The Open Science Strategy of Berlin Universities and Research Institutions

1. The Open Science Strategy of Berlin Universities and Research Institutions The 9th UNICA Scholarly Communication Seminar on the 14th andthe 15th October University of Vilnius Session 1: Open Science Strategy Building Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz– University Library Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

2. National OA-Strategyof Germany? • Germany is a federalstateincluding 16 states – itis not a centralstate. • The statesareresponsibleforresearchandeducation in Germany, not thefederalgovernment. • The federalministryforresearchandeducationhas an open accessstrategy. Ournational fundingagencyof Germany, the German Research Society, recommends open access. Other organisations do thisaswell. • But a national open accessstrategyismissingfromthementionedreasons. • The stateof Berlin decidedtoimplemnetan open accessstrategyforitsresearchinstitutions Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz

3. Brief historyofthe Berlin OA-Strategy • In March 2014 thePirates Party requested a reportaboutthestatusof open activitiesand open accesspublicationfunds in Berlin. • The researchcommitteeofthe Berlin houseofparliamentrecommendedtowork out an open accessstrategyof Berlin in Mai 2014. This hasbeenconfirmedbythe Berlin houseofparliament. • In August 2014 thesenateadministrationforresearchandeducationrequestedtheuniversitiestodeliverreportsabouttheir open accessactivities. • In April 2015 the Berlin senateappointed a grouptowork out an open accessstrategyforthe Berlin universitiesandresearchinstitutions. • The Berliner Open-Access-Strategyhasbeencompletedandpassedbythe Berlin houseofparliament in October 2015. • SinceSeptember 2016 theOpen Access Office Berlin issupportingtheworkinggroup „OA Strategyof Berlin“ andtheuniversitiesandresearchinstitutionstoimplementthe Berlin open accessstrategy. Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz

4. Members of the Working Group • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin • Katholische Hochschule für Sozialwesen Berlin (KHSB) • Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund Berlin/Brandenburg • Kunsthochschule Berlin (Weißensee) – Hochschule für Gestaltung • Landesarchiv Berlin • Leibniz-Gemeinschaft • Max-Planck-Gesellschaft • Senatskanzlei – Wissenschaft und Forschung • Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa • Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin • Technische Universität Berlin • Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) • Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin • Zuse-Institut Berlin • Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin (ASH) • Berlin Institute ofHealth • Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften • Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin • Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin • Evangelische Hochschule Berlin (EHB) • Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft • Freie Universität Berlin • Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft • Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung • Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler • Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch • Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW) • Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (HWR) Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz

5. Whatdoesthe OA strategyinclude? 1. Executive Summary 1.1 Background 1.2 Current Position 1.3 ObjectivesandRecommendations 2. Introduction 3. Fields ofActions 3.1 Publications 3.2 Research Data 3.3 Cultural Heritage 3.4 OverridingActivities 4. Glossary  The documentcovers 34 pages: http://www.open-access-berlin.de/_dokumente/Open-Access-Strategie_fuer_Berlin_2015-07-10.pdf Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz

6. General Remarksabout Open Access • In generalpublishedresearchresultsshouldbefreely– open access - available. • Public-fundedresearchresultsmust bepublished open access. • Open accessstructuresimprovethequalityandthereuseofresearch on theonehand. • On theotherhandtheincreaseofjournalpricesjeopardizeresearchinstitutions, librariesandbudgets. • Fromthetechnicalfacilitiesthesubscriptionsbasedmodelis not uptodate– digital infrastructuresandservicesenable open access • Finally open peer-reviewedand open accesspublishedresearchresultsareacceleratinginnovationandimprovingtrust in science. Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz

7. AimsandObjectivesofthe OA-Strategy • Research Publications: Until2022 60 % ofthejournalarticlespublishedby Berlin institutionsshouldbe Open Access (Green orGold). The increaseofopen accessofmonographsandcollectionsshouldbeconsideredaswell. • Research Data: Open availabilityandreuseofresearchdataaccordingto FAIR principlesascommittmentcontributingtonationallyandinternationallyactivitiesandstrategies. • Cultural Heritage/Cultural Data: Extension ofthealreadystartedactivitiesbytheissuesof open accessandreuseabilty. Setting upcontactswithpartnersfromcreativeindustrialendeavours. Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz

8. OverridingActivities (1) • Implementation of an open accesspolicyin all Berlin researchinstitutions, • Setting uprepositoriesora repositoryinfrastructureto host goldandgreen open accesspublicationsandthepublicationsoftheinstitutions, • The developmentofinstitutionalbibliographiestomonitorthepubliacationsoftheresearcherandthepercentageof open accesspublications, • Appointingopen accessofficersascounselorsandsupervisorsofthe open accessdevelopmentsoftheinstitutions, • Installingpublicationfundsbygrantsofthe Berlin stateandofthe German Research Society. Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz

9. OverridingActivities (2) • The existing Berlin Open Access Network shouldbestrengthened. • The stateof Berlin implements an Open Access Office forlocal, regional and national cooperationandtoskillandtotrainstaffmembersofthe Berlin institutions on open accessand open data. • The recommendationtointegrate open access in thebudgetcontractsbetweenthestateof Berlin andthe Berlin universities. • Open accessand open dataascriteriaforevaluationsofresearchactivities. • Development of an infrastructureforthelongtermpreservation. Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz

10. Publicationfundsand Infrastructure • Open accesspublicationfundshavebeenestablishedbygrantsoftheBerlin stateandbygrantsofthe national fundingagency. The amounttopublisharticlesis max. € 2.000 inl. VAT  CC-BY licensedarticles. • The bigger Berlin universities – Free University, Humboldt-University, Technical University andthe Charité (Medicine) - providepublicationfundsbythesegrants. • Berlin publishingplatform/university press: After analysingthecurrentstatus a distributednetworkforpublishingservices will beimplemented in thenextyears. • The Berlin universitiescooperatetosetup a publicationplatformby a networkofspecificcompetencies, whichareestablishedbyeachnetworkpartner. Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz

11. Resultsofthesurveys in 2016 and 2017 Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz

12. … startingwith open accessofresearchresultsthefurtherstepsto open science will bedonebythe National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), which Berlin universitiesandresearchinstitutionsjoinedbeside manyotherinstitutions… Thankyou verymuchforyourattention! ??? andreas.degkwitz@ub.hu-berlin.de Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz