This year's Open Access Days (OAT) will be hosted by the Institute of Information Science, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, together with GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and ZB MED - Leibniz Information Centre for Life Sciences in collaboration with open-access.net. The OAT will focus on the following themes:
- Scholarly societies and Open Access
- Open Access models for monographs and edited volumes
- Implementation of the Open Access Directive in the EU framework programme Horizon 2020
- Guidelines and guiding principles for Open Access: Implementation and experiences
- Creative Commons: Rationale, opportunities, and risks
- Creative Commons: Sinn und Zweck, Chancen und Risiken
- Impact measurement of Open Access
- Open Research Data: Infrastructures, opportunities, and limits
- Advisory services on Open Access
- Qualifying for Open Access at university and at work
- Open Access and subscription: Open Access options and transformation strategies
See http://open-access.net/de/aktivitaeten/open_access_tage/ for the Call for Papers (deadline for submission is 31 March 2014) and for further information