Open Access: Just Publish

Dr Sijbolt Noorda, (Chairman of the Association of Universities in the
Netherlands (VSNU), Paul Doop (Vice president of The Board University of
Amsterdam and University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam ), Huib de Jong
(Member of The Board, University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht), Martin
Bossenbroek (Director, National Library of the Netherlands) and various
other administrators, university professors, and university deans give
their view on Open Access in a short film commissioned by SURF.

Dutch higher education institutions believe that radical improvements
need to be made in Open Access to knowledge, information and data.
Compared to the ‘age of paper’, digitisation of research and
scientific/scholarly communication opens up opportunities that are still
underutilised. Improved access creates a solid basis for the transfer of
knowledge in education, knowledge generation for research, and knowledge
valorisation for civil society. The central idea is that the results of
publicly financed research should also be available to the public.

The Dutch higher education sector has declared 2009 to be ‘Open Access
Year’. The aim is to boost Open Access to the results of
scientific/scholarly and practice-based research. Efforts will be made
throughout the year to formulate and implement an Open Access policy,
develop and improve the knowledge infrastructure, establish a clear legal
framework, and create awareness with all stakeholders.

The short video is available on
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O67olph9gY

The Dutch version without subtitles is available on:
www.surfmedia.nl/mediatheek/pages/mediafragment.aspx?videoId=146826