In the daily work with open access, communication is an essential part of the job. One challenge is to address and reach many different target groups. This involves not only addressing specialist communities, but also contacting the political level and using various media channels. This requires basic communication skills as well as strategic know-how.
The focus group aims to give all interested parties a space for exchange and knowledge needs on the overarching topic of communication, including the following topics:
- basic knowledge / training needs
- concrete actions on target group communication
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 would like to participate in the focus group or have questions about the focus group, please send an email message to Katja Wermbter.
If you are interested in the work of the focus group, you are welcome to subscribe to 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 "Communication" focus group.
Events in 2025
On 14 February 11:30-12:30 Philipp Kandler (FU Berlin) presented the results of his study on ‘Open Access in Latin America’.
On 13 March 11:30-12:30 Gerrit Heim (Head of Regionalia Department, Subject Librarian for History and Geography, Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe) presented the ‘RegionaliaOpen’ service from the perspective of a regional library.
On 7 May at 11 a.m., Ralf Regener (Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences) will talk about his paper and the background: ‘Open Access Green and ResearchGate - How should libraries deal with it?’
All meetings of the Digital Focus Group Communication take place in this BBB room.