At a November 6 conference in Bonn, German University rectors deplored the exorbitant and rapidly rising prices of academic journals and proposed procurement consortia and open access as solutions. They would even like to see universities require scholars to deposit their research papers in open-access archives as a condition of promotion and tenure. Read the conference press release in German or Google's English.
The rectors issued an important public statement at the conclusion of the conference, summarizing their recommendations.
See the resolution in German or Google's English. (Thanks to Klaus Graf.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/29/2002 11:42:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
