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Open access means that this literature should be freely and publicly available on the internet, so that anyone interested can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search within them, cite them and use them in any other conceivable legal way, without financial, legal or technical barriers beyond those associated with internet access itself. In all matters relating to reprinting and distribution, and in all matters of copyright in general, the only restriction should be to allow the respective authors to retain control over their work and to safeguard their right to have their work appropriately acknowledged and cited.
The results of publicly funded research should be made available to society free of charge. The Federal Ministry of Research (BMFTR) is pursuing precisely this approach through an overarching open access strategy and the inclusion of an open access clause in BMFTR projects. The digitalisation of higher education institutions now offers, through open-access formats, the opportunity to make research results available more effectively, more quickly and free of charge to all interested parties from academia, industry and society. Open Access refers to free access to publications and other materials on the internet. Anyone can read, save, print and use a document published under an ‘Open Access’ licence free of charge.
Mittweida University of Applied Sciences has set itself the strategic goal, within the context of knowledge and technology transfer, of promoting the free exchange of research findings in digital form more actively. The provision of ‘Open Access’ documents based on scientific findings, particularly from publicly funded projects, is a key area of focus in this regard. Linked to this is the university management’s expectation:
- to increase the visibility, uptake and impact of publications by members of Mittweida University of Applied Sciences;
- to share research findings more quickly;
- to improve the hit rate when searching for publications on search engines and social media;
- to promote interdisciplinary research and the internationalisation of research.
Mittweida University of Applied Sciences declares its support for and promotion of Open Access in accordance with the “Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities”. This declaration was signed by, amongst others, the DFG, the German Science Council and the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK).
The aim is to safeguard the interests of Mittweida University of Applied Sciences and its institutes, to support researchers, and at the same time to strengthen access to, the use of, and the dissemination of research results through the use of Open Access. It therefore adopts the following guidelines to promote the Open Access activities of its members.