Completed Projects

This page lists MPS projects related to Open Access that have already been completed.

Kick-off Event for Open Access Week 2009

Period: October 2009
MPS project partner:: Max Planck Digital Library
Website: http://www.allianzinitiative.de/de/aktuelles_und_presse/22102009
Abstract: The Open Access Working Group in the Alliance of German Science Organisations issues an invitation to attend a podium discussion in Munich to mark the start of International Open Access Week from 19 to 23 October 2009. (…) Representatives of the humanities, the natural sciences and publishing houses will present their respective positions in a series of brief statements and then discuss them with each other and the audience. more

SOAP (Study of Open Access Publishing)

Period: March 2009 – February 2011
MPS project partner: Max Planck Digital Library
Website: http://project-soap.eu
The SOAP project aims to deliver to the European Commission, publishers, libraries and research communities a description and analysis of models of open access publishing, so that these key players may ascertain which model, or combination and variation of models, will enable them to make a smooth transition to open access publishing. [...] more