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Open Access Publishing at the University of Siegen
| Providers: | Kordula Lindner-Jarchow (UB/universi), Lena Vinnemann (UB) |
| When: | Available from Wednesday, 22 April, until Wednesday, 30 September 2026 Total amount of time to be scheduled: approximately 1 hour |
| Where: | Self-paced online course (with optional open counselling sessions) |
| Organiser: | House of Young Talents, University Publishing House universi, University Library |
| Language: | English (auch auf Deutsch im Programm, Details dazu finden Sie hier) |
| Intended for: | The offer is primarily aimed at doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, but it is open to anyone interested. |
| HYT Certificate Programme: | Career or communication module (2 AE); To receive credits for the certificate programme, you must complete a reflection form. You will receive more details after registering. |
Publishing in open access is widespread in the age of open science and is required by many research funding agencies. However, this raises many questions for authors: Immediate open access publication or open access via secondary publication? Publishing via repository or publisher? And what about the costs?
The self-study course provides an overview of the advantages of open access publishing. It presents various publication channels and addresses important issues: different types of open access, selection criteria for journals and publishers, licence selection, contract design, costs and financing options, etc. The publishing services of the University of Siegen will also be presented: Financial support from the Open Access Publications Funds and special conditions at publishers, the Open Access Repository OPUS Siegen and the University Publishing House unversi.
Upon prior request (by email to oa@ub.uni-siegen.de), you can also join via Webex.
Prior registration is required.
