Unit (Norway)

Unit

Directorate overview
Formed	January 1, 2018 (2018-01-01)
Preceding agencies	BIBSYS CERES parts of Uninett
Type	government directorate
Headquarters	Teknobyen Innovasjonssenter Abels gate 5A 7030 Trondheim, Norway 63.41562589°N 10.39292431°E / 63.41562589; 10.39292431
Employees	204
Directorate executive	Roar Olsen, director
Parent department	Ministry of Education and Research
Key document	https://www.unit.no/en/about-unit-0
Website	www.unit.no/en
Agency ID	919 477 822

Unit, which labels itself as the Norwegian "directorate for ICT and joint services in higher education and research", is the government directorate within the Ministry of Education and Research which provides governance of and access to shared information and communications technology (ICT) services. Unit was created on January 1, 2018, following a merger of BIBSYS, CERES and parts of Uninett.

See also

• National Library of Norway
• Open access in Norway
• Project DEAL

Further reading

• Offord, Catherine (March 13, 2019). "Norway Joins List of Countries Canceling Elsevier Contracts". The Scientist. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
• Bourke-Waite, Amy (March 19, 2019). "Norway Chooses Web of Science Data to Power National Bibliometrics Database". Clarivate. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
• Kwon, Diana (March 26, 2019). "As Elsevier Falters, Wiley Succeeds in Open-Access Deal Making". The Scientist. Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
• Kwon, Diana (April 24, 2019). "Elsevier and Norway Agree on New Open-Access Deal". The Scientist. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
• "Major Boost to Open Access Publishing as Norway Signs New National Agreement". Blog. Frontiers Media. January 28, 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-10.

External links

• Official website