Introduction 

Open Science is understood as open access to all scientific information, such as literature, data and software. Benefits of Open Science are for instance faster communication of research findings and higher visibility in the research community (Arbeitsgruppe Open Access der Schwerpunktinitiative Digitale Information der Allianz der deutschen Wissenschaftsorganisationen; Fournier 2012) 

quality control and long-term availability 

  benefits for  - 

-  researchers: Findings are openly distributed and are accessible to anyone, this means easier distribution of research results, easier collaboration due to open data - 

-  scientific institutions: Preservation and availability of research results inspite of highly mobile scientists - 

-  science: anyone can participate, findings are shared and distributed broadly, less duplicate studies saves money, better reproducability which makes science better Table 1:   Groups 

                                                   

Groups  of benefit from personal to collective benefit  Researcher Institution Science  visibility of research findings preservation better reproducability  accessibility collective

Individual researcher	Research institution	Science
visibility	Availability  of research availability of research results inspite of highly mobile scientists accessibility of research  easier collaboration easier collaboration   How results	open discussion
reputation	Easier collaboration	easier collaboration
preservation		less duplicate studies save money
acessibility		better reproducability

  

How  does Open Science at ZALF differ from universities? small 

small  institution compared to universities (financial differences? Library and data management department do not do research but are service facilities. (obligations of researchers not only towards ZALF but also towards other institutions). Leibniz Association inspires ZALF with guidelines and tools like LeibnizOpen. What do we want to achieve (at ZALF)?  easier collaboration between research groups within ZALF and with other institutions (less beaurocracy with data sharing agreements, collaborations with big institutions are complicated, who is allowed to sign contracts?)  higher visibility of research output  higher importance of research data as lots of data are produced at ZALF. Due to high mobility of researchers and the age distribution among ZALF employees it is important to think of how to discover data available at ZALF and their long-term storage. At the moment, the currency of science are papers in highly ranked journals, therefore they are properly archived/stored (Kann man hier von Archiv sprechen?). But science consists of more than papers and the current practice of focus on quantity (in addition to quality?/ same researchers need to write more and in addition review more) is not sustainable.