[8] The Use Case Austria – Towards the European Open Science Cloud: Research libraries taking leadership in forming digital research infrastructures on a national scale
Creators: name: Paolo Budroni, Raman Ganguly
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Austria, Open Science, research libraries, digital research

description: <strong>Abstract:</strong> Open Science requires a coherent data and research infrastructure system, and libraries are major players in this system. The European Commission is a promoter of the European Open Science Cloud. The EOSC is not an actual cloud service, but rather a kind of reengineering of existing e-infrastructures based on scientific data and related services, with modest international guidance and governance, and a large degree of freedom regarding practical implementation. According to a presentation by J.C. Burgelman at the e-IRG workshop on June 3, 2015 entitled “Open Science policy: Results of the consultation on ‘Science 2.0: Science in transition’ and possible follow up,” the EOSC is composed of three layers, representing governance, services and data. Each layer is assigned essential elements. The EOSC is a complex ecosystem of ICT services for scientific research, whereby the main stakeholders include libraries, ICT, research support services, legal services, funders and corporations. Users of EOSC services (e.g. from the scientific community) enjoy the freedom to choose the services they need, and providers have the freedom to innovate. Key elements of the EOSC include good governance, policies, rules of engagement, cross-disciplinary services, compliance with legal and ethical requirements, and the fulfilment of the FAIR principles. This paper provides insight into the “Use Case Austria.” Currently in Austria, there are six national, publicly-funded cooperative projects in place supporting the Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science. These are six transversal projects covering governance, service, data and infrastructure, and all comply with the requirements of the EOSC. Four of these six projects were initiated by Austrian research libraries, and five of which provide the core facilities for the development of these projects. In each of the four projects, libraries show their ability to respond to important questions concerning their new roles (leading in strategy and innovation, supporting sustainability, creating new and visionary settings, showing leadership, building capacity, and implementing knowledge of research data management and project management). This paper provides insight into the planning, implementation and evaluation of this ambitious undertaking and presents the current state of these projects, offering findings that may have an impact on the wider library community. Furthermore, the experience gained could serve as a basis for further development in the context of existing e-infrastructures, research data policies and strategies. The projects: e-Infrastructures Austria: Coordinated development of repository infrastructures for digital resources in research and science AuSSDA, Austrian Social Sciences Data Archive: Austrian-wide data archive for social science data and alignment with European infrastructure CESSDA/ESFRI OEA, Open Education Austria: Joint development of a national infrastructure for Open Educational Resources AT2OA, Austrian Transition to Open Access: Further development and implementation of open access in Austria Portfolio/Showroom – Making Art Research Accessible: Setup of CRIS systems DMA, The Data Market Austria: Creation of data-services ecosystems in Austria <strong>Bio:</strong> Paolo Budroni earned his Dr. phil. in 1986 at the University of Vienna, completing a semiotic examination of “Don Camillo and Peppone.” In 1988, he completed his education degree at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) and in 1996, he received a postgraduate degree in European Integration for Public Administration at the Austrian Federal European Academy. In 1991, he headed the realization of the first Current Research Information System (CRIS/ DonKey) of the University of Vienna (1991-1998). While on sabbatical (2001-2005), Budroni worked as Strategic Alliances Manager at a German BI Company, further as a docent for marketing courses at the graduate level at the Università degli Studi di Perugia (Scienze della Comunicazione), and as Marketing Manager and, later, as Strategic Business Development Manager for a German telecommunications firm. Back in Vienna in 2005, he led as Managing Director the development of the digital archiving system for RDM of the University of Vienna, which also serves as Institutional Repository of the University (Phaidra, 2007-2016). Today Phaidra is used in 5 European countries and is running at 15 institutions (among them the Austrian National Funding Agency FWF). From 2014 to 2016, he has also been the Managing Director of the of the nation-wide project e-Infrastructures Austria (26 partners, all Austrian Universities), which aims to create an Austrian network of competencies in the field of university repositories and research data.<br> European or national projects (led or acquired): OpenAIRE, Europeana Libraries, TEMPUS in the Western Balkan Region, e-Infrastructures Austria, Open Education Austria, H2020-LEARN (WP3, Policy Development and Alignment).<br> Paolo Budroni is the Austrian National Delegate to the e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG) and represents the University of Vienna at COAR.<br> His long-term involvement in digital asset management and the provision of aligned services in the scientific community have provided him with a thorough knowledge of technical systems and the requirements of the academic world. Thanks to his engagement, the University of Vienna has participated in the projects like Europeana and OpenAIRE/OpenAIREplus. Currently, he has been appointed as the representative of the Unversity of Vienna at COAR. In the LEARN project, he focuses on stakeholder engagement, policy development and alignment, impact and advocacy. He also offers his experience in the use of foreign languages in multi-national settings, his ability to plan and organise work programs and his good understanding of linkages between policies and cooperative practices.