At universities of applied sciences and smaller research institutions, the challenges in daily Open Access work sometimes differ significantly from those at larger universities. For example, they are faced with the challenge of offering a comprehensive Open Access service, but often have only limited time and financial resources to do so.
The focus group aims to bring together staff from university of applied sciences libraries to share experiences on the following topics, among others:
- Managing scarce resources and prioritising activities
- Challenges in implementing and advising on OA
- Networking within and outside one's own university or university of applied sciences
The focus group meetings take place online here in the room. Documentation of the meetings is available on the group's internal MediaWiki.
If you are interested in the work of the focus group, you are welcome to register for the mailing list. If you would like to actively participate in the group, you can also request a user account for the group's MediaWiki. To facilitate assignment, please indicate that you are interested in participating in the "Libraries of Universities of Applied Sciences" focus group.
If you have any questions about the topic of the focus group, please contact Lukas Burkhardt, Friederike Borchert or Elena Kubein.
