Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities signed November 17, 2011
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During Open Access Week (24-30 October 2011) the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities was signed at three South African universities. This Declaration is an international statement on open access to knowledge.
It emerged in 2003 from a conference on open access hosted in Berlin by the Max Planck Society. Organisations who share the vision of Open Access to Knowledge expressed in the Declaration are invited to sign the Declaration, committing their organisations to the promotion of Open Access to Knowledge. By 10 November 2011, 344 organisations had signed the declaration internationally. In South Africa the University of Pretoria, the University the Free State and the University of Stellenbosch signed the Declaration during Open Access events.
Susan Veldsman, the Director of Scholarly Publishing at ASSAf, was invited to speak on Open Access at the Open Access Week events held at the University of the Free State (24 October), the University of South Africa (25 October) and the University of Pretoria (27 October).
The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities was signed by Prof Jonathan Jansen, the Vice-Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Free State and an ASSAf member. Speakers at the Open Access event were: Front: Ina Smith (US), Prof Jonathan Jansen (UFS), Elsabe Olivier (UP), Monica Hammes (UP). Back: Wikus van Zyl (SunMedia), Pierre de Villiers (AOSIS), Susan Veldsman (ASSAf) and Huibre Lombard (UFS)
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