Im Gespräch mit Björn Brembs diskutiert Konrad Förstner den Elsevier-DEAL-Vertrag. Es werden Hintergrundinformation zu einem dazu gemeinsam verfassten Artikel in der FAZ dazu gegeben.Von Matthias Fromm

At the Barcamp 2023 Konrad Förstner interviews Hannes Wünsche (RKI) regarding the application of GitHub during COVID-19 epidemic and alternatives to GitHub for Open Science.Von Matthias Fromm

At the Barcamp 2023 Konrad Förstner interviews Peter Murray-Rust and Simon Worthington about a session regarding the Semantic Climate project.Von Matthias Fromm

At the Barcamp Open Science 2023 Konrad Förstner interviews the organizers Tamara Heck (DIPF) and Guido Scherp (ZBW) and look head to future instances.Von Matthias Fromm

The National Research Data Infrastructure for Germany - NFDI for short - has been under construction since 2018. Its goal is as simple as it is complex: to systematically open up the valuable data resources of science and research for the entire German science system, to network them, and thus to make them more usable. This would create a sustainab…

At the Barcamp Open Science 2021 Konrad had the chance to have a brief wrap-up interview with Christian Freisleben, who hosted a session on Learner-generated content as Open Educational Resources, which was organized as OER itself.Von Matthias Fromm

At the Barcamp Open Science 2021 Konrad had the chance to have a brief wrap-up interview with Thomas Lösch, who hosted a session together with Sonja Bayer on (Re-)using available research data in the social, educational, behavioural and economic sciences. The session was intended to get an overview of what the current state was, how data is data us…

At the Barcamp Open Science 2021 Konrad had the chance to have a brief session wrap-up with Peter Kraker, who hosted a session together with Michaela Vignolio on Open Knowledge Maps Custom Services to discuss early ideas for the new customisable cloud services that were planned to be embedded in libraries’ discovery services to add instant visual c…

At the Barcamp Open Science 2021, Antonella Succurro gave a session on Privacy preserving Open Data highlighting "...how the support from data privacy officers or external trustees is often not sufficient to face the challenges of highly specific data, which might come from new technologies and have yet to be standardized." Konrad had the opportuni…

Nachdem wir von Episode 199 zur 200 schon 10 Monate gebraucht haben, ist's auch dieses Mal wieder sehr lang geworden. Manchmal kommt das Leben halt zwischen die eigenen Pläne und dann muss man etwas pausieren, ob es einem passt, oder nicht. ABER, getreu dem Motto "Unkraut vergeht nicht" sind wir zurück und willens zu bleiben. Und wir stellen fest, …

Im Rahmen unserer kleinen Reihe zum Fellow-Programm Freies Wissen - dem Projekt von Wikimedia Deutschland und weiteren wissenschaftlichen Partnern - widmen wir uns zum Auftakt des neuen Programmjahres wieder einmal einer allgemeineren Perspektive. Aus der Programmankündigung: "Das Programm unterstützt Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen aus allen Diszip…

Im Rahmen unserer kleinen Reihe zum Fellow-Programm Freies Wissen - dem Projekt von Wikimedia Deutschland und weiteren wissenschaftlichen Partnern - widmen wir uns erneut der Perspektive der Fellows, bzw. in diesem Falle sogar der Perspektive der Alumnis. Dazu begrüßen wir Eva Seidlmayer und Philipp Schrögel als Gäste, die mit uns einen Rückblick w…

Nach seeeeeeehr langer Zeit melden wir uns mal wieder im "alten Format" mit einer Classic-Episode zurück. Ja, die Situation rund um Corona hat uns einiges abverlangt und einiges an Energie gefressen die normalerweise auch in dieses Projekt geht. Und so geht's in dieser Episode auch um genau diesen Elefanten im Raum. Wir blicken aber auch auf die Ne…

This is the last episode from our coverage of the Barcamp Open Science 2020. In this episode Konrad talked with two of the organizers, Guido Scherp and Susanne Melchior from ZBW, for a short recap of the barcamp 2020 as well as a quick outlook.Von Matthias Fromm

This episode was recorded at the Barcamp Open Science 2020 in Berlin but is not a summary of a session. Instead you can look forward to a deeper discussion with Marie Farge in which she presents her vision of the scholarly publishing system. In the suggested szenario, journals are owned by their editorial boards and are running on publicly funded i…

This is another episode from our coverage of the Barcamp Open Science. In this episode Konrad talked with Marie Farge about her session on the publishing model of Diamond Open Access and the Open Access tool Dissemin.Von Matthias Fromm

This is another episode from our coverage of the Barcamp Open Science. In this episode Konrad talked with Simon Worthington (GenR) and Bartosz Radomski (ScienceOpen) about their session on the role of preprints and open peer review systems (and their logical coupling).Von Matthias Fromm

This is another episode from our coverage of the Barcamp Open Science. In this episode Bernd talked to Julien Colomb and Erzsébet Tóth-Czifra about their session on how to bring Open Educational Resources to MOOCs and foster the learning of communities about openness.Von Matthias Fromm

