The impact of open access on research and scholarship: Reflections on the Berlin 9 Open Access Conference

Abstract

ence 1 presented a striking reflection of the evolution of the scholarly community's attitude towards open access.No debate, no controversy-this meeting of high-level research funders, policy makers, university administrators, librarians, publishers, and scholars focused squarely on the impact that open access can have on each phase of the research process.Hosted by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and sponsored by a broad spectrum of organizations from the National Endowment for the Humanities to the Marine Biological Laboratory to SPARC, the meeting underscored the central role that open access now plays as part of the research infrastructure in the humanities and social sciences, as well as in the hard sciences.Held in different locations since its inception in 2003, each of the previous Berlin Conferences has had its own distinct flavor, reflecting both the current "state of the art" of open access, as well as the particular interests of the local country's host.The earliest meetings were all held in Europe, when open access was still an emerging idea.They were, by nature and by necessity, focused on the pragmatic-on forging a common understanding of the definition of open access, and crafting the tools and strategies that could be used to make it a reality.Subsequent meetings were devoted to an evaluation of these emerging practices and policies, collectively sorting through what was working, and what wasn't.The 2010

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