Wednesday 23 September 2026
The University of Twente extends the Open Access Procedural Regulations that are based on Article 25fa of the Dutch Copyright Act, also known as the Taverne amendment. These regulations let the University Library make originally closed publications in our university’s repository openly available with a Taverne licence, six months after their first publication date. This is known as the Taverne procedure.
Initially, the UT only applied the Taverne procedure to publications by employed UT authors. As of October, the UT will also apply it to publications by guest UT authors who are affiliated with the UT and publish as such, but who are not on the payroll. The procedure covers any UT-affiliated author of a publication, so it doesn’t matter if you were the corresponding author, the first author, or a coauthor.
Academic articles, conference papers, professional publications, and chapters in edited collections are eligible for the Taverne procedure. Your eligible publications in UT Research Information will automatically become open after six months, unless you opt out. Of course, as a UT author, it is your responsibility to make sure your publications are uploaded to Pure Research Information. The University Library does the rest.
- Do you have questions about the Taverne procedure? Check the FAQ.
- Do you have questions about publishing? Please contact the information specialist in your faculty. They will gladly help you.
- More information about open-access publishing as a UT author: www.utwente.nl/openaccess
