title: Open access in Austria
text: # Open access in Austria
  
  Open access to scholarly communication in Austria has developed in the 2010s largely through government initiatives. The Austrian Science Fund and Universities Austria [de] launched the "Open Access Netzwerk Austria" in 2012 to coordinate country-wide efforts. The "E-Infrastructures Austria" project began in 2014 to develop repositories. The international advocacy effort "OpenscienceASAP – Open Science as a Practice" is based in Austria.
  
  ## Repositories
  
  There are a number of collections of scholarship in Austria housed in digital open access repositories. They contain journal articles, book chapters, data, and other research outputs that are free to read.
  
  ## Timeline
  
  Key events in the development of open access in Austria include the following:
  
  * 2007
     * June: International Conference on Electronic Publishing held in Vienna.
  * 2012
     * Open Access Netzwerk Austria established.
  * 2014
     * E-Infrastructures Austria begins.
  