The openCost team is publishing a draft metadata schema for capturing cost data as an RFC and is soliciting feedback from the community.
Report on openCost events
The results of the openCost Hands-on Lab, which took place during the 8th German Library Congress, have now been published in a detailed report in the latest O-Bib issue.
Report on the international expert workshop “openCost: the road to publication cost transparency”
The project team presented its first results at the openCost workshop. In addition, (inter)national experts contributed their experiences with publication fees and cost recording.
Workshop “openCost: the road to publication cost transparency”
From 5 to 7 October 2022, we will be hosting the expert workshop “openCost: the road to publication cost transparency” at the Deutsches Elektronen-Sychrotron (DESY) in Hamburg, to which we cordially invite interested parties.
Save the date: Expert workshop from 5. to 7.10.2022
From Wednesday, 5.10.2022 to Friday, 7.10.2022 the 1st openCost expert workshop takes place at the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg.
OpenCost at the German Library Congress: Results of the Workshop
In addition to presenting the openCost project, the Hands-on Lab served as a joint exchange of information and ideas with the community.
Expert meeting “Total Cost of Publishing”
Expert meeting ‘Total Cost of Publishing'” on 2.6.2022 at the German Library Congress in Leipzig
Workshop: Strategy for collecting the “total cost of publishing”
Public workshop “Strategy for collecting the ‘Total Cost of Publishing'” on 1.6.2022 at the Gemran Library Congress in Leipzig
openCost: provision of publication costs
Description of the project “openCost: automated, standardized delivery and open provision of publication costs and publishing agreements”