USI signs the Berlin Declaration

La biblioteca universitaria di Lugano
La biblioteca universitaria di Lugano

Institutional Communication Service

15 April 2016

On April 14th USI has signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities), one of the milestones of the Open Access Movement 2020.

The initiative launched in 2003 can count on over 550 Academic Institutions from all over the world. By signing the Declaration, the members commit to address the challenges of the Internet as an emerging functional medium for distributing knowledge. The people behind this initiative believe that the development of the Internet will be able to significantly modify the nature of scientific publishing as well as the existing system of quality assurance.

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