Wie wirken Open-Access- und Open-Science-Strategien tatsächlich? Und was passiert in der Wechselbeziehung zwischen dem formulierten Anspruch und der wissenschaftlichen Realität? Diese Fragen standen im Mittelpunkt der Veranstaltung der Vernetzungs- und Kompetenzstelle Open Access Brandenburg (VuK) am 14. Januar 2026 in der Reihe Quo Vadis offene Wissenschaft in Berlin und Brandenburg.

The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is available around the clock and provides access to archived websites. This is not yet possible in Germany. Here, the reading room tool must be used. Read here why this is the case and who is authorized to archive under what conditions. The World Wide Web of the past decades […] The post Internet Archive – only in the reading room? appeared first on iRights.info.

How quickly time flies when you’re having fun!There’s a reason for the long silence on our blog – it may have looked like we were hibernating, but we have been […]

A new paper from Tiffany Timbers (UBC) and Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel (Duke), and lessons I learned from my time with Software Carpentry

Auch wissenschaftliche und metawissenschaftliche Diskurse beruhen auf narrativen Elementen: Überzeugungskraft entsteht durch prägnante Erzählungen, die Fakten und Selbstverständnisse verknüpfen. Transformationsbewegungen wie Open Access und Open Science adressieren von Haus aus politisch-kulturelle Räume und etablieren sich als kohärente „Geschichten“.

Wie schnell die Zeit vergeht, wenn man Spaß hat!Die lange Stille auf unserem Blog hat ihren Grund – wir waren nämlich keineswegs im Winterschlaf, sondern erstellen gerade mit Hochdruck unsere […]

Palaeoverse, a grassroots organization that develops R packages for paleontology, has been awarded a Large Grant from the Software Sustainability Institute, via the Research Software Maintenance Fund, for the project ‘Converting Users to Contributors: Enabling Sustainable Maintenance and Development of Palaeoverse’.This funding will support efforts to improve the sustainability and maintainability of several key R packages used in

Since founding the Digital Research Academy, I’ve been thinking a lot about how we can build organizations that are rooted in the values Open Science. An important aspect of this is ensuring their financial sustainability. We live in a capitalist world and as much as it annoys me sometimes, we all need an income.

El día de mañana 4 de febrero empezamos un nuevo curso en la Facultad de Ciencias de la UNAM, está vez es una nueva versión del curso Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad centrado en la información científica para la carrera de Física Biomédica.

In September I started a PhD in fungal ecology at Aberystwyth University. This aligning with the end of support for Windows 10 and my old laptop coming up on five years old felt like a good time to invest in a new computer and switch to Linux.

Last July, the NIH issued a Request for Information (RFI) on maximizing research funds by limiting direct spending on Article Processing Charges (APCs) in allowable publishing costs. More than 900 members of the public responded to the RFI, providing valuable insights into the diverse perspectives the NIH should consider in deciding on a path forward with APCs.