Ulrich Herb

Publications

• Prekäre Arbeitsbedingungen an deutschen Hochschulen

  Herb, Ulrich, Neis, Matthias

  telepolis. 01/2011;

• "Das sind meine Akten". Bilanz nach fünf Jahren Informationsfreiheitsgesetz

  Herb, Ulrich

  telepolis. 01/2011;

• Open Source, Open Access, Open Review, Open Data. Initiativen zu mehr Offenheit in der digitalