Task Group Open Access Transformation
The Task Group Open Access Transformation is a joint Task Group of the Working Group Open Science and the Working Group Library and Information Management of the Helmholtz Association and is guided by the Helmholtz Open Science Office.
Goals of the Task Group
The Task Group works on supporting measures for the Open Access transformation of the Helmholtz Association.
The Task Group is guided by the Helmholtz Open Science Office.
Duration
Ongoing since October 2016.
Products and Events of the Task Group
- Memorandum on the Open Access Transformation at the Helmholtz Association – Position Paper of the Working Groups “Open Science” and “Library and Information Management” (2024; German version)
- Discussion paper: Scholarly Publishing at Helmholtz: Status Quo, Scenarios for Scholar-Led Publishing (2024; German version)
- Point of View: Open Access as the standard in science (2024)
- Report Helmholtz Open Science Forum “Scholar-Led Publishing at Helmholtz”, (Helmholtz Open Science Briefing) (2023)
- Internal Memorandum on the Open Access Transformation in the Helmholtz Association (2021)
- Criteria for the Operation of Open Access Publication Funds and the Payment of Open Access Publication Fees (2020)
Presence at Conferences and Meetings
- Helmholtz Open Science Forum “Scholar-Led Publishing at Helmholtz” (2023)
- Internal Workshop on Open Access Transformation (2021)
Members of the Task Group
- Martin Köhler, DESY
- Jutta Lotz, DLR
- Bernhard Mittermaier, FZJ
- Maria Nüchter, KIT
- Luise Ott, GFZ
- Ines Schmahl, FZJ
- Barbara Schmidt, GEOMAR
- Rhiannon Schmitt, KIT
- Dagmar Sitek, DKFZ
- Astrid Uerlichs, HMGU
