{"id":1393,"date":"2022-11-11T08:58:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T07:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/open-access-berlin\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2023-08-14T15:15:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T13:15:36","slug":"open-access-and-share-your-knowledge-publishing-in-african-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/open-access-berlin\/2022\/11\/11\/open-access-and-share-your-knowledge-publishing-in-african-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Access and share your knowledge! Publishing in African Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Report on the online workshop on 2nd November 2022
By Anne Schumann Douosson and Linda Martin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

African Studies covers various disciplines, each of which  has its own publishing culture. Academics are united by the regional frame of their research, which is geared towards researchcollaboration across continental borders.
In a half-day workshop<\/a>, jointly organised by the African Studies Library<\/a> and open-access.network<\/a>, on 2nd November 2022, scholars and infrastructure providers came together to exchange on open access publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event offered participants the opportunity for exchange and networking. A short question about the expectations of the workshop revealed key interests of the participants: more structured information on how and where open access publishing is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

No licence does not mean that your work is protected from misuse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a short presentation in the first session of the workshop, Prof. Dr. Paul Klimpel<\/a> explained the possibilities of secondary publication rights (Green Open Access<\/a>) available under German copyright law. Some important take-aways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n