Open Science is a choice: Let's talk about how we can support this choice

A recent workshop from the Leiden Research Support Conference

Michelle van den Berk, Dan Rudmann, Karlijn Hermans and Friedel Grant • July 12, 2023

Open Access Week 2022: will you help to open the scholarly debate?

Open digital infrastructures can facilitate the academic discourse, change the academic publication process, make scholarly communication into a dialogue for all.

Saskia Woutersen Windhouwer, Michelle van den Berk and Kristina Hettne • October 24, 2022

Preprints and preregistration: making your research or research plans publicly available at an early stage.

We explored two different ways of opening up research at an early stage: preprints and pre-registration. How to go about making your research or research plans publicly available at an early stage, and what can you expect to happen after you have done so?

Michelle van den Berk, Kristina Hettne and Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam • February 28, 2022

Data sharing and the GDPR

Working with personal data in compliance with EU privacy legislation may already be challenging by itself; when collaborating in consortium projects with partners from outside the University, it requires dedicated knowledge and attention.

Michelle van den Berk • June 08, 2021

Tip 5: Request open access funding in your research proposal

When you wish to apply for funding, pay close attention to the requirements of your funder on Open Access publishing

Michelle van den Berk • October 20, 2020

Tip 2: 100% Open Access through the VSNU agreements with publishers.

A straightforward and cost-effective road towards 100% Open Access is through publishing articles in journals that are part of an agreement between VSNU and publishers.

Michelle van den Berk • October 19, 2020

Five tips to make 100% Open Access a reality

During the International Open Access week (19-26th October 2020) the Open Access Team will give daily tips to make all your peer-reviewed publications open access.

Saskia Woutersen Windhouwer, Michelle van den Berk and Kristina Hettne • October 19, 2020

If you love your data, share it!

On 28 January we piloted our new workshop “How to publish your data” in which we discuss with researchers what decisions to make and what steps to take to publish their data in a public repository.

Michelle van den Berk, Kristina Hettne and Joanne Yeomans • February 14, 2020

PLAN S: How can you comply with the new Open Access requirements set by your funder?

A large group of research funders has joined forces in the so called cOAlition S to include strict rules on Open Access publishing as a requirement in their policies. When you receive their funding, you must comply with the requirements of PLAN S.

Michelle van den Berk • June 14, 2019

Digital Scholarship@Leiden

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