Berlin Conference
Conference on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
October 20 – 22, 2003, Berlin
Conference Synopsis | Program | Program Committee | Satellite Meeting | Press Release | Media Coverage |
On Wednesday 22nd October, 19 international research and cultural heritage organizations signed the (Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities); among them seven large, German research organizations and with CNRS and INSERM two of their French counterparts.
The signing of this declaration was preceded by a three-day conference in the Harnack House of the Max Planck Society in Berlin-Dahlem where leading, international experts discussed new ways of accessing scientific knowledge and cultural heritage via the Internet. For the first time ever, the Internet offers the possibility of making knowledge universally accessible. As a result, publishing practices and the system of quality assurance used thus far in the sciences and the humanities are expected to undergo considerable changes. In signing the Berlin Declaration, the research organizations advocate consistently using the Internet for scientific communication and publishing. Their recommendations in favor of open access are directed not only at research institutions but also and to the same extent at cultural institutes such as libraries, archives, and museums.
Governments, universities, research institutions, funding agencies, foundations, libraries, museums, archives, learned societies and professional associations who share the vision expressed in the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities are therefore invited to join the signatories that have already signed the Declaration.
Kontakt:
Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss
Präsident der Max Planck Gesellschaft
Hofgartenstraße 8
D-80539 München
Deutschland
e-mail: praesident@gv.mpg.de
The Berlin Declaration is in accordance with the spirit of the “Bethesda Declaration on Open Access Publishing” and the “Budapest Open Access Initiative”. Both also endorse fundamental changes to the practice of scientific publishing. The “Berlin Declaration” incorporates cultural heritage, a point stemming from the ECHO (European Cultural Heritage Online) initiative, one of the pilot projects supported by the EU Commission. The ECHO-Project involves sixteen partners from nine European countries, and aims at creating a core of a future permanent infrastructure to guarantee open access to cultural heritage in Europe.
Print version of the conference program PDF
Some snapshots of the conference PDF
List of participants PDF
Ian Baldwin
Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology
baldwin@ice.mpg.de
Les Grivell
EMBO European Molecular Biology Organization
Les.Grivell@embo.org
Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Rick Luce
Research Library of Los Alamos National Laboratory
rick.luce@lanl.gov
Jürgen Renn
Max Planck Institute for History of Science
renn@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Robert Schlögl
Fritz Haber Institut of the Max Planck Society
acsek@fhi-berlin.mpg.de
Bernard Schutz
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
schutz@aei-potsdam.mpg.de
Jan Velterop
BioMedCentral
jan@biomedcentral.com
Satellite Meeting: ECHO – European Cultural Heritage Online
Satellite Meeting: ECHO – European Cultural Heritage Online
Sat 18 Oct 03 arrival ECHO participants
Sun 19 Oct 03 ECHO working groups
Further Information on ECHO and Open Access can be found in the Brochure: Towards a Web of Culture and Science (a contribution to the World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva 2003)
Press Release 22nd Oct 2003 PDF
Statement from Prof Dr Gruss on the Press Conference 22nd, Oct 2003 (in German) PDF
SciDev.Net 07 Dec 2003
UN meeting urged to back open access science
Süddeutsche Zeitung 11 Nov 2003
Freier Zugang
Telepolis 10 Nov 2003
Wissenschaftliche Verlage in Bedrängnis
Der Tagesspiegel Online : Wissen & Forschen 31 Oct 2003 (2 Articles)
"Wissenschaft nur noch online" and "Sie kleben am Papier" PDF
c’t – Magazin für Computer Technik 30 Oct 2003
Offener Zugang zu Wissen
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 24 Oct 2003
"Ad fontes! – Wie sich die Wissenschaft digital neu organisiert" PDF
Nature Vol. 425, 23 Oct 2003
Open access wins German support
Berliner Zeitung 23 Oct 2003
"Wissenschaft für jedermann umsonst" PDF
Der Tagesspiegel Online : Wissen & Forschen 23 Oct 2003
"Wissenschaftler drohen mit dem Internet" PDF
Märkische Allgemeine 23 Oct 2003
"Forscher fordern leichteren Zugang zu Online-Fachinformationen" PDF
Heise Online 22 Oct 2003
Wissenschaftsorganisationen bekennen sich zum Internet-Publizieren
Campus & Karriere – Magazin für Hochschule und Karriere 22 Oct 2003
Open Access für alle
Deutschland Radio Berlin 22 Oct 2003
"Befreiung aus dem Elfenbeinturm – Wissenschaftsorganisationen fordern freien Zugang zu Forschungsergebnissen" PDF
The Scientist 22 Oct 2003
Open access Europe
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung 19 Oct 2003
"Keine Maut für den Geist – die Vision vom Internet ohne Kassen" PDF
Pro-Physik.de 24 Oct 2003
"Leichteren Zugang zu Internet-Fachinformationen gefordert" PDF
Cordis: News-Service 23 Oct 2003
"European research institutes pledge support for ‘open access’ to scientific knowledge" PDF