The University of Strasbourg is a French institution located in Strasbourg, Alsace with nearly 51,000 students and over 3,200 researchers. Dating back to the 16th century, the university offers a range of degrees in all disciplines and focuses on research. The institution is also a founding member of the League of European Research Universities. Since 2014, University of Strasbourg has developed with its partners in the Alsace region an open science policy based on its institutional repository univOAK and on pilot projects on research data management.

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The DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education (Frankfurt am Main/Berlin) delivers empirical educational research, digital infrastructure and targeted knowledge transfer, thus contributing to coping with challenges in education. DIPF operates the open access repository peDOCS which collects electronic full texts from
the domains of educational research. peDOCS is disciplinary-oriented and is geared towards the needs of the educational science communities. peDOCS cooperates with more than 45 publishers. The repository is integrated into the German Education Portal and the German Education Index, the metadata is delivered to oa distributers, e.g. BASE,
OpenAIRE, OAIster. A close collaboration with the German National Library (DNB) guarantees the long-term storage of documents. https://www.pedocs.de/index.php?la=en

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Areas of activities include grid-based research infrastructures, research data management, long-term access, digitisation, electronic publishing, open access and digital repository networks. Prominent examples of large-scale research infrastructure networks are DARIAH-DE, OpenAIRE and COAR.

The Helmholtz Association was one of the initial signatories of the “Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities” in 2003. This commitment towards open access was then formally adopted by its Assembly of Members (assembly of the directors of the Helmholtz Centres): “Publications from the Helmholtz Association
shall in future, without exception, be available free of charge, in so far no conflicting Agreement with the publishers or others exists.” (Resolution of the Assembly of Members, 27.09.2004). Since 2005, the Helmholtz Open Access Project is supporting the scientists as well as the respective Helmholtz Centres in the implemention of Open Access.

Further information: : http://os.helmholtz.de.

Amongst others the emphases are on:

• Management of digital research data at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  Evaluation and usage of advanced technologies according to international standards
  Support and dissemination of open access to electronic
  publications and digital research data according to the principles of
  open science
  

ULB Darmstadt is the university library of the Technical University of Darmstadt, located in southern Hesse, Germany, and provide the members of the university with printed and digital literature and information. We provide several publication services through a variety of open access repositories for texts, research data, digitized historical holdings and editions of those. We are a research library for questions of information transfer and infrastructural aspects, in particular for the data management in engineering and for the Digital Humanities.

In a focused spectrum of interdisciplinary fields in the humanities and social sciences and in the natural sciences and technology, Bielefeld University is one of the strongest research universities in Germany. To generate synergies and increase efficiency significant parts of the research infrastructure at Bielefeld University are organised and networked on a university-wide basis.

Among ongoing projects and networking activities, prominent contributions to the international repository based research infrastructures are Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) as well as the participation in European funded projects such as DRIVER, PEER, OpenAIRE and OpenAIREplus.

The ZBW – German National Library of Economics – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics is the world’s largest specialist library for economics and business studies, with more than four million publications in printed or electronic format. Located in Kiel and Hamburg, ZBW is also the main document supplier for it’s subjects in Germany and produces the subject portal EconBiz. Apart from these classical duties, the ZBW edits two journals in economic policy, Wirtschaftsdienst and Intereconomics and is also very active in different areas of information infrastructure, e.g. publication services and open access, research data management, social media, semantic technologies and long-term preservation. The publishing services include the subject repository EconStor, the Open-Access-Journal Economics and ZBWs own institutional repository. As a member of the Leibniz Association we are also involved in the Open Access portal of the Leibniz Association (LeibnizOpen) and the management of the Leibniz Open Access publication fund.

Corvinus University of Budapest, founded in 1948, is a leading university in Hungary. It is today an internationally recognized institution in the areas of both education and research.

The Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences was established with the donation of Count Teleki’s library to the learned society, in 1826. Now, besides of its traditional roles, the Library and Information Centre hosts the repository of the Academy (REAL). REAL has several collections, containing current research papers, digitised old books and manuscripts, theses and more. The library operates the national research bibliography (MTMT), and the national journal subscription consortium (EISZ) too.

The University of Debrecen is a multidisciplinary academic institution with more than 30000 students. As one of the largest universitites in Hungary and a signatory of the Berlin Declaration, our institution is pioneering in open access scholarly communication in the country. The University and National Library participates in several international open access projects, and manages its own OpenAIRE compliant repository. Through the coordination of HUNOR (Hungarian Open Repositories) it assists other
institutions in Hungary in building interoperable archives.

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As an inter-university research institute, the National Institute of Informatics promotes the creation of a state-of-the-art academic-information infrastructure (the Cyber Science Infrastructure, or CSI) that is essential to research and education within the broader academic community, with a focus on partnerships and other joint efforts with universities and research institutions throughout Japan, as well as industries and civilian organizations. Visit website

The University of Nairobi was established in 1970 having been a constituent college of the University of London from 1963. The University offers academic programmes and research in a great variety of disciplines.
The University continues to be the centre of intellectual life and research activity in Kenya and a key player in the growing global network of scholarship. The University has signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities as evidence of its commitment to the global Open Access initiative. In December 2012, the University adopted an Open Access Policy geared towards providing its scholars with the opportunity and platform to promote their academic work by enhancing access to research outputs. Further, it is expected that the policy will enhance the visibility and impact of the University’s research output and archiving of its scholarly
materials.
The University has established the UoN digital repository as the “green route” that will provide long-term preservation and showcase its scholarly output. This repository will enhance the University’s visibility in the global knowledge society and in the process enable its community to engage with others collaboratively in the production,
transmission and utilization of knowledge.

Vilnius University, established in 1579, the oldest in Baltic countries and the largest Lithuanian higher education institution, is an active participant in international scientific and academic activities.
The university offers an academic environment focused on excellence in research and teaching.
Being TOP1 in Lithuania as per national rankings, Vilnius University has the highest position among other Lithuanian universities according to the QS World University Ranking, and is among 501-550 top universities in the world.
Vilnius University Library is the oldest library in Lithuania safeguarding and cherishing over four hundred years tested traditions of academic library, yet open to new ideas and experiences. In the latter years Library shows special attention to various activities related to the access, dissemination and preservation of Vilnius University scientific production, it provides consultations on Open Access policy at VU, works on development of institutional and national repositories (eLABa).

Founded in 2003, the University of Luxembourg is the first and only university of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Multilingual, international and research-oriented, it offers 11 bachelor degrees, 29 master degrees and doctoral studies, spread over three faculties and two interdisciplinary centres.
ORBilu, the University’s Open Repository and Bibliography, was launched in April 2013 in a drive to not only open up access to research but also to showcase the expertise of the Uni.lu’s researchers. Since its inception, its authors have archived over 12 000 publications.

EIFL is an international not-for-profit organization working in more than 45 developing and transition countries in Africa, Asia and Europe to enable access to knowledge for education, learning, research and sustainable community development.

• Builds capacities to set up OA repositories

• Offers training and supports knowledge sharing

• Provides expertise on OA policies and practices

• Empowers librarians, scholars, and students to become OA advocates

• Advocates for OA policies

ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) is a public university established in 1972. Pursuing teaching, research and community service activities, the mission of ISCTE-IUL is to create and convey scientific knowledge according to the best international standards, training highly skilled professionals, mainly at the postgraduate level, in the areas of management, information technology and architecture, social sciences and public policy, for the advancement of society.

The Unisa Library is the largest academic Library in Africa serving almost 400 00 students, with 12 walk-in Branch Libraries across South Africa and in Akaki, Ethiopia. Unisa Libraries provide access to an extensive collection of books, audio-visual material, electronic databases and journals. We also subscribe to an increasing number of electronic journals. Both the e-journals and the growing collection of e-books are available to Unisa students and staff online 24/7. In addition to our almost 3 million items available to our students and researchers, The Unisa Libraries’ walk in Branch Libraries are committed to cater for our students regardless of their geographic location. The
Unisa Institutional Repository (UnisaIR) plays an important role in supporting Unisa’s research strategy. Since its inception in 2009, it continues to grow steadily. In 2016 it hosted over 17000 items. It is also accessed from a variety of international locations and a total of 10 million full text views were logged in 2016. The UnisaIR is based upon open access principles and was ranked fourth in Africa by the Ranking Web of Repositories in 2015.

CSIC is Spain’s National Research Council, the largest public research institution. Under the Ministry of Science and Innovation, its 130 research centers and institutes dedicate to
Humanities and Social Sciences; Biology and Biomedicine; Natural Resources; Agricultural Sciences; Physical Science and Technologies; Materials Science and Technology; Food Science and Technology; Chemical Science and Technology.

Digital.CSIC organises, preserves and enables access to a wide variety of resources and counts with the participation of CSIC scientific community and its 78 research libraries. The repository raises awareness and trains CSIC community on OA issues. With 38,000+
items, it is the largest repository of scientific resources in Spain.

The Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) is a tool of the Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation to reinforce the value chain of knowledge, driving science and innovation and promoting its integration and approaching it to society, answering the questions to the needs and expectations of the Spanish Science, Technology and Enterprise System.The strategic vectors of the foundation are to foster different initiatives to develop scientific and innovation culture, to facilitate knowledge transfer into entrepreneur talent, to lead the integration and rationalization of scientific and innovation information and metrics, and to foster the generation of turnovers of science and innovation in Spain.

Chalmers is a technical university located in Gothenburg,
Sweden, conducting research and teaching in the fields of Engineering,
Science and Architecture. Chalmers has an Open Access Policy from
January 2010. Researchers are requested to submit a copy of their
articles to the repository, Chalmers Publication Library (CPL). Chalmers
Library is responsible for the publication database and services to
support the policy.

As part of the University of Gothenburg the Library has the aim to support scientific research and development, teaching and higher education. It contributes to information literacy among students and staff.

The Digital Services department works with coordination and development of the library web site, electronic publishing, e-journals, e-books, subject databases and IT-development in these areas. The department hosts two databases for scientific publications from the University of Gothenburg. It supports researchers and postgraduate
students in open access-related questions, publishing and copyright questions.

GUPEA (Gothenburg University Publications Electronic Archive) is the full text database for e-publishing of dissertations, research reports, student theses etc. I started as a project in 2004, and was implemented in 2005/2006 based on DSpace. GUPEA is OAI compliant and follows the OpenAIRE and DRIVER guidelines.

The National Library of Sweden combines the traditional mission of a national library with that of a national library authority. It coordinates the OpenAccess.se programme, that supports Open Access developments in Sweden. The programme addresses policy issues, development of infrastructure and information to researchers. It is run by the National Library in partnership with Swedish universities, research funders and academies.

Lund University has one of Sweden’s oldest and largest research libraries. Together with the University Library, 25 faculty, department and centre libraries in Lund, Malmö and Helsingborg constitute a network of libraries at Lund University.
The Lund University Libraries network (LUB) provides support and advice in publication matters, with special efforts to promote open access. LUB develop and manage Lund University Publications (LUP), the institutional repository of Lund University. LUB also host the University’s OJS installation and other tools designed for facilitating
dissemination of the university’s academic output.
LUB also perform bibliometric analyses of scholarly production and offer support and advice in matters associated with evaluation and bibliometrics. LUB is also responsible for advocating and promoting the University’s Open Access policy.

DiVA is Uppsala University’s system for electronic publishing and for registering publications produced by researchers, teachers and students.
The main purpose of DiVA:
• To provide researchers and students at Uppsala University with a simple way to make their publications visible and available.
• To facilitate annual reports and statistical analyses of publications by researchers active at Uppsala University.
• To provide long term preservation and secure access to the University’s publications in the future.
DiVA contains 180 000 references to research publications and student papers. Around 30 000 of these are freely available in full text – open access.

EPFL Library, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

The mission of the EPFL library is to accompany researchers, students and teachers in the production and use of scientific information throughout their research projects and studies. As a public library, basic services are also available for the general public.
Beyond traditional services related to the use and access of scientific information, the library offers services, that support the production, the management and dissemination of scientific output, over the whole lifecycle of each EPFL research project, with emphasis on Open Access publication and Open Science.

ETH Zurich is one of the leading international universities for technology and the natural sciences. It is well-known for its excellent education, ground-breaking fundamental research and for implementing its results directly into practice.
ETH Library, established in 1855, is the largest public scientific and technical library in Switzerland. It is the central university library for ETH Zurich and a Swiss centre for technical and scientific information. It is responsible for implementing ETH Zurich’s open-access policy and provides services and support for members of ETH Zurich on open-access publishing.

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences is one of the largest universities of applied sciences in Switzerland. With locations in Winterthur, Zurich and Wädenswil, the ZHAW is firmly integrated in the local region whilst also collaborating with international partners.
ZHAW university library is part of the scholarly infrastructure at ZHAW and contributes actively to implementing the Swiss national strategies for Open Access and Open Research Data.

The İzmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH) is a Turkish state university established in 1992 to offer higher education and carry out research in the fields of science and technology. The medium of instruction at the institute is English. IZTECH is currently the only internationally distinguished advanced technical university in Turkey.
Within Turkey, It is known as “İzmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü,” abbreviated as “İYTE.”
IZTECH Library, which is among the best university libraries in Turkey, aims to make IZTECH members see the library as a starting point for all kinds of information needs with its user-centred service approach, and it constantly improves its services in this direction. IZTECH library is pioneering and leading open access/open science studies in Turkey. For example, IZTECH is the first university released the mandatory Open Access Policy and Open Science Policy and began to use GCRIS, the research information and institutional repository system. GCRIS is the first system be used as the research data repository in Turkey. In addition, IZTECH makes a difference and guides the profession with its European Union projects (OpenairePlus Project in 2011, OpenAIRE 2020 Project in 2015 and OpenAIRE Advance Project in 2018), various meetings and events it organizes, papers it presents, articles published in international refereed journals, and national and international memberships.

The Library at the University of Edinburgh has developed a research publications service to support the University’s Open Access Publications Policy and is currently implementing a Current Research Information System. It supports the Scottish Digital Library Consortium which provides repository services to universities across Scotland. It
seeks to innovate and contribute to the national & international digital library agenda through participation in projects and cross-institutional partnerships.

The University of Glasgow has a mature research publications repository and has also developed repositories for research data, thesis, impact, and other research outputs.

Cornell University Library is ranked among the top academic research libraries in the country. The Library holds more than eight million print volumes, more than 800,000 e-books, and more than 120,000 current serial titles. Additionally, the Library has an extensive archival collection. The Library is actively engaged in developing and maintaining user-centric repositories, supporting research data, and engaging in initiatives in support of new modes of publishing. Specifically, the Library hosts eCommons, Cornell’s open scholarship repository, and library staff collaborate with colleagues across campus as vital members of the Research Data Management Service Group, which provides Cornell scholars with assistance in the creation and implementation of data management plans, and the sharing and archiving of research data. In addition, the Library runs a journal-hosting program and participates in Project Euclid, which is designed to address the unique needs of low-cost independent and society math and statistics journals.

A global leader, Harvard Library is an unparalleled resource for learning and research. Engaging users through curated discovery, one-of-a-kind digital collections, innovative physical space, and specialized research support, we deliver exceptional experiences
for the Harvard community and provide access to the largest university library collection in the world.

The Ibero-American Science and Technology Education Consortium (ISTEC) is a non-profit organization composed of educational, research and multilateral organizations from the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula. The consortium aims to promote scientific, technological, and engineering education, participating in joint international research and development efforts along with its members and providing a profitable vehicle for the application and transfer of technology to the region with a view to improving the quality of life in the IA region.

In order to achieve its objectives, the ISTEC members collaborate to develop several open code software tools, namely, Celsius 3 and harvester tool. The experts follow up on the development, evaluation, and upgrade of open access repositories and rely on an editorial team’s training program for diamond journals.

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The Iowa State University Library is home to robust current and retrospective collections in animal science, material science, plant science, and veterinary medicine, agriculture, and landscape architecture. Other strengths include a distinguished history of providing formal instruction in library research, a state-of-the-art conservation lab, a highly-praised interlibrary loan service, an extensive collection of rare botanical and natural history books, the women in science and engineering archives, and a rapidly growing, highly used digital repository.

The J. Willard Marriott Library is integral to the teaching, research, and public life missions of the University of Utah. The library’s mission is to inspire the creation, discovery, and use of knowledge for Utah and the world. To that end we actively partner with our students and researchers in their teaching and research through our expertise, our collections, and our spaces. Additionally, the Marriott Library offers a fully equipped book arts studio, maintains a vibrant university press, and offers our users opportunities for experiential learning and research in our makerspace and digital scholarship spaces.

The MIT Libraries are dedicated to advancing teaching, learning, research, and innovation at MIT and globally. The Libraries are committed to making the groundbreaking research and scholarship of the Institute available to the world and to ensuring its accessibility for future use. MIT has been at the forefront of improving access to scholarly output, establishing one of the first and most comprehensive policies making faculty-authored articles freely available online and inventing DSpace, an online repository used by more than 1,000 institutions worldwide.

The Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies provides open access institutional repositories for documents through Purdue e-Pubs, digitized and digital archival collections with Purdue e-Archives, and research data management with PURR.
Purdue has led many initiatives, in particular, related to digital curation of research data with initiatives such as the Data Curation Profiles, Data Information Literacy, the re3data registry of research data repositories, and co-founding DataCite.

In support of its dual mission to end extreme poverty within a generation and boost shared prosperity, the World Bank Group publishes a large selection of research and knowledge products. Publications include authoritative reports that feature research from
some of the world’s top development economists and practitioners, handbooks to train and aid practitioners, scholarly books that contribute to the development debate in universities and think tanks, and outreach publications for general audiences. Topics cover the full spectrum of economic and social development, including development
policy, finance, health, education, environment, trade, poverty, climate change, and globalization. Publications are primarily aimed at policy makers, development practitioners, academics and university students, and the business community.

The UC San Diego Library, ranked among the United States’ top 25 public academic libraries, plays a critical role in advancing and supporting the university’s research, teaching, patient care, and public service missions. The Library has a long history supporting open access research and infrastructure, including community leadership in a
wide range of services and technologies. Current focuses include repository development, research data management and training on data tools and techniques

The UCLA Library advances the university’s research, education, and public service
mission by empowering and inspiring communities of scholars and learners to discover, access, create, share, and preserve knowledge. Through international partnerships it supports open access to recorded knowledge and the historical record ranging from the oldest forms of writing to the newest forms of data, including research publications created by UCLA’s acclaimed faculty and scholars.

The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries is a model 21st century urban academic library dedicated to elevating the research and scholarship of its diverse communities by offering impactful resources, spaces, services, and technologies. A service of UTA
Libraries, ResearchCommons houses research produced by UTA’s scholarly community, as well as materials from the University Archives and Special Collections, and makes both openly and freely available to local, national, and global audiences.