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Article Lessons equitable open access for the to global transition to research(Open Future, 2025) Hagemann, Melissa; Gürdal, Gültekin; Madran, Orçun; Bulut, BurcuOpen access unlocks research and facilitates collaborations to address the world’s greatest challenges. It allows the public to engage with research and supports policymakers, journalists, medical professionals, teachers, students and the general public to translate research into action. Since open access (OA) was defined by the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) in 2002, a global movement has driven OA from an untested concept into the mainstream. Yet to fully realize the promise of OA that was envisioned when the BOAI was launched, we must ensure that the systems we are building are equitable and enable anyone, anywhere to both access and contribute to the global record of scholarship. To achieve this goal, we can take lessons from countries that pioneered the equitable development of scholarly communications. This paper is based on a series of interviews conducted with OA leaders who are implementing equitable OA models. Today, approximately half of all research articles are OA and freely available to read, yet new barriers have been created for authors to publish. These barriers, including Article Processing Charges (APCs) and the current research assessment system, are not impacting authors evenly. APCs are fees charged by publishers to authors (or their institution) to make their research articles OA. The rise in use of APCs essentially shifts the paywall from the reader to the author. There is growing recognition that OA publishing models that rely on APCs paid by authors are neither equitable nor sustainable. Researchers, including those early in their careers, as well as those in the Global South, often lack the financial resources necessary to pay APCs. Globally, there is a need to reform research assessment and rewards to improve incentives. The current assessment system faces challenges including a focus on metrics over quality, marginalization of important research areas, and a lack of recognition for diverse research outputs and contributions. Many countries in the Global South now use the Web of Science, 1a commercial platform which uses the Journal Impact Factor. While there are myriad problems with the use of such metrics, including a bias towards English-language research, these metrics are often used to determine university rankings. In the Global South, where some institutions do not have the funds to purchase journal subscriptions, leaders have developed their own systems and structures, including publishing platforms and repositories. What they have created is an ecosystem of community-led infrastructure, institutional support for publishing and alternative forms of research assessment which have allowed academics to be involved in the creation of the publishing enterprise and not simply to adopt the governance structures imposed by private interests. Yet these successful initiatives, such as the publishing platforms, Redalyc and SciELO in Latin America, are under threat from commercial models, particularly the APC-based business model, being driven from the Global North. The BOAI20 Recommendations emphasize that “OA is not an end in itself, but a means to further ends. Above all, it is a means to the equity, quality, usability, and sustainability of research.” Equitable models of OA do not charge authors to publish and are openly available online. OA journals which do not charge fees to read or publish in have become known as diamond journals. In addition, depositing versions of articles into institutional or subject based repositories, known as the green route, also represent an equitable form of OA. These equitable models of OA are supported by community-governed infrastructure, akin to a Public Digital Infrastructure for OA. Through interviews with OA leaders in Chile, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Türkiye, and Zimbabwe who are implementing equitable models, I offer lessons for the global transition to equitable OA.Presentation A Story of Open Access and Institutional Repository Landscape in Türkiye(2023) Gürdal, GültekinERASMUS+ Programı kapsamında İYTE Kütüphanesinin proje ortaklığı yaptığı DIRNA Projesinin 5-6 Ekim 2023 tarihleri arasında Khazar Üniversitesi evsahipliğinde Bakü'de gerçekleştirilen Kick-off Meeting'de yapılan sunumdur.Conference Object Conference Object Achieving Open Science Through Openaire(2019) Gürdal, Gültekin; Holt, İlkay; Kafalı Can, GönülThe Open Access movement in Turkey began mainly with the activities of ANKOS (The Anatolian University Libraries Consortium) Open Access and Institutional Repositories (OAIR) Working Group in 2006. With the participation of IZTECH (Izmir Institute of Technology) in OpenairePlus project in 2011, OpenAIRE 2020 project in 2015 and OpenAIRE Advance project in 2018, Open Access and Open Science practices gained tremendous momentum in the country. This poster will provide information about series of developments in Open Access and Open Science both at policy and infrastructure level in Turkey since 2011 as a result of participation in OpenAIRE projects. Turkey is the one of the largest higher education landscape with the 206 universities in Europe. The 129 of these universities are financed publicly, and the rest are the private, foundation universities. Therefore, it is important to be aligned with Europe and beyond in the Open Science movement. Before the participation of OpenAIREPlus project in 2011, the number of institutional repositories were very few and there were no Open Access or Open Science policy in place. In 2010, the number of institutional repositories in DOAR from Turkey was only 11 but by August 2019 this number is 111. Advocacy and negotiations with TUBITAK-ULAKBIM (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey - Turkish Academic Network and Information Center) resulted in the establishment of National Harvesting System called “Turkey Academic Archive”. In this portal, there are 857.078 records from 94 institutions by August 2019. TUBITAK-ULAKBIM DergiPark which is an open journal publishing system now includes 2.008 journals by August 2019 and is also one of the biggest OpenAIRE data provider. OpenAIRE strengthened the Turkish community to achieve these through its recommendations, knowledge sharing, and good practices within the network as well as its training activities. OpenAIRE helps building the future of open science.Presentation Open Access and Beyond(Bezm İ Alem Üniversitesi, 2021) Gürdal, GültekinPresentation National Approach To Improve Practices in Repositories in Turkey(COAR, 2021) Gürdal, GültekinConference Object Leadership in Open Access Arena in Turkey and Effect of Openaire2020 Project(The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, 2015) Gürdal, GültekinOpen Access and Institutional Repositories (OAIR) Working Group -- Open Access and Turkey -- The Current State of Open Access in Turkey -- European Union Projects Partnerships -- About the OpenAIRE2020 -- About the COAR.Other Drıver Rehberi 2.0: İçerik Sağlayıcılar için Rehber -- Oaı-pmh ile Metinsel Bilgi Kaynakların Keşfi(OpenAIRE, 2014) OpenAIRE; Gürdal, Gültekin; Vanderfeesten, Maurice; Summann, Friedrich; Slabbertje, Martin; Yazıcı, Banu; Çelik, Sönmez; Güneş, Güssün; Gürdal, GültekinGenel anlamda iletişim için B kişisinin A kişinin söylediğini anlayabilmesi çok önemlidir. Ortak bir anlayış için ortak bir zemin, nesnelerin anlamları konusunda farkındalık sağlayan temel bir sözlüğe ihtiyaç vardır. Bu noktadan sonra kişi akıl yürütmeye başlayabilir. Açık erişim sistemleri akademik iletişimi desteklemek için aynı dili konuşmalıdır. Bu aynı zamanda ortak bir zemin yaratmak için de gereklidir. Teknik anlamda, “konuşabilirlik” sağlayarak ortak bir zemin yaratırız. Konuşabilirlik farklı katmanlarda yürütülebilir. DRIVER Rehberinde konuşabilirlik, söz dizimsel (OAI-PMH kullanımı ve OAI_DC kullanımı) ve anlamsal (terminolojinin kullanımı) olmak üzere iki temel yolla elde edilmeye çalışılmıştır.