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Going for gold

Going for gold Information Services & Use 34 (2014) 185­188 DOI 10.3233/ISU-140730 IOS Press Sander Dekker State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science, The Hague, The Netherlands What better place could there be debating Open Access than Berlin? Over ten years ago, the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, and its many institutional signatories, highlighted the importance of the issue. Of course, this raises the question: What is our position on this now and which direction will we take? 1. Digital game change I am convinced that the digital world is a game changer in scientific research. We have seen this happen in other sectors, for example, the music industry, newspapers and travel. In those areas, the Internet has completely revolutionized business models. But it did not happen easily. Traditional players have generally put up resistance and often successfully. But, eventually, a transformation comes about. At that stage, the technology is so far advanced and the pressure from users is so intense that the opportunity emerges for different types of business models. It is then a matter of whether you are part of the movement or stuck behind the times. I believe that that time http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Information Services & Use IOS Press

Going for gold

Dekker, Sander
Information Services & Use , Volume 34 (3) – Jan 1, 2014
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Information Services & Use 34 (2014) 185­188 DOI 10.3233/ISU-140730 IOS Press Sander Dekker State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science, The Hague, The Netherlands What better place could there be debating Open Access than Berlin? Over ten years ago, the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, and its many institutional signatories, highlighted the importance of the issue. Of course, this raises the question: What is our position on this now and which direction will we take? 1. Digital game change I am convinced that the digital world is a game changer in scientific research. We have seen this happen in other sectors, for example, the music industry, newspapers and travel. In those areas, the Internet has completely revolutionized business models. But it did not happen easily. Traditional players have generally put up resistance and often successfully. But, eventually, a transformation comes about. At that stage, the technology is so far advanced and the pressure from users is so intense that the opportunity emerges for different types of business models. It is then a matter of whether you are part of the movement or stuck behind the times. I believe that that time

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