New website launch: EPDOS.nl

Researchers are taking steps in doing their research in a more open way. To make this road to open science easier, the Dutch research community (UNL, NFU, VH, NWO, and KNAW) and Elsevier started a collaboration in May 2020. Together they will develop and offer new open science and open access services to contribute to Dutch open science. Ideas for new services are tested via pilot projects, done by researchers, librarians, research managers, research intelligence consultants and others of the participating institutions. People who will use these new services in their daily practice.

This multi-year partnership is centred on the provision of a set of services that support the open science ambitions in the Netherlands, making science more transparent, reproducible, inclusive and collaborative. This allows for the broadest possible audiences in the scholarly world to participate, make use of and contribute to the research process. The agreement is unique in that it goes beyond the scope of open access publishing and reading services alone.

In the agreement, which runs through to December 2024, the development of these new services are included next to open access Publishing and Reading Services.

With the launch of www.Epdos.nl, a new website is established that includes information about the partnership, such as its goals and core elements, important links and documents about the partnership, the partners involved, an overview of the governance structure, the latest information about the pilot services and how to participate in these pilots.

Questions and ideas

Are you interested in participating in a pilot? Or do you have an idea for a non-existing service you would like to test? Then please contact us.