Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPPS)
Do you want to support journals from the Global South but need reassurance about their quality? Check out the Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPPS) initiative!
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Workshop: data management in African Studies
This workshop is organized into three parts: 1. Infrastructure and Best Practice Examples, 2. Legal Perspectives, and 3. Perspectives from African Studies. The workshop is aimed at researchers and offers the opportunity to enter into a dialogue with legal experts and data archiving experts and will specifically address subject-specific questions.
Re3Data
The project re3data.org, Registry of Research Data Repositories, presents repositories in a web-based directory and provides an orientation over existing data collections.
Transkribus
Are you transcribing historical documents? Try out Transkribus for Handwritten Text Recognition.
Open Library of Humanities
At the Open Library of Humanities, open access publications are funded through a model of library partnership subsidies (LPS). This allows OLH to collectively fund the venue and its array of journals. Libraries can thereby support information infrastructure instead of simply purchasing journals.
New copyright law in Germany
As of 1st March 2018, a new copyright law comes into effect in Germany and will introduce new copyright rules for schools, universities, libraries and other educational institutions.
Navigating research opportunities and sexual harassment
How do you navigate research opportunities when faced with sexual harassment?
Power dynamics of global knowledge production: research collaboration
The limited presence of researchers working at African universities in the leadership of international research projects is an important issue in African Studies. But research collaborations can also marginalize the contributions of researchers based in Africa.
Video explaining Open Access publishing (in German)
The video (in German) gives an overview of the history of scholarly publishing and the origins of the Open Access movement. The “golden” and the “green” path are presented as strategies for open access publishing. The advantages and disadvantages of Open Access are discussed, especially with regard to Article Processing Charges.