Purpose: In this article, we discuss how the integration of various Open Science practices at the University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business, is taking place at different levels and how this affects, in particular, researchers’ attitudes towards Open Science itself and even more so towards the individual Open Science practices. We focus on the impact of the academic title on the attitude towards Open Science and how the Central Economics Library develops services for researchers.Methodology/approach: The impact of the academic title was analysed using quantitative methods. We prepared a survey in the application 1ka, which was sent to the e-mail addresses of all researchers in the school with a 40% response rate. The data was analysed using SPSS statistical software. Results: In the survey, the academic title of the researchers did not prove to be a key factor in their attitude towards open science. The vast majority of researchers agree that open access publishing is good for science, while other open science practices receive less support. This shows different levels of library’s success in raising researchers’ awareness of the importance of open science. Research limitation: We received too few responses to draw conclusions at the level of wider higher education environment. The research also took place at only one school so, as there might be important differences between science field, this is not captured in our research. Originality/practical implications: The research is one of the few surveys in Slovenian higher education that examines the general attitude of researchers towards open science. Certain results can also be used to draw conclusions for the Slovenian higher education sector. The survey is most useful in the Central Economics Library as an aid in designing new services for researchers.
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