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The working group “Scientific practice” has published the discussion paper “Open Access Reporting – Criteria and Reporting Practice” (German only).

As part of the Alliance of Science Organizations’ “Digital Information” priority initiative, the “Recommendations for Transformative Journal Agreements with Providers of Publishing Service” have now been published. These formulated criteria will serve as a common, action-guiding framework for actors from all science organizations — that is, higher education institutions as well as non-university research institutions — for negotiations with providers …

The WG “Digital Teaching, Learning and Networking” presents a discussion paper on improving digital sovereignty at universities and research institutions.

During 2018-2021, the working group explored the importance of the concept of “digital collections” and produced a comprehensive handout that provides an overview of the types, functions, and uses of digital collections. The text follows up on a short paper published by the WG in November 2020. The handout is intended to provide orientation in an increasingly complex field by …

The working group “Digital tools – software and services” has published the position paper “„Digitale Dienste für die Wissenschaft – wohin geht die Reise?“ (PDF)” has been published. In addition to infrastructural services, digital services also include scholarly information services that are often created in the research communities themselves or that are used by external providers. The publication provides suggestions …

The working group “Scientific practice” has published the discussion paper “Expanding Scholarly Practices of Publishing in the Context of the Digital Turn”. The discussion paper is published in German and in English. It reports on an expert dialogue on the transformation of scholarly publishing in the wake of the digital turn. The dialogue was held by representatives of different scholarly …

Die Arbeitsgruppe „Digitale Sammlung“ hat das Diskussionspapier „Zur Bedeutung des Konzepts ›Digitale Sammlung‹“ veröffentlicht. Digitale Sammlungen eröffnen konzeptionell die Möglichkeit, Forschungsdaten unter dem Gesichtspunkt von Einheitlichkeit, intentionalem Aufbau und institutioneller Pflege zu denken. Ihre besondere Relevanz für die mit digitalen Methoden arbeitende Wissenschaft begründet sich aus ihrem spezifischen Provenienzzusammenhang, Referenzcharakter und/oder Erkenntnispotenzial. Eine besondere Herausforderung bildet dabei ihre Volatilität und …

Die Arbeitsgruppe „Wissenschaftliches Publikationssystem“ hat die Handreichung „Förderung wissenschaftlicher Buchpublikationen im Open Access (Open-Access-Bücher)“ veröffentlicht. Diese beschäftigt sich mit Standards und Richtlinien für die Gestaltung infrastruktureller Rahmenbedingungen und die Vergabe von Fördermitteln durch wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen.

The working group “Digitally Qualified Personnel” has published a discussion paper on digital qualification in academia. This paper was drawn up together with the working group  “Digital Learning, Teaching and Networking”.

The Priority Initiative “Digital Information” of the Alliance Science Organisations in Germany published in cooperation with the Deutscher Bibliotheksverband e.V. (dbv) “Recommendations on methods for controlling access to scientific information resources”. The recommendations deal with the “Resource Access for the 21st Century” (RA21) initiative and its impact on the control of access to scientific information resources.