
Open Science

Research Data Management Project bw2FDM: Best Practice for Consultations and Training Seminars
Best practice examples often provide guidance and suggestions for tackling tricky challenges in the...

Open Access goes Barcamp, Part 2: How to Organise Networking Online
In times of the coronavirus pandemic, even the digitally experienced Open Access community is faced with...

Open Access goes Barcamp, Part 1: A New Networking Opportunity for the Open Access Community
What are the topics that the Open Access community is dealing with at the moment? What are the current...

Nudging Open Science: Useful Tips for Academic Libraries?
Nudging is an approach used in behavioural research to bring about certain positive changes in behaviour...

The Openness Profile of Knowledge Exchange: What can Infrastructure Providers do?
How can the scientific incentive system be reformed so that all activities and stakeholders of Open...

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...

Barcamp Open Science 2021: Opening up New Perspectives
"Almost as good as 'the real one'" was the feedback of one contributor on the seventh Barcamp Open...

Wikidata and Open Science: A Model for Open Data Work
Wikidata is a language-independent factual database belonging to the Wikimedia family which includes the...

Open Science Conference 2021: On the Way to the “New Normal”
What were the main points of focus at the Open Science Conference 2021? What are the topics currently...

Open Science Podcasts: 7 + 3 Tips for Your Ears
Podcasts were among the media winners of last year. Scientific podcasts in particular enjoyed great...