Courses & Events

The event will provide an overview of the publication services offered by Stuttgart University Library and will also address general questions about Open Access:

• Funding opportunities from the Open Access Publication Fund
• Agreements with scientific publishers (memberships, discounts, etc.)
• DEAL agreements with the publishers Elsevier, Springer Nature and Wiley
• Gold and green publications on the OPUS publication server
• Advice on founding journals; hosting of Open Journal Systems (OJS)
• Open Access books
• CC licences

Duration: 90 Minutes

The course will be held in German, unless otherwise requested. 

Target group: Scientists of the University of Stuttgart

Dates & Registration

Open Access has become a standard in scientific publishing. The session gives an overview of the University Library’s publication services:

• OA definitions: gold, green and hybrid OA
• Support from the Open Access publication fund
• Agreements with the publishers (DEAL etc.) 
• Publication server OPUS for gold and green OA
• PhD Thesis
• Publisher & OA Books: funds 
• Not for profit alternatives 
• Creative Commons: why we need CC BY

Target group: PhD students

The session will be held in Englisch and is part of the GRADUS Welcome Weeks for Doctoral Researchers and Postdocs.