Es ist vollbracht: wir haben heute den Verein open-access.network geründet! 28 Gründungsmitglieder (Foto) waren heute an der Universität Konstanz bei den Open-Access-Tagen 2025 dabei. Über 70 Gäste waren zudem in Präsenz und online dabei. 🔗 Weitere Infos: open-access.network/ueber-uns/ve...

Auf dem Weg zu den diesjährigen Open-Access-Tagen in Konstanz. Am Donnerstag dann unser Workshop zum Thema OA-Infrastrukturen: www.conftool.org/oat2025/inde... #OAT25

Open-Access-Infrastrukturen halten Wissenschaft am Laufen. Doch wie sichern wir ihre Finanzierung dauerhaft? Im Blog jetzt nachlesen: Bericht vom Hands-on Lab auf der #BiblioCon113. 👉 open-access.network/blog/open-ac... #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Finanzierung #WissKomm

EconStor now includes an AI filtering system blog.econstor.eu/2025/08/econ...

The Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany has published its Strategy for the Further Development of Academic Publishing 2026–2030. DE: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... EN: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #OpenScience #OpenAccess

The COAR Power Networking session at #LIBER2025 was especially popular since I was joined by COAR Executive Board member, Nathalie Fargier from HAL and CCDS. Repos are going to be more important than ever in the new world of AI. Join the COAR community in charting our path forward!

My colleague @tamarapi.bsky.social presents the Step-By-Step-Guide for libraries to improve the discoverability of Open Textbooks (libereurope.eu/article/call...) at this year's LIBER Conference. #LIBER2025

No surprise that AI is a prime topic at #liber2025. Many projects using AI to improve resource curation. But, nothing ground breaking. On the other hand, interesting conversations over lunch about the potential disruptions ahead for traditional publishing model @rmounce.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Yesterday was a whirlwind at #LIBER2025 but we managed to close the day with a workshop on monitoring of #openscience I’m privileged to be working with such great colleagues in the #openaccess working group as Andrea, Ivana, Alicia and @osiegert.bsky.social Thank you!

Call for libraries to engage with the European Diamond OA movement from @sofiewennstrom.bsky.social to finish our #LIBER2025 session with @nielsstern.bsky.social

Hello #LIBER2025, Thanks for hosting @joannaball.bsky.social, @nielsstern.bsky.social, and me today to discuss collaboration for #diamondOA. If you want to learn more about the #EDCHForum and the #EDCHRegistry, join us for a webinar next week to learn about the potential of these new joint services.

📽️New webinar recording available! 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=N5xp0zrRgSY Watch our latest webinar, organised by LIBER #OpenAccess Working Group & @scossfunding.bsky.social. We heard from open infrastructures & how libraries are critical partners in sustaining their mission in scientific knowledge sharing

Upcoming webinar! 🌟 Join this exciting webinar where we unpack the recently published IMPACT-REPO Action Plan & dive deeper into the vital role of #repositories & why they matter in the #openscience ecosystem. 🗓️ 4 June | 15:00 CEST Details & registration 👉 ow.ly/ZbWx50VT49J

President Donald Trump on Thursday fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress — the first woman and first African American to hold the position. She was informed of the decision in a terse, two-sentence email.

On my way to the PISA 2025 conference on Scientific Communication Practices (iamslic.wildapricot.org/Pisa2025/home). Looking forward to all the talks and discussions in the following days🙂

Very good interview from our ZBW colleague @avatter.de with @petersuber.bsky.social - really eye-opening!

Thank you @libereurope.bsky.social for hosting this webinar! and @osiegert.bsky.social for chairing!

Interesting new aspect of a Diamond OA Model, focussing on learned societies and research funders.

💬 Curious about the 4 new SCOSS-endorsed, essential infrastructures and how they are shaping global research: @ajol.info, @makedatacount.bsky.social, @episciences.bsky.social, @scipost.bsky.social Date: Tuesday, 22 April ⏰ 16:00-17:00 CEST 👉Register directly: ow.ly/3C8u50Vwhtu

Interesting new Blog entry on disciplinary repositories in Germany on @openaccessnetwork.bsky.social (unfortunately only in German): open-access.network/blog/fachlic...

ZBW, EconStor's hosting instituition was positively evaluated by the Leibniz Association :-) Within their report, they also mentioned EconStor.

🚀 Open Divide Lecture Series 🎤 Join us for a year-long exploration of the complexities of #OpenAccess. Leading experts will discuss key challenges, from commercialization, shadow libraries & commons. 📅 Start: April 23 📍 Free online event 🔗 More info opendivide.hypotheses.org/open-divide-...

openRxiv has arrived! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences. openrxiv.org/introducing-... #openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv

Great news and an important push for repositories in Europe!

Did you know, that you can upload your papers directly on EconStor? For more info, check our instructions here: www.econstor.eu/pubinfo/auth... Make your papers part of one of the largest repsoitories in Economics and Business Studies

Die ZBW hat für EconStor, den Publikationsserver für wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fachliteratur, ein Advisory Board eingerichtet. Ziel ist u.a. Beratung in strategischen Fragen und Zukunftsplanung: www.econstor.eu/advisoryboard