Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Scientific Knowledge

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The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (English Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities , in short: Berlin Declaration ) is a science policy Declaration on Open Access .

history

The Berlin Declaration was passed on October 22, 2003 by the 19 initiative members from German and international research organizations. By August 2016, it had been signed by a total of 566 institutions. It is regarded as an important milestone in the open access movement. The signature took place as the festive highlight of a meeting of the Max Planck Society in the Harnack House in Berlin . According to information on the Max Planck Society's eDoc server , the declaration was initiated by the Max Planck Society.

The first signatories included: the German Rectors' Conference , the Science Council , the German Research Foundation , the Max Planck Society , the Fraunhofer Society , the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Science Association. V. , the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers and the German Library Association . So far, many other international institutions have joined the appeal.

The German translation of the Berlin Declaration was corrected in 2006 after it was pointed out that the original right to change works was not mentioned.

In March 2009, the Alliance of German Science Organizations published a Joint Declaration by the Science Organizations on Open Access and Copyright .

On November 19, five major public cultural institutions signed the Berlin Declaration: the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation , the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg , the Federal Archives , the German Archaeological Institute and the Jewish Museum Berlin . However, free commercial use was prohibited by the institutions and the digital copies were placed under the Creative Commons license BY-SA- NC .

content

The Berlin Declaration differs from earlier Open Access declarations, which were limited to the demand for free access to scientific journal literature on the Internet, in that it includes the cultural heritage, i.e. the cultural property stored in archives , libraries and museums . This expansion was introduced by the European project ECHO , in which the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science is significantly involved. In the field of museums, the General Director of the Dresden State Art Collections has signed the Berlin Declaration.

In the note stated: "In accordance with the Budapest Initiative ( Budapest Open Access Initiative ), the ECHO Charter and the Bethesda Statement (Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing), we have drafted the Berlin Declaration to the Internet as a tool for to promote a global basis of scientific knowledge and intellectual reflection and to name the measures that should be considered by politicians, research organizations, funding institutions, libraries, archives and museums. "

The Open Access definition (the English version is binding) literally takes up earlier attempts to define it (especially the Bethesda Declaration). It is not only emphasized on the price barriers, but also on the "permission barriers" that arise from restrictive licensing provisions. For all responsible purposes, an open access text, which is to be deposited in a permanent institutional eprint archive, should be allowed to be freely distributed and edited in every digital medium ( The author (s) and right holder (s) of such contributions grant (s) to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, right of access to, and a license to copy, use, distribute, transmit and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works, in any digital medium for any responsible purpose , subject to proper attribution of authorship ).

The Creative Commons license chosen by the Public Library of Science , which provides for the attribution of authorship as well as the possibility of adaptations ( derivative works ) and commercial use, can be considered as a possible legal specification of the definition of the Berlin Declaration.

Berlin conferences

Since 2003, annual Berlin conferences on open access to scientific knowledge have been held in constantly changing locations, including Beijing , Paris and Stellenbosch . The Berlin12 conference was criticized because for the first time only invited people had access.

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  1. ↑ List of signatories
  2. ↑ "The" Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities "initiated by the MPS and signed on 22nd Oct 2003 by major European research institutions and funding agencies is a clear commitment to encourage researchers to publish their work according to the principles of the open access paradigm. ", see http://edoc.mpg.de/ , accessed May 28, 2020
  3. ↑ Note on translation errors
  4. ↑ http://www.dfg.de/download/pdf/foerderung/programme/lis/pi_allianz_open_access.pdf
  5. ↑ https://www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de/pressemitteilung/news/2013/11/14/erleichterte-endung-von-digitalisiertem-kulturerbe-in-wissenschaft-und-bildung.html
  6. ↑ Ulrich Herb : Open Access closed to the public? on Telepolis January 14, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.