In May 2010, the Open Access Committee issued a preliminary report, so as to involve the interested parties in a consultation process. The consultation resulted in 42 responses and yielded an extensive amount of material for use in the report and the continued process.
Overall, the consultation statements showed a positive response to the underlying principles of Open Access, but at the same time there were also some critical voices. The Danish publishers, for instance, expressed a profound skepticism as to whether Danish-language journals would survive a full-scale implementation of Open Access. In addition, the responses revealed skepticism towards the financial framework for the implementation of Open Access.
Based on the consultation process, the Open Access Committee issued its final report in March 2011, ”Recommendations for the implementation of Open Access in Denmark – final report from the Open Access Committee”, which was presented to the then Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation along with the committee’s recommendations for implementing Open Access in Denmark. According to the committee’s conclusions, the implementation of Open Access in Denmark may lead to considerable benefits.
The report lists a total of 16 recommendations for the continued work with Open Access. For instance, it is the Committee’s recommendation that adopting Green Open Access would be the best option, as it constitutes a cost-effective method for implementing Open Access.
Members of the Open Access Committee
- Bo Öhrström, Deputy Director, Danish Agency for Libraries and Media (chair)
- Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard, Deputy Director General, National Library of Denmark
- Niels-Henrik Gylstorff, Chief Librarian, University of Aalborg
- Carsten Riis, Dean, Aarhus University
- Mogens Sandfær, Director, DTIC, Technical University of Denmark
- Grete M. Kladakis, Head of Division, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation
- Anders Bjørneboe, Senior Adviser, Danish University and Property Agency
- Professor Morten Rosenmeier, Committee for the Protection of Scientific Work
- Nikolaj Borg Burgmeister, Senior Adviser, Universities Denmark (observer)
- Lise Mikkelsen, Special Adviser, Danish Agency for Libraries and Media (Secretary)