This is another episode from our coverage of the Barcamp Open Science. In this episode Konrad talked with Ulrike Wuttke and Erzsébet Tóth-Czifra about their session concrete steps towards FAIR data as prerequisite for Open Scholarship in the Arts and Humanities.Von Matthias Fromm

This is another episode from our coverage of the Barcamp Open Science. In this episode Bernd talked to Anne Held from innOSCI (an initiative from Stifterverband) about their plans to launch the Open Data Impact Award, to incentivise scientists to publish their data openly. Link to the session pad.Von Matthias Fromm

With the current situation around the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are several initiatives pushing forward to help finding solutions to successfully fight the virus. The global bioinformatics community is pushing its own efforts and organized the virtual COVID-19 Biohackathon. Starting today, contributors are invited to virtually work tog…

This is another episode from our coverage of the Barcamp Open Science. In this episode Konrad talked with Zsuzsika Sjoerds and Loek Brinkman about their session on mentorship and community building in Open Science.Von Matthias Fromm

This is another episode from our coverage of the Barcamp Open Science. In this episode Bernd talked to Christina Riesenweber about her session on whether Open Science holds a political stance and whether we should remain political neutral. Link to the session pad.Von Matthias Fromm

This is another episode from our coverage of the Barcamp Open Science. In this episode Konrad talked with Christian Busse about his session on FAIR research software and the question whether the FAIR principles should be applied to code.Von Matthias Fromm

This is another episode from our coverage of the Barcamp Open Science. In this episode Bernd talked to Julien Colomb about how to identify, mark and give credit to contributors of scientific works. Link to the session pad.Von Matthias Fromm

This is another episode from our coverage of the Barcamp Open Science. In this episode Konrad talked with Simon Worthington and Robbie Morrison about their session on Open Climate Knowledge & Common Pool for public policy.Von Matthias Fromm

This is another episode from our coverage of the Barcamp Open Science. In this episode Konrad talked with Moritz Schubotz about the session he moderated on how research software can be discovered and credited.Von Matthias Fromm

As usual in March, the Barcamp Open Science took place in Berlin (this year on the 10th of March) and Open Science Radio was again (for the sixth time) supporting the Barcamp Open Science in documenting the event. As last year we had Bernd Rupp from the Wirkstoffradio Podcast supporting us with recordings and interviews. This short episode will giv…

Following the international WikiCite conferences in 2016, 2017 and 2018 the first WikiCite Satellite conference will take place this year in Cologne, Germany. It is organized by ZB MED – Informationcenter for Life Sciences, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences and will take place May 6th - 8…

We have the pleasure to present to you another Community Edition of Open Science Radio, this time kindly provided by Claudia Göbel. So this episode brings together three experiences of doing research in cooperation between people from inside and outside academic institutions in different settings in the global South: - How can Citizen Science build…

Der Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin hat in diesem Jahr sein 50-jähriges Jubiläum gefeiert. Zu diesem Anlass gab es am 22. Oktober eine Podiumsdiskussion in der Universitätsbibliothek der TU. Unter dem Motto „Ein Blick zurück und zwei nach vorn“ diskutierten die TeilnehmerInnen Prof. Dr. Sabine Hark (TU Berlin, Gender Open, Zentrum für interdiszipl…

Am 15. und 16. November 2019 findet in Köln das diesjährige BibCamp statt. Das BarCamp für Diskussionen über aktuelle Entwicklungen rund um das Bibliothekswesen und Informationsmanagement wird in diesem Jahr von Studierenden des Studiengangs Bibliothekswissenschaften an der TH Köln und dem Berufsverband Information Bibliothek e.V. organisiert und f…

Wir melden uns aus der (arg verlängerten) Sommerpause mit einer "Classic" Episode zurück, die vor allem auch viel Potential für "Puls" mit sich bringt. Grund dafür ist neben unserer klassischen Nemesis El****** vor allem ein fehlgeleiteter Institutsleiter und ein ignoranter Schweizer Verlag. Zum Glück gibt's auch erfreuliche Dinge zu berichten.…

Im Rahmen unserer kleinen Reihe zum Fellow-Programm Freies Wissen - dem Gemeinschaftsprojekt von Wikimedia Deutschland, Stifterverband, VolkswagenStiftung (und weiteren Unterstützern) - widmen wir uns erneut der Perspektive der Fellows. Dazu begrüßen wir Kerstin Schoch als Gästin, die uns einen Einblick in einen Bereich ermöglicht, in den wir bishe…

Am 12. Juni hatte Wikimedia Deutschland zu einer Podiumsdiskussion unter dem Titel Wissenschaft, öffne dich! Welche Infrastruktur braucht gute und offene Wissenschaft? eingeladen. Die Veranstaltung fand vor dem Hintergrund des derzeitig stattfindenden Dialog der Bundesregierung zur Einführung einer Lizenzierungsplattform für wissenschaftliche Publi…

