DATABASE OF COPYRIGHT AND OPEN ACCESS SELF-ARCHIVING POLICIES OF POLISH SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS About: Only 79 publishers from Poland and only 319 policies of Polish journals are registered in the Sherpa/RoMEO database which shows copyright and Open Access self-archiving policies. At the same time, there are over 4,500 journals published in Poland. Not only do Polish authors have problems ﬁnding information about the policies of the other journals. This is often a big challenge for foreign authors. Lack of information or diﬃculty in accessing it also present problems for librarians who manage institutional repositories. Hence the idea of creating Database of Copyright and Open Access Self-Archiving Policies of Polish Scientiﬁc Journals which is to serve as a tool for authors and librarians. The database is also to supply the Sherpa/RoMEO database with current data. Self-Archiving Policies of Polish Scientific Journals Database Open Science Competence Center - Gdansk University of Technology Library Bridge of Knowledge Open Access resources Open Research Data Repository Virtual Microscope Open Access Journals Publishing Service PROJECT a an at a D ly t g ic i s B Our Team · 18 team members from GUT Library (diﬀerent disciplines and specializations) How do we do it? · Checking a journal's websites and databases (e.g. DOAJ,SHERPA/RoMEO) · Contacting with the journals' publishers · Gathering information in our institutional CRIS, which is called My GUT · Providing public access to the content of the database on Bridge of Knowledge Platform · The database is a support for scientists who apply for research funding · It is a guide which shows relevant and veriﬁed information · It is a reliable source for information about how to select the most suitable journal for publication of an article · It shows diﬀerent Open Access options dr Anna Wałek anna.walek@pg.edu.pl Beneﬁts for libraries Our greatest challenges GUT LIBRARY The database is currently in the phase of development and will eventually be a part of the Bridge of Knowledge platform dedicated to Open Science Kamila Kokot kamila.kokot@pg.edu.pl authors: www.mostwiedzy.pl The Bridge of Data is co-ﬁnanced by the European Regional Development Fund within the the framework of an Operational Programme Digital Poland for 2014-2020 · Checking the publishing policy · Selecting and verifying of information · Collecting data · Training and promoting of Open Science The role of Library's team Project in numbers · Starting point – October 2018 · Total number of Polish scientiﬁc journals: 4500 · Checked policies until June 2020: 1 376 · Veriﬁed policies: 950 · Open Access policies: 838 Beneﬁts for researchers · The database is a convenient tool for librarians to support researchers It is a quick way to ﬁnd relevant information from various sources · It is adapted to the new requirements set out by the most important · funding institutions in Poland (eg. National Science Centre, Ministry of Science and Higher Education) · Lack of information or incomplete information about the licenses and self-archiving policies on publishers' websites · Unobtainable websites and broken links · Lack of knowledge about Open Access aspects (problems with basic deﬁnitions, unawareness on topics dealing with copyright and CC licenses) · Lack of contact, or trouble contacting publishers https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3355-5198 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8782-013X graphic design: Tytus Caban https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-7009 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Since the 2016 Gdańsk University of Technology implements a project called Multidisciplinary Open System Transferring Knowledge - the Bridge of Knowledge (pol. MOST Wiedzy). An essential part of the platform is the open repository of scientiﬁc publications, currently being developed towards a research data repository, as a part of the second stage of the project called The Bridge of Data. As part of the proj