Projects

The Lab Open Research Information team of the Open Science Lab is involved in a number of research and development projects. An overview of completed projects can be found here.

KOMET - collaborative enrichment of the metadata commons to foster a diverse open access ecosystem

The KOMET project promotes the transformation of science towards a diverse and participatory OA culture by supporting independent, oftentimes scholar-led OA journals in professionalising their metadata processes.

IDAHO - IDentificAtion of hurdles to open access publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties - epistemic injustice in scientific publishing

IDAHO identifies barriers and hurdles to OA publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties, assesses the impact of OA journal policies and identifies ways to remove the hurdles.

GESAH - Digitisation and specialist indexing of the Individual Graphic Sheets of the Collection of Architect Albrecht Haupt

For the indexing of the individual graphic sheets of the Albrecht Haupt Collection, an indexing environment with Vitro is being set up that is geared to the subject-specific requirements. Data, data model and software are also to be made available as open source to comparable indexing projects.

News

VIVO webinar as part of the Leibniz initiative ‘Strengthening CRIS’ on 5 September 2024

Together with representatives from the ARL - Academy for Spatial Development and the ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, members of our team presented the open source research information system VIVO and invited participants to a hands-on session.

Research data or research information: What’s the difference?

There are many terms that sound similar but have different meanings: Effectiveness and efficiency. Sympathy and empathy. In discourses on information science, the digitisation of science and research and currently in connection with the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information, another…

TIB signs the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information

The Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information emphasises the value of publicly accessible research information for the scientific community and for a transparent and fair evaluation of its stakeholders. We explain what this declaration means and why the TIB is one of the first signatories.

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