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16 Seattle J. Soc. Just. 253 (2017-2018)
The Governance Framework of Open Access Repositories in Greece

handle is hein.journals/sjsj16 and id is 277 raw text is: 253 The Governance Framework of Open Access Repositories in Greece By Nikos Koutras I. INTRODUCTION Scholars argue that open access repositories (OARs) can work as an additional tool to boost networking among institutions. Greece, in its quest for boosting networking amongst its institutions, should consider taking steps to expand its open access practice.' This paper compares the Greek open access practice to the European governance framework. This paper is divided into three parts. The first part assesses how the Greek regulatory system operates and clarifies the necessary process for a statute to be introduced in Greece. Furthermore, in this part also assesses Greek law (constitution and specific local regulations) because it introduces the concept of freedom of information. Therefore, there is a link between information and knowledge, which supports my argument that access to The open access practice appeared as a response to the rapid growing prices of scholarly and scientific journals. See Jean-Claude Gu6don, The Green and Gold Roads to Open Access: The Case for Mixing and Matching, 30 SERIALS REv. 315 (2004). Mainly, librarians were concerned about the high prices of journals while there was restricted access due to constrained economic means. Gradually, such concern has evolved, and issues related to access have been extrapolated from issues associated with costs. Additionally, Guedon argues that open access has been focusing on articles, more than journals because of a few reasons: a) scientists as readers tend to pay more attention to articles; b) online publishing maintains the journal titles mainly for branding reasons; and c) the very dynamics of the open access practice have also contributed to offer greater prominence to the articles as a unit (p. 320). More specifically, open access became a movement after a meeting in Budapest in December 2001, organized by the Information Program of the Open Society Institute. That meeting witnessed a vigorous consideration about definitions, tactics, and practices, and out of this discussion emerged two approaches. First, existing journals find a way to transform themselves into open access publications, or open access journals are created. Second, authors and/or institutions 'self-archive' published peer review articles or a combination that then becomes the equivalent of published, peer-reviewed articles.

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