International coalition joins together to halt potentially harmful copyright reform

Efforts target key lawmakers


BACKGROUND | ISSUE BRIEFS & POSITION PAPERS | THE OPEN LETTER | CONTACT

 

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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

 

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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
Information Specialist

 



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