FID GEO: Digital transformation and Open Access in Germany's geoscience research community

<p>Poster presented at EGU General Assembly 2017</p> <p>Abstract: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-17673.pdf</p> <p>The ‘Specialized Information Service for Solid Earth Sciences’ (FID GEO) supports Germany’s geoscience research community in 1) electronic publishing of i) institutional and “grey” literature not released in publishing houses and ii) pre- and postprints of research articles 2) digitising geoscience literature and maps and 3) addressing the publication of research data associated with peer-reviewed research articles (data supplements). Established in 2016, FID GEO is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is run by the Göttingen State and University Library (SUB Göttingen) and the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.