Reaching the researchers
Résumé
The Open Science movement - at least as far as Germany and France are concerned - is largely driven by librarians and the academic infrastructure in general. Science, however, is - as the name suggests - done by scientists. It is therefore not hard to see that open science professionals ought to work in close collaboration with researchers to make sure that their efforts flourish so academics can profit from them. Moreover, only through close exchange can open science professionals find out how they can best support their researchers. Unfortunately, many Open Science professionals feel that such close collaboration is scarce.
In this meet-up, we would like to exchange perspectives and experiences on that matter. Let us discuss which measures have already been tried by open science professionals and which of them have (not) worked and why so. Moreover, to the end of enhancing our services and consulting offerings, we would like to discuss with regards to what exactly scientists and scholars would like the open science professionals' support.