
Open Access

Data Stewards: Central Contact Point for Research Data and Open Data
A few years ago, universities and research institutions began appointing data stewards. But what exactly...

Open Access During the Pandemic: Prelude to a Permanent Change in Publishing Behaviour?
Is the observable increase in preprints during the COVID-19 pandemic a temporary phenomenon or the...

Open Access Barcamp 2023: Live and in Colour
The third barcamp of the open-access.network project was also the first to take place in person, as...

Tracking Science: How Libraries can Protect Data and Scientific Freedom
A modern expression states: If you are not paying for the product, you are the product yourself. How can...

Third-Party Material in Open Access Monographs: How Far-Reaching is the Creative Commons Licence Really?
The progress of the Open Access movement does not stop for monographs, meaning that they are...

One Year of Open Access: The Journals Wirtschaftsdienst and Intereconomics Take Stock
The publishers of many journals that still appear behind paywalls are considering whether it is worth...

The 2019/20 Barometer for the Academic World: New Insights for Open Science?
What is the state of science in Germany these days? The Barometer for the Acadamic World has been...

InnOAccess-Workshops: Publishing Free-of-Charge Open Access Journals Sustainably
Open Access journals that are sustained by the research community and are publisher-independent thrive...

Open Access Days 2020: Highlights & Tips
The Open Access Days 2020 were held online for the first time under the motto “Routes, Stakeholders,...

LIBER 2020 Online: Building Trust with Research Libraries
Many of the topics of the LIBER 2020 Online conference can be classified under the keyword "Open...