23/10/03

Open access wins German support

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<p><P>Germany’s main scientific organisations have issued a joint statement backing initiatives that provide free scientific information over the Internet. </P><br />
<P>The declaration — to be issued after a three-day meeting in Berlin — evolved from a European-funded digital project, European Cultural Heritage Online, which facilitates access to cultural materials.</P><br />
<P>Open-access backers say this is the first time they have won formal support from all major research organisations in a large nation.<BR><BR><a href="http://www.nature.com/login/scidev_login.taf?ref=/nature/journal/v425/n6960/full/425752b_fs.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/tracking/external/'+this.href);" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to full <em>Nature </em>article</A><BR><BR></P><br />
<P>Reference: <em>Nature</em> 425, 752 (2003)</P></p>

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Germany’s main scientific organisations have issued a joint statement backing initiatives that provide free scientific information over the Internet.

The declaration — to be issued after a three-day meeting in Berlin — evolved from a European-funded digital project, European Cultural Heritage Online, which facilitates access to cultural materials.

Open-access backers say this is the first time they have won formal support from all major research organisations in a large nation.

Link to full Nature article

Reference: Nature 425, 752 (2003)