Open Access
EconStor Survey 2024: High user satisfaction, but ‘room for improvement’ in understanding how it works
EconStor, the ZBW's open access repository for economics, enjoys a high level of satisfaction among its...
Shadow Libraries: Plan B for the Open Access Transformation?
What about shadow libraries? Though Open Access seems to be widely accepted, we might miss making the...
Open Science Study: Business Studies and Economics on Track for More Openness
A recent study by the ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics shows that Open Science practices...
Open Access Conference: Reputation Without a Paywall?
Whether Open Access is a cure or homeopathy and putting the measurement of science on the test bench...
Barcamp Open Science 2024: Happy Birthday!
This year, the Barcamp Open Science (#oscibar) celebrated its 10th anniversary. Open Science Success...
Organising and Financing Diamond Open Access: How can this be achieved in collaboration with others?
What can go wrong and what makes it easier for libraries to participate in collaborative funding models...
Open Access Days 2024: DEAL, Diamond and Beyond
How the Open Access transformation can be depicted as a wave movement, what a new transformation...
The Open Access Barcamp 2024: Community, Exchange and Reflection
How can communication with researchers about Open Access be optimised? Which new exchange formats work?...
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...
EconStor Survey 2022: Repository Registers Satisfied Users, but More Marketing Efforts Needed
More than 13 years ago, the ZBW launched its repository EconStor. In 2022, the team conducted a survey...