Dear members of the Dutch academic community,
The rise of the Internet has radically changed scholarly communication. New opportunities in ICT mean that everyone with access to the Internet can, in principle, benefit from the latest scientific insights. Open Access wants to ensure that the results of scientific research, particularly publicly funded research, are freely available. The Dutch universities actively support this development and have advocated it in various ways in the past few years.
Recently the subject of Open Access has also received the full attention of the Dutch government. Significant steps are expected to be taken in the short term. These will have consequences for your work as a researcher. This letter is intended to provide you with further details. We are also appealing to you to continue to advocate free access to your own scientific publications.
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VSNU. (2015). Open Access Publications - Open letter addressed by the VSNU to all members of the Dutch academic community. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/51730