
Open Science

Social Media and Scientific Communication: A Minor Role for Open Science in the Statement?
In the recently published statement “Social Media and Scientific Communication” that attracted a great...

Research & Innovation – Shaping our Future: a Conference Report
On Monday, the 3rd of July, over 700 scientists, innovators, business people and policy makers discussed...

#OERcamp Nord 2017: Open Educational Resources in Practice
The #OERcamp in Hamburg was all about digital, open learning materials and their practical application...

Fidus Writer: Modern Writing Tools for the Social Sciences
Scholarly communication is complex. While tools are being developed for various technical fields, social...

Open Access at German Librarians´ Day 2017: From the Big DEAL to the Everyday Workplace
A variety of sessions and lectures at Librarians´ Day 2017 (Bibliothekartag 2017) were devoted to Open...

GO FAIR – Ready for Take-Off
At the Competitiveness Council at the end of May, Germany and the Netherlands made their Joint Position...

DeepGreen: Open-Access-Transformation
Supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the DeepGreen project aims to transfer academic...

New spaces for Work 4.0 and Learning 4.0: Implications for the Education System?
New forms of Learning 4.0 and Work 4.0 and the necessary co-creative spaces that support communities...

EUDAT: Research Data Infrastructure and European Open Science Cloud Vision
How research data infrastructure initiatives are relevant to European Open Science Cloud. What are EUDAT...