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 increasingly being published under the Creative Commons licence....
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...
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...
User Experience in Libraries: Insights from the Library of the University of Amsterdam
User experience (UX) methods often lead an exotic existence in libraries. Yet they can help with simple...
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...
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...
Agile Working: Kanban Offers Flexibility and Transparency for Innovation Projects and Open Science
Could more agile working in libraries and other information institutions make a contribution towards the...
Digitisation in Libraries: To What Extent has Corona Given a Boost?
The impact of the corona pandemic has been a huge challenge for libraries, institutes and...
Open Science Podcasts: 7 + 3 Tips for Your Ears
Podcasts were among the media winners of last year. Scientific podcasts in particular enjoyed great...