdis Pīrāgs
Professor of Medicine, Member of the Senate
Latvian University
Jāzeps Logina
docent
Leiden University
Sarah de Rijcke
Associate Professor
Leiden University Libraries
Kurt De Belder
University Librarian and Director Leiden University Libraries & Leiden University Press
Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, Library and Information Science
Gerhard Hacker
Dean of the LIS program
Lexical Computing
Vojtech Kovar
CTO
Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance (LACA)
Fred Saunderson
Chair
Liège University
Paul Thirion
Head Librarian
Liepaja University
Anna Priedola
Head of Art Research Laboratory
Liepaja University
Anda Kuduma
docente
Liepaja University
Ieva Ozola
Associate Professor
LMU Munich
Anna Blenninger
Student
LPT Orsay
Leroy
Physicist (retired)
Lund University
Monica Lassi
PhD, Librarian
LSHTM
Alice Gibson
Research Publications Officer
Mahasarakham University
Dr Sujin Butdisuwan
Dean Faculty of informatics
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics
Aleš Horák
Associate Professor
Maynooth University
Cathal McCauley
University Librarian
Middlesex University
Kate Vasili
Copyright Officer
Mondragon Unibertsitatea
Amaia Torrealday
Librarian
Mondragon Unibertsitatea
Obdulia Vélez
Librarian
Mondragon Unibertsitatea
Jone Arroitajauregi
Librarian
Municipality Amsterdam
Stephan Preeker
Developer
National and University Library of Slovenia
Martina Rozman Salobir
Director
National and University Library Zagreb
Davorka Psenica
Editor in Chief of the journal of NUL
National Centre for Text Mining
John McNaught
Deputy Director
National Library of Estonia
Janne Andresoo
Director General
National Library of Latvia
Anita Rašmane
System librarian
National Library of Latvia
Uldis Bojars
Researcher
National Library of Scotland
Dr. John Scally
National Librarian & Chief Executive
National Library of Sweden
Beate Eellend
Coordinator
National Research Council Italy
Silvana Mangiaracina
Researcher
Net7
Francesca Di Donato
EU Projects
Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl)
Peter Soemers
Information specialist
NHL Hogeschool
Ronald Wijnia
Teamleader
Nord University
Vidar Rongved
Senior advisor
Northeastern University
Nicola Bui
Senior Research Scientist
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Charlotte Buus Jensen
Librarian
Norwegian Institute of Public Healt
Bo Valentin
Librarian
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Almuth Gastinger
Senior Research Librarian
NTNU
Rune Brandshaug
Library director
OpenAIRE
Inge Van Nieuwerburgh
Member of the Steering Committee
OPERAS – Open access in the European research area through scholarly communication
Pierre Mounier
Coordinator
Piratenpartij Nederland
Abram Kleijweg
Board member
Politecnico di Torino
Attili Fiandrotti
Postdoc Researcher
Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists
Bruno Duarte Eiras
Vice President
Public Libraries Association – Združenje splošnih knjižnic
Vesna Horžen
president of Public Libraries Association
Qlaara Labs
Arvi Tavast
Founder
Reading & Writing Foundation
Hannah Thominet
Project Officer
Regione Liguria
Beppe Pavoletti
Librarian
Research Consulting
Andrea Chiarelli
Consultant
Research Council of Lithuania, CLARIN ERIC General Assembly, Vytautas magnus University
Ruta Petrauskaite
Vice-chair of the Research Councilo of Lithuania, President of CLARIN GA, professor of Linguistics at Vytautas Magnus University
Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Tamás Váradi
Head of Department
Research Libraries UK
Christina Kamposiori
Programme Officer
Rezekne Academy of Technologies
Artis Teilans
Professor
Riga Stradins University
Ludmila Penicina
Business Process Analyst
Riga Technical University
Mārtiņš Reiniks
Assistant of Profesor
Riga Technical University
Maija Neilande
Librarian
Riga Technical University, Scientific Library
Aija Janbicka-Vība
Library Director
Robert Gordon University
Professor Charles Oppenheim
Visiting Professor
Romanian Academy
Dan Tufis
Director/Academician
Royal Danish Library
Michael Svendsen
Open Access Coordinator
Royal Danish Library
Bjarne Andersen
Deputy Director General
Rudjer Boskovic Institute
Bojan Macan
Head of the Centre for scientific information
Rudjer Boskovic Institute
Alen Vodopijevec
IT staff
SA&S: Partnership for Copyright & Society
Jan Braeckman
Chair
Sabanci University
Deniz Baltacı
Library Director
Saxion
Cynthia Bartelds
Informatiespecialist
ScienceOpen
Dr. Jonathan Tennant
Communications Director
Scientific Information School (SIS)
Sylvie Vullioud
Co-founder and publication trainer
Share the Vision
Mark Freeman
