Theses and research publications will be available to everyone via online access to the University of Ljubljana Repository. This will make the University intellectual production even more integrated in the global knowledge treasury, which will be the basis for its further development.
Dr. MOJCA KOTAR Assistant Secretary General at the University Office of Library Services
In 2015, the University of Ljubljana adopted updated overarching Rules on General Terms of Operation of the University Libraries and implemented a joint public procurement for eight University members for the purchase of foreign scientific and professional journals in the 2015-2017 period. To access electronic information sources by the most prominent international publishers, we participated in nine Slovenian consortia in the past year. We adopted the rules on content similarity detection and on the temporary inaccessibility of content of the written final work of studies, acquired the tools for content similarity detection (TurnitIn), and started using the Repository of the University of Ljubljana (RUL) for the collection, storage and provision of electronic written final works of studies to the public.
Under the directives of the European OpenAIRE2020 project (Horizon 2020), the University transferred novelties into the Slovenian environment, such as the National Open Access Desk, i.e. in association with the Repository of the University of Ljubljana, on the national openaccess.si information portal and within the scope of the open access working group at the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport.
The University has gradually transformed to an environment of open access regarding peer-reviewed scientific publications and research data. The University research achievements will thus be available to a larger number of users, and it is expected that they will become more visible and cited. Open access is part of open science, developed at the European level, and the University will hence be able to keep track of developments in the open science environment.
In 2016, provisions are planned for the submission of publications by University researchers to the Repository of the University of Ljubljana, the continuation of activities to establish the university library as an internal University unit and to gradually establish joint implementation of works and services.
English content is currently being transferred to the new University of Ljubljana website. The transfer will be complete in the following weeks. We kindly ask for your patience and understanding.
