As part of International Open Access Week 2018, the Medical Library offers its Open Access Workshop in the German language, for the first time. 

Aimed at: The workshop is suitable for both scientists and students at the Charité. Knowledge of both German and English languages will be needed.

Contents: Besides the fundamentals of Open Access, this workshop also offers hands on exercises at PCs. Participants will get to know important phrases, data sources and tools that help when choosing a journal for publication.

• The workshop covers:
  Different options when publishing Open Access: the green and gold routes
• Expectations from publishers and funders, including:
  - Versions: Pre-print, Post-print, Publisher pdf
  - Embargos
  - Creative Commons Licenses
• Article Processing Charges or fees from the publisher and how to negotiate over these
• Funding through the Charité OA Publication fund
• Selection of a suitable OA repository for archiving.

Speaker Steffi Grimm has expertise in Open Access and electronic publishing. Since October 2018 she has led the Open Access Team at the Charité Medical Library. Before this she worked in the Open Access Team at TU Berlin with responsibility for Gold Open Access and publication fund issues. She holds an MA in Library and information science from Humboldt University of Berlin.