In the first week of June, the first Conference for Research Software Engineering in Germany (deRSE2019) took place in Potsdam, organized by the German Gesellschaft für Informatik (Fachbereich Softwaretechnik) and the German Association for Research Software Engineers (de-RSE). The conference was addressing research software and the people behind i…

One of the aspects that continuously pops up in our discussions is the research infrastructure. Hence, it was about time that we make it a topic of its own and we're glad that we could win Peter Kraker as a guest for this topic. Peter is well-known in the Open Science communicator, as a researcher but also as the founder and chairman of Open Knowle…

Wikimedia Deutschland, einer der Stakeholder beim Dialog der Bundesregierung zur Einführung einer Lizenzierungsplattform für wissenschaftliche Publikationen, lädt zu einer Podiumsdiskussion am 12. Juni in den eigenen Räumlichkeiten in Berlin ein. Unter dem Titel Wissenschaft, öffne dich! Welche Infrastruktur braucht gute und offene Wissenschaft? we…

Im Rahmen unserer kleinen Reihe zum Fellow-Programm Freies Wissen - dem Gemeinschaftsprojekt von Wikimedia Deutschland, Stifterverband, VolkswagenStiftung (und weiteren Unterstützern) - widmen wir uns erneut der Perspektive der Fellows. Dazu begrüßen wir Jona Sassenhagen als Gast, der im noch laufenden 3. Programmjahr gemeinsam mit zwei Kollegen ei…

Das ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft ist insbesondere in seiner Rolle im Leibniz-Forschungsverbund Open Science einer der institutionellen Treiber der Open Science Bewegung in Deutschland und Europa. Neben der Forschung die die Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler der ZBW betreiben, organisiert das Team der ZBW mit dem Barcamp Open …

Im Rahmen unserer kleinen Reihe zum Fellow-Programm Freies Wissen - dem Gemeinschaftsprojekt von Wikimedia Deutschland, Stifterverband, VolkswagenStiftung (und weiteren Unterstützern) - widmen wir uns wieder der Innenansicht des Programms. Dazu haben wir uns aus dem derzeit laufenden 3. Programmjahr zwei Fellows eingeladen, um von ihren Projekten, …

Nach scheinbar ewig langer Zeit gibt's mal wieder eine "Classic" Episode, denn wir haben es mal wieder geschafft und ins klassischer Besetzung zusammenzufinden. Inhaltlich gibt's wenige Überraschungen - wir blicken auf die Ereignisse rund um die DEAL-Verhandlungen, bzw. die ersten Ergebnisse, zurück sowie auf den Stand beim Open Science Monitor und…

Der Studentische Soziologiekongress ist eine der wichtigsten deutschsprachigen Nachwuchsveranstaltungen im sozialwissenschaftlichen Bereich und findet alle zwei Jahre an wechselnden Austragungsorten und mit wechselnden Organisatoren statt. Für dieses Jahr hat der Fachschaftsrat Sozialwissenschaft der Ruhr-Universität Bochum den Kongress an die RUB …

This is a short interview episode from the poster session at the Open Science Conference 2019. In this episode Bernd talks to Johanna Havemann (@johave on Twitter), a (digital) science project manager as well as trainer and consultant in (Open) Science communication. Johanna gave a presentation on open source infrastructure for region- and discipli…

This is a short interview episode from the poster session at the Open Science Conference 2019. In this episode Bernd talks to Roland Ramthun, Deputy Director of archiving and publication services at the ZPID Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information. Roland presented presented the talk and poster Registered Reports in Psychology: Why, for whome …

This is a short interview episode from the poster session at the Open Science Conference 2019. In this episode Konrad talked to Kerstin Helbig (@FrauHelbig on Twitter), a research data coordinator from Humboldt-University Berlin. She presented the talk and poster Getting Through the Maze – Reusable Strategies and Tools for Research Data Management …

This is a short interview episode from the poster session at the Open Science Conference 2019. In this episode Konrad talked to Ivo Grigorov (@OAforClimate) from the National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua) at the Technical University of Denmark. Igor is a grant officer and presented a talk as well as a poster on the topic of Change Cultu…

At this year’s Open Science Conference we also had the chance to talk to a few of the scientists participating in the poster session. In this short episode Konrad will give a you a quick welcome and introduction you to the poster session at the conference as well as to Bernd Rupp who is kind enough to support us.…

This is another episode from our coverage of the Barcamp Open Science. In this episode Konrad talked with Peter Kraker (Chairman and founder of the Open Knowledge Maps). This year Peter held a session on a topic that is often overlooked - the feelings of those individuals being involved in the Open Science communities.…

This is another episode from our coverage of the Barcamp Open Science. In this episode Konrad talked with Lambert Heller and Guido Scherp, both of them members of the Leibniz Research Alliance and long-term organizors of the Barcamp Open Science. This year they held their session together at the barcamp in order to discuss with the participants how…