Doctoral students, researchers & lecturers
The ZHB supports doctoral students, researchers and lecturers at the university in all matters relating to literature research, literature management, publishing in Open Access and research data management.
Courses
We offer regularly courses on literature research, literature management software, Open Access and research data management.
Individual workshops
On request, we are glad to hold short or longer workshops and information events at your seminar, institute or research group on publishing in Open Access, for research data management, in literature research and for literature reference software. We will be happy to address your specific needs.
Contact: simone.rosenkranz@zhbluzern.ch
LORY Lucerne Open Repository
LORY (Lucerne Open Repository) is the institutional repository of the university. It is particularly suitable for secondary publications. For this purpose, bibliografic data must be entered in the university's research information system (FIS) and also full texts uploaded for to be released on LORY. The Open Access team of the ZHB takes care of the rights clearance with the publishers, sets an embargo if necessary and - if legally possible - definitively releases the publication for LORY. LORY is also suitable for the publication of research data - provided that these may be made freely accessible.
- More informations about the FIS
- Contact for questions about uploading to the FIS for LORY: lory@zhbluzern.ch
- Contact for questions about publishing research data: forschungsdaten@zhbluzern.ch
Research Data Management
The ZHB offers courses, workshops and personal consultations on all aspects of research data management and the publication of research data. The repository LORY of the University of Lucerne is suitable for the publication of research data - as long as they may be made freely accessible.
Read & Publish Agreements
As a member of the University of Lucerne, you have the opportunity to publish Open Access articles in thousands of journals published by Elsevier, Springer, Sage, Cambridge, Taylor&Francis, and Wiley at no additional cost within the framework of existing "Read&Publish Agreements".
More information on the Read&Publish Agreements
Funding an Open Access Publication
There are various ways to finance your Open Access publication:
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF): costs for journal articles (in a fully "Gold" Open Access journal) produced as part of an SNSF-funded project and for monographs even without a connection to an SNSF project; all funded publications must undergo peer review (in the case of dissertations, the expert opinions count as peer review)
- Read&Publish Agreements: costs for an Open Access publication in thousands of journals published by Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor&Francis, Cambridge and Sage
- Research Commitee of the University ("FoKo") or funding through your Faculty: Contributions to publications including Open Access publications
Publication of Open Access journals
The ZHB offers the possibility to professionally organise and publish Open Access journals. This is done by the publication and presentation platform Open Journal Systems (OJS).
- Examples of journals hosted by the ZHB on OJS
- Contact: simone.rosenkranz@zhbluzern.ch
Papago - Your Open Access Assistant
Would you like to know more about your funding options, your rights and obligations regarding Open Access in connection with one of your publications? Simply answer the questions posed by Papago below and you will receive an answer tailored to your situation in the form of a detailed information sheet. Papago is available in four languages (German, English, French and Italian).
Workspaces for doctoral and postdoctoral students
24 workspaces with 48 lockers are available to doctoral and post-doctoral students of the University of Lucerne and the PH Lucerne in a separate room. The workspaces are allocated for half a year and are free of charge. The registration form is also available at the information desk.
Contact & Advice
- Open Access and Publishing: simone.rosenkranz@zhbluzern.ch
- Research Data: nadja.meyenhofer@zhbluzern.ch
- Literature Research and Literature Management: informationskompetenz@zhbluzern.ch
- Workspaces: info.upg@zhbluzern.ch