Chair, Share the Vision
SISSA
Marco Marin
Assistant staff
Slovak Centre for Scientific and Technical Information
Silvia Horakova
Librarian
Slovenian Library Association
Irena Sešek
Vice-President
Société Internationale des Amis de Cicéron
Ermanno Malaspina
President of the Advisory Board
Society of College National and University Libraries (SCONUL)
Ann Rossiter
Executive Director
Software Heritage (INRIA)
Roberto Di Cosmo
Director
Software Preservation Network
Jessica Meyerson
Coordinator
Software Sustainability Institute
Neil Chue Hong
Director
Språkbanken, University of Gothenburg
Lars Borin
Professor of NLP, Co-director of Språkbanken, National coordinator of Swe-Clarin
Stadtbibliothek Bad Oldesloe
Jens A. Geißler
Library Manager
State University of Surabaya, Indonesia
Prof. Toho Cholik Mutohir
Professor, Dr.
Stenden University
Jellie Visser
Senior Information Specialist
Swedish Library Association
Karin Linder
Secretary General
Tampere University of Technology
Harri Ollikainen
Librarian
Technical University Darmstadt – University and State Library
Bjoern Gebert
Academic Librarian
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Gerald Langhanke
Librarian, Research data specialist
Technische Universtität Darmstadt
Richard Eckart de Castilho
Technical Lead
Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)
Markus Brammer
General Counsel
Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) ‒ German National Library of Science and Technology ‒ Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and University Library
Sören Auer
Director
The Finnish Research Library Association (STKS)
Jarmo Saarti
Chair
Transport and Telecommunication Institute
Mihails Savrasovs
Dr.sc.ing.
Trinity College, Cambridge
Rupert Gatti
Lecturer
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Leen Liefsoens
Senior Information Specialist, Responsible for Copyright
The Library of the University of Latvia
Daina Gavare
Researcher
The Library of the University of Latvia
Marite Savica
acting director
The Royal Danish Library
Asger Juel Hansen
Information Specialist
Transport and Telecommunications Institute
Mihails Savrasovs
Dr.sc.ing.
TU Berlin
Jasper Bernhardt
Student
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Stein Høydalsvik
Senior adviser
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Lars Figenschou
Senior Academic Librarian
UiT The Arctic university of Norway
Aysa Ekanger
Open Access advisor
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Philipp Conzett
Senior Academic Librarian
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Jan Erik Frantsvåg
Open Access Adviser
Uludag University
Özhan Saglik
Open Access Specialist
UNITN
Cristina Guerrero
Research assistant
Univ. Lille
Pierre Boulet
Professor
Univ. Paris Nord
Cyril Banderier
Researcher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Eva Ortiz Uceta
Repository Manager
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Eva Mendez
Professor/Researcher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Paloma Jarque
Librarian
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Teresa Malo de Molina
Head Librarian
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Victoria Rasero
Repository Manager
Universidad de Murcia
Ricardo Fernánez-Pascual
Profesor Contratado Doctor
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Bitergia
Jesus M Gonzalez-Barahona
Associate Professor, co-founder
Università degli studi di Firenze
Tessa Piazzini
Biomedical librarian
Università degli Studi del Molise
Vittorio Mancini
Librarian
Università degli Studi dell’Insubria
Alessandra
Head of University Library System
Università degli studi di Teramo
Valeria De Bartolomeis
Responsabile Sistema bibliotecario
Università degli Studi di Torino
Ivan Ferrero
Psychologist
Università degli Studi di Torino
Pietro Deandrea
Associate Professor
Università del Piemonte Orientale
Chiara Zara
Librarian
Università del Piemonte Orientale
Silvia Bello
Librarian
Università del Piemonte Orientale
Luca Tenconi
Bibliotecario
Università di Pavia
Carlo Bianchini
Associate Professor
Università di Pisa
Maria Chiara Pievatolo
Professor
Università di Pisa
Francesco Biagi
Dottorando di ricerca
Università di Siena
Cristina Mencarelli
Librarian
Università di Torino
Oriana Bozzarelli
Bibliotecario
Università di Torino
Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale per la digitalizzazione e la realizzazione di Biblioteche Digitali Umanistiche
Staff
Università di Torino
Elena Marangoni
Digital Librarian
Università di Trento
Francesca Valentini
PhD
Universität des Saarlandes
Jörg Knappen
M.Sc.
Universitat Politècnica de València
Francisco Javier Hernández San Miguel
Librarian
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Gemma Boleda
Researcher
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Jordina
Postdoctoral researcher
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Matthijs Westera
Postdoctoral researcher
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Silvia Losa
Data Protection and Copyright Consultant
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Anna Casaldaliga
Deputy Librarian
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Núria Bel
Associate Professor
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Josep M. Fontana
Associate Professor
Universität Tübingen, Philosophische Fakultät, Brechtbau-Bibliothek
Dr. Thomas Hilberer
Librarian and temporary lecturer
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Aurelie Herbelot
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
Universite de Lorraine
Celia Lentretien
Librarian
Université de Liège
Bernard Pochet
Head Librarian
Université de Lorraine
Jean-Francois Lutz
Librarian
Université de Lorraine
Pierre MUTZENHARDT
President
Université de Montpellier
Hervé Peyre
Maître de Conférences
Université François Rabelais Tours
Agata Savary
Assistant Professor
Université Grenoble – Alpes
Nicolas Palix
Maître de conférences
Université Grenoble – Alpes and CNRS
Gilles Duvert
Senior Astronomer
Université libre de Bruxelles
Lecocq
Maître de conférences
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Mathieu Florence
Maître de conférences
Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier
Pierre Naegelen
Librarian
Universiteit Twente
Leon Abelmann
Professor
Universities UK/Guild HE
David Anderson-Evans
Chairman Copyright Working Group
University College of Southeast Norway
Arild Skalmeraas
Head Librarian
University Library of Southern Denmark
Anne Thorst Melbye
Head of Research Registration/Open Access coordinator
University of Antwerp
Peter Petré
Research professor
University of Balamand
Michel Chammas
Researcher
University of Bejaia
Kamel Belhamel
DOAJ Ambassador – North Africa
University of Bengkulu
Teguh Adiprasetyo
Senior lecturer
University of Bergen
Koenraad De Smedt
Professor
University of Bergen
Paul Meurer
Researcher
University of Bologna
Vilma
PhD student
University of Borås
Helena Francke
Associate Professor
University of Cagliari
Elisabetta Marini
Full professor
University of Coimbra
Delfim Leão
Director of Coimbra University Press
University of Copenhagen
Bart Jongejan
Software developer
University of Copenhagen
Sussi Olsen
Research Associate
University of Edinburgh
Eugen Stoica
Scholarly Communications Officer
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Elena Volodina
Researcher
University of Helsinki
Kimmo Koskenniemi
Prof. Emer.
University of Helsinki
Krister Linden
Research Director
University of Jyväskylä
Hannu Markkanen
Information Specialist
University of Kassel
Arvid Deppe
Librarian
University of Konstanz
Petra Haetscher
Director of IT and Library Services
University of Latvia
Aiga Svede
Docent
University of Latvia
Aina Kivilande
student
University of Latvia
Alberts Saulītis
Student
University of Latvia
Andrejs Cibulis
Professor
University of Latvia
Andrejs Geske
Professor
University of Latvia
Ansis Zariņš
Dr. phys; senior researcher
University of Latvia
Antra Ozola
Dr.
University of Latvia
Antra Stīpniece
researcher
University of Latvia
Baiba Holma
assoc.professor
University of Latvia
Danovics Vadims
Professor
University of Latvia
Dina Bērziņa
Researcher
University of Latvia
Eliza Spilnere
Student
University of Latvia
Emil Syundyukov
PhD student
University of Latvia
Evita Gasenko
PhD student
University of Latvia
Gita Rozenberga
Chief Librarian
University of Latvia
Ilga Rampāne
Lecturer UL, Consultant NOAD Latvia
University of Latvia
Indra Odina
professor
University of Latvia
Iveta Kestere
Professor
University of Latvia
Janis Cimurs
Researcher
University of Latvia
Janis Liepins
Dr.
University of Latvia
Jevgenija Necajeva
Dr biol.
University of Latvia
Jurijs Nikisins
Assistant Professor
University of Latvia
Jānis Buls
Professor
University of Latvia
Kalvis Kravalis
Sr. Researcher
University of Latvia
Karlis Kalviskis
IT specialist
University of Latvia
Karlis Podnieks
Professor
University of Latvia
Kirils Surovovs
Researcher
University of Latvia
Kristīne Āboliņa
Assistant professor
University of Latvia
Kristine Dokane
Researcher
University of Latvia
Leo Truksans
assoc. professor
University of Latvia
Leo Selavo
professor
University of Latvia
Liga
Dr.
University of Latvia
Liga Avotina
Researcher
University of Latvia
Ligita Grigule
researcher
University of Latvia
Lilian Tzivian
Associated professor, Dr.
University of Latvia
Mara Rubene
Dr.habil.phil.
University of Latvia
Māra Urdziņa-Deruma
Associate Professor
University of Latvia
Monta Farneste
assoc. prof.
University of Latvia
Nikolajs Nahimovs
PhD Researcher
University of Latvia
Oskars Keiss
Dr., leading researcher
University of Latvia
Peteris Paikens
Researcher
University of Latvia
Reinholds Zviedris
Assistant Professor
University of Latvia
Reinis Rutkis
Researcher
University of Latvia
Santa Jansone
PhD Student
University of Latvia
Skudra
Assoc.Prof.
University of Latvia
Solveiga Krumina-Konkova
Leading Researcher
University of Latvia
Uldis Kondratovičs
Associate professor
University of Latvia
Uldis Straujums
Professor
University of Latvia
Viesturs Vēzis
Dr.sc.comp.
University of Latvia
Vineta Apse
Lecturer
University of Latvia
Zane Bicevska
Associate Professor
University of Latvia
Zbignevs Marcinkevics
Associate Professor
University of Latvia
Viesturs Vēzis
Dr.sc.comp.
University of Latvia
Uldis Straujums
Professor
University of Latvia
Voldemars Spungis
Senior researcher
University of Latvia, ILFA
Toms Ķencis
Researcher
University of Latvia, Institute of Astronomy
Ilgmars Eglitis
Dr.phys., Director of institute
University of Latvia, Institute of Microbiology & Biotechnology
Peteris Zikmanis
Dr.habil.biol.
University of Latvia, Institute for Mechanics of Materials
Tatjana Glaskova-Kuzmina
Dr. Sc. Ing.
University of Latvia, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science
Normunds Grūzītis
Head of AI Lab
University of Latvia/Ministry of Agriculture of Latvia/Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre
Artis Linārs
MSc student/Oldest Expert/Laboratory Technician
University of Liège
Cecile Dohogne
Librarian
University of Liège
Cécile Nissen
Librarian
University of Liège
François Renaville
Head of Library Systems
University of Liège
Stephanie Simon
Librarian
University of Liège
Muriel Verbeeck
Full Professor
University of Lisbon
Beatriz Szwarc
MSc, Scientific Researcher
University of Liverpool
Yan Lavallée
Chair of Volcanology and Magmatic Processes
University of Malta Library
Josianne Camilleri Vella
Deputy Director Library Services
University of Malta
Michael Rosner
Senior Lecturer
University of Milan
Emilia Perassi
Fill Professor
University of Mons
Masselus Catherine
Head Librarian
University of Nahdlatul Wathan Mataram
Didin Hadi Saputra
Quality Assurance Member
University of Namur
Nicolas Louis
Library Director
University of Napoli Federico II
Giuseppe Aceto
Research Assistant
University of Oxford
Verena Heise
NDPH Intermediate Fellow
University of Padua ITALY
Antonella De Robbio
Library coordinator
University of Pavia
Giuseppe De Nicolao
Professor
University of Pavia
Marco Gnesi
PhD Candidate
University of Piraeus Library
Anthi Katsirikou
Library Director
University of Pisa
Stefano Salvia
PhD and Research Assistant in History of Science
University of Rennes 1
Barais Olivier
Professor (Computer Science)
University of Rennes 1
Thierry Fournier
Librarian
University of Salford
David Clay
University Librarian
University of Salerno
Claudio Forziati
Librarian
University of Salerno
Luigi Catalani
Professor
University of Siena
Silvia Calamai
Associate Professor
University of Split, Faculty of Philosophy
Romana Jadrijevic
Librarian
University of Tartu
Kristel Uiboaed
Data Management Specialist
University of Tartu
Neeme Kahusk
Lecturer
University of Tartu
Liina Lindström
associate professor
University of Tartu Library
Lilian Neerut
Head of Department of Subject Librarians
University of the Arts The Hague
Arthur Gieles
Secretary Executive Board
University of the Basque Country
German Rigau
Associate Professor
University of Tartu
Aleksei Kelli
Professor of IP Law
University of Torino
Pietro Terna
Retired full professor of Economics
University of Trento
Cristian Consonni
PhD student
University of Trento
Luca Piras
PhD student
University of Trento
Mauro Brunato
Assistant professor
University of Trento
Paolo Guarda
Fellow Researcher – Contract Professor
University of Trento
Nasrullah Sheikh
phd Student
University of Trento
Renato Lo Cigno
Associate Professor
University of Trento
Roberto Caso
Associate professor – Trento LawTech Group Co-Director
University of Trento
Vincenzo D’Andrea
Associate Professor
University of Turin
Maria Cassella
Library Director
University of Turin
Elena Giglia
Head – Open Access office
University of Twente
Djoerd Hiemstra
Associate Prof.
University of Udine
Liliana Bernardis
dott.ssa
University of York
Liz Waller
Head of Library & Archives
University of Zadar / Rudjer Boskovic Institute
Jadranka Stojanovski
Professor
University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Iva Melinscak Zlodi
Librarian
Utrecht University
Marieke Hendriksen
Postdoc
Utrecht University Library
Eric Sieverts
Dr.
Utrecht University
Jan Odijk
Professor of Language and Speech Technology
UUK/GuildHE Copyright Working Group (University of Kent)
Chris Morrison
Copyright Support and Software Licensing Manager
VA (Public & Science)
Maria Lindholm
Director of Research
Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences
Jurjan Boer
Senior librarian
Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences
Marijke Mentink
Library coördinator
Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland
Frans Grijzenhout
chairperson
Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
Martins Jansevskis
Scientific guest assistant
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Steffen Ducheyne
Professor
VVBAD (Flemish Library and Archive Association)
Bruno Vermeeren
coordinator
Vytautas Magnus University
Jurgita Vaicenoniene
CLARIN-LT national coordinator
Wikimedia Italia
Andrea Zanni
Member
Wikimedia Italia
Anna Maria Marras
National Coordinator Museum and Archive
Wikimedia Italia
CAMELIA BOBAN
analyst programmer, Wikimedia Italia associate
Wikimedia Italia
Cristian Cenci
Project manager
Wikimedia Italia
Dario Crespi
Wikimedia Italia
Federico Leva
Member
Wikimedia Italia
Susanna Giaccai
socia
Wikimedia Italia and Italian Linux Society (ILS)
Ferdinando Traversa
member
Worcestershire County Council
Maggi Noke
Historic environment record assistant
Wroclaw University of Technology
Marcin Pol
mgr. inz.
Zagreb City Library
Hana Marčetić
Librarian
Zuyd University
Lien Goldbach
Librarian
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
Lilian van de Burgt
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