Open Access
The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Scientific Knowledge of 22 October 2003 was written in English (Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities) and is one of the milestones of the open access movement. View a list of North American signatories. UNC hasn't signed (yet).
Learn about Open Access & Scholarly Communication
Peter Suber, Director of the Harvard Open Access Project, provides background information on the open access movement.
SPARC provides educational resources on open access and other topics in scholarly communication of interest to authors, editors, and publishers.
COAPI, of which UNC is a member, will offer a collection of best and evolving practices to act as a roadmap for inspiring, promoting and implementing open access policies at institutions without existing or effective open access policies.
