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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Five years after the statement of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (2003) was formulated, it is time for an assessment of the situation. What has been achieved? What are the future challenges?
Presentations will be held by representatives of renowned organizations such as the European Science Foundation, the European Commission, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the Swiss National Science Foundation, the German Research Foundation, the Max Planck Society, the Helmholtz Association, the Fraunhofer Society, the Leibniz Society, and Microsoft Research.
Approximately 250 participants are expected to attend, among them researchers, science communication experts, representatives of funding agencies, institutions, foundations, libraries and software companies. The conference is jointly organized by the Max Planck Society, represented by the Max Planck Digital Library, and the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf.
The Berlin Declaration to Open Access (2003)
The Open Access movement emerged in the early 1990s as a reaction to the increasing costs of scientific publications in conjunction with libraries' shrinking budgets. The movement's objective is to provide the public with results of publicly funded research for free, rather than buying them back from the publishers.
The Berlin declaration was signed by leading German and international scientific organizations in fall 2003, explicitly demanding free access to research articles and results on the Internet. In the meantime, the initiative has been joined by more than 250 organizations worldwide, all of which exchange information about current developments at annual conferences, such as this one in Düsseldorf.
Registration & program: http://www.berlin6.org/
Berlin Declaration: http://oa.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlin_declaration.pdf
Conference Venue
University of Düsseldorf
Building 22.01
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Industrie-Club e.V. Düsseldorf
Elberfelder Straße 6
40213 Düsseldorf
Contact
Prof. Dr. Dieter Stein
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Dept. of English Language and Linguistics
stein@phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de
www.uni-duesseldorf.de
Dr. Christoph Bruch
Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)
Open Access Policy
bruch@mpdl.mpg.de
www.mpdl.mpg.de
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
11/11/2008 - 11/13/2008
Event venue:
The Berlin 6 Open Access Conference will take place on the campus of Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf, Germany and at the Industrieclub, located in the city center.
40225 Düsseldorf
Bayern
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Cultural sciences, Law, Politics, Social studies, Teaching / education
Types of events:
Entry:
11/10/2008
Sender/author:
Dr. Monika Nisslein, Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)
Department:
Referat Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event25315
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