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The Academic Senate of the University has officiallly launched an Open Access declaration, see http://www.edoc.hu-berlin.de/e_info/oa-erklaerung.php
In accordance with the mission statement of the university (http://zope.hu-berlin.de/ueberblick-en/leitbild/index_html?set_language=en&cl=en) Open Access acts on the assumption on a free and equal access to scientific research results for all people.
Therefore Humboldt-University recommends it’s scientists and researchers to publish their articles in Open Access Journals and to publish their monographs on Open Access platform.
Postprint versions of already published articles should be deposited on the Document and Publication Repository of Humboldt-University (http://edoc.hu-berlin.de). The edoc server will also host preprint versions.
The University will ensure authenticity and integrity as well as citeability of the deposited documents. With that a global accessibility and long term preservation will be provided.
Humboldt-University encourages emphatically all scientists to insist on keeping the copyrights during the conclusion of author contracts.
Besides the effect to grant open and toll free access to creative work, an impressive and overall pictures on the scientific work of Humboldt-University is drawn.

Added by: Prof. Dr. Peter Schirmbacher (Director Computer and Media Services) schirmbacher AT cms.hu-berlin.de on 09 May 2006