Following a thorough overhaul of the technology and content, we are pleased to announce the relaunch of the information platform open-access.net!
Since 2007, open-access.net has been the central source of information on Open Access (OA) for libraries, research funders, and scholars and scientists in the German-speaking area. With funding from the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts (MWK) of the State of Baden-Württemberg, we have now been able to do a thorough overhaul of the information platform, which was originally developed within the framework of a project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The overhaul was coordinated by the University of Konstanz.
The tried-and-tested structure of the website has been retained. Hence, in addition to comprehensive information on the subject of OA, we continue to offer target-group-oriented and discipline-specific content that provides users with clearly-structured, quick, and efficient access to relevant topics.
We would like to sincerely thank all those who were involved in creating the new platform. Ulrich Herb, Marco Tullney, and Michael Weller, in particular, participated in the revision of the content, while Daniel Beucke, Nils Windisch, and their team were responsible for the overhaul of the technology. We would also like to thank all the experts from the OA community who contributed to the creation of the discipline-specific content, and Miriam Geoghegan for the translation into English.
To enable us to expand open-access.net and to keep it up to date, we look forward to your suggestions and support!
Contact: Anja Oberländer, University of Konstanz