1. Translation Agreements of Open Access: Opportunities and Challenges. A handbook
This is the link of all translation Agreements sorted by English version order.
Preface by the European Commission...................................................................9
Preface by the President of the German Commission for UNESCO......................10
Message from the Commissioner for Culture and Education at the German Federal Foreign
Office .........11
Introduction: Quo vadis, Knowledge Society? / Richard Sietmann .....................................................12
Chapter 1: Definition and Origin of Open Access 19
The Concept of Open Access / Norbert Lossau ...............................................................................20
Open Access – A Historical Survey / Peter Schirmbacher ....................................................................24
Chapter 2: An Introduction to Three Publication Models 29
The Edoc-Server at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: An Example of an Open Access Repository /
Susanne Dobratz .........................................................30
The New Journal of Physics as an Example of Open Access Journals / Eberhard
Bodenschatz ................35
The Example of a Hybrid Model: Springer Open Choice / Jan Velterop ......................................39
Chapter 3: Implementing Open Access Models 45
Financing Open Access Models / Stefan Gradmann ...........................................................................46
Open Access and (German) Copyright / Karl-Nikolaus
Peifer .................................................................50
Open Access and Quality Assurance /Eberhard Bodenschatz & Ulrich Pöschl ..............................54
Open Access and Long-term Archiving / Ute Schwens & Reinhard
Altenhöner ......................................58
Open Access and the Structure of Academic Communication / Hans Pfeiffenberger ............................62
Data-processing, Data-transfer and Search:
Further Technical Challenges for Open Access /Wolfram
Horstmann ...................................................66
The Acceptance and Distribution of Freely Accessible Publications /Johannes Fournier ...................69
Chapter 4: Political Perspectives 75
Controversial Issues in the Context of Open Access /Ralf Schimmer ...........................................76
Open Access in Higher Education, Science and Scholarship
Open Access in the Natural Sciences /Wolfgang Voges ..................................................................80
Open Access in the Humanities / Gudrun Gersmann ...........................................................................82
Open Access in the Social Sciences / Ulrich Herb ....................................................................84
Open Access within the German Research Foundation / Johannes Fournier .......................................86
Open Access and the German Academic System: Common Perspectives of the Alliance of Research
Organisations / Working Group of the Open Access Commissioners of the Alliance of Research
Organisations, Korinna Bauer, Michael Erben-Russ, Johannes Fournier, Ralf Schimmer, Elmar Schultz,
Robert Steegers ......................88
Libraries and Open Access /Claudia Lux ..................................................................................91
Publishers and Open Access Subscription-based Journal Publishing /Robert Campbell & Edward
Wates, Wiley-Blackwell ..............................................................93
Hamburg University Press and Open Access /Gabriele Beger & Isabella Meinecke .....................97
Brussels Declaration on STM Publishing .............................................................99

2. Open Access and Education
The Legal Protection of Open Access: The Position of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of
Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany / Thomas
Pflüger.........................................................................................101
Open Access and Education Policy: Perspectives of a Politician / Jörg Tauss .......................103
Open Access from the Point of View of the Coalition for Action ‘Copyright for Education and
Research’ / Rainer Kuhlen ............................................................105
Open Access and Consumer Protection: The View of the Federation of German Consumer
Organisations / Patrick von Braunmühl ......................107
German Development Cooperation and Open Access / Peter Rave ........................................109
The Media and Open Access: The Point of View of Public Service Broadcasting / Verena
Wiedemann .............................................111
Chapter 5: International Context 115
National Initiatives in Europe / Katja Mruck & Rubina Vock .....................................................116
European Initiatives / Celina Ramjoué ...........................................................................................120
Open Access in the United States / Peter Suber ......................................................................124
National non-European Initiatives: Open Access in India – the Status Quo / Mangala
Hirwade ..............128
International Initiatives /Andreas Hübner ....................................................................................131
List of Authors...................................................................................................136