Scientific Communication

Barcamp Open Science 2023: So Much has Happened and so Much Still Needs to Happen!
The Barcamp Open Science already went into its ninth round in 2023, hybrid for the first time. The good...

Social Media in Libraries: Best Practice of the ETH Library in Zurich
The ETH Library is the largest public science and technology library in Switzerland and the central...

Social Media in Libraries: Best Practice From the Austrian National Library
Tens of thousands of followers on Facebook, impressive community engagement on Instagram and a...

Social Media in Libraries: Best Practice and Tips for Successful Profiles From the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
For many years, it has been good practice for many libraries to be present in social media and to...

Briefly Noted: ZBW MediaTalk in Test Mode on Mastodon
Even though the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk is now a case for lawyers, many users from Germany have...

Scientific tweets: Why Less is More and When a Tweet is Perceived as Being Scientific
Communication within the scientific community without twitter has become hard to imagine. It was only a...

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

GO CHANGE Workshop: How ‘Yes, but…’ can be Changed Into a FAIR Sientific Culture
At the last GO CHANGE workshop, the focus was on the ‘cultural transformation’ in regard to research...

Practice Report Open Science: These Tools Promote Collaboration
Which open science tools promote collaboration in research projects? Lukas Galke reports on his...

A Self-Experiment in Fake Science: The Tricks of Predatory Journals
How do predatory journals work, and what needs to be done to place a publication here? A research group...