Research Data Management and Open Access to Publications and Data

Abstract

In celebration of the 13th International Open Access Week, we are delighted to share with you presentation on "Research Data Management and Open Access to Publications and Data" by Irina Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager for Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL). Iryna Kuchma has been managing the EIFL Open Access Programme (EIFL-OA) since 2008. Working in collaboration with libraries and library consortia in more than 60 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe, she advocates for open access to research results, facilitates the development and implementation of open science policies and infrastructures, and provides support and training.

An expert in open access, open data and open science, Iryna has published several works (see the full list here), and contributed to recent reports including ‘Fostering Bibliodiversity in Scholarly Communications – A Call for Action!’, ‘Towards Sustainable Cooperative and Non-APC Publishing Models’, ‘Training in the European Open Science Cloud’ and ‘RDA COVID-19 Data Sharing Guidelines and Recommendations’.

Under Iryna's management, EIFL-OA’s many achievements include the establishment of more than 1,200 open access repositories and more than 4,000 open access journals in EIFL partner countries, opening up a wealth of new knowledge and research to the world. The programme has also supported the development of 159 institutional and eight national open access policies in EIFL partner countries, and has trained over 275,000 librarians, researchers, policy-makers and open access champions across the EIFL network.