Berlin Declaration
From Eureka
The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities was the culmination of a conference held in Berlin in October 2003, hosted by the Max Planck Society.[1] The document seeks to promote open access to research across the academic spectrum. From the preamble:
- We define open access as a comprehensive source of human knowledge and cultural heritage that has
- been approved by the scientific community.
The document has been signed by the directors, presidents, rectors, etc. of over 250 academic institutions. Besides a large number of European universities and academic societies, the list of signatories includes many other roleplayers such as the Indian National Science Academy, SPARC Europe, and the Volkswagen Foundation.
The Max Planck Society recently terminated their contract with Springer, due to the latter charging excessively high prices for online content.[2]
References
- ↑ Conference on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, 20 - 22 Oct 2003, Berlin.
- ↑ See http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/97652.
