Enhancing  quality and quantity of the research output is a matter of moment. In addition, the moment, especially since ZALF is in rotation for Leibniz evaluation. The  proportion of open access publications is requested, but not assessed by the evaluation committee. Open Data are not being evaluated, so far. Nevertheless, the data management department of ZALF has received more requests about registering data in 2014 and 2015 than before. The inclusion of Open Research Data and ZALF publications into commercial data bases and non-profit repositories might be a reason for rising awareness for Open Science.

Forthcoming Forthcoming  information and education events of service departments in order to explain short and long-term benefits of Open Science, might also help to recognise fears and to meet scientists’ needs. Easy-to-use tools for publication and data management and registration are crucial and need to be promoted. Further technical solutions need to be implemented to facilitate the scientists’ worklife and to reduce the workload. An aim is to capture the long tail of research information and make the so-called dark data which are difficult to find available (Heidorn, 2008). And as policies have been a means to promote Open Science at several German institutions, ZALF is currently preparing a data policy in addition to the existing Open Access policy. A challenge all service departments will accept gladly to opening up science.