Open Science Services at ZALF

Compared to universities, ZALF is a small research  institution with about 170 scientific employees. employees and about 400 employees in total.  (financial differences?) Service departments like the central library and the data management department support the researchers during the their  research process but do not do research on their own. (obligations of researchers for example in literature search or central data acquisition. Research at ZALF is characterized by applied and interdisciplinary topics, collaborations within ZALF and with other institutions. Researchers are often obliged  not only towards ZALF but also towards other institutions). Leibniz Association inspires ZALF with   guidelines and tools like LeibnizOpen.  What do we want research institutions due  to achieve (at ZALF)?  easier joint appointments or professorships.

Open Science at ZALF could facilitate  collaboration between research groups within ZALF and with other institutions (less 

(less  beaurocracy with data sharing agreements, collaborations with big institutions are complicated, who is allowed to   sign contracts?)  higher 

higher  visibility of research output higher importance of research data as lots of data are produced at ZALF.  Due to high mobility of researchers 

As it is common in other research facilities, scientists at ZALF are highly mobile.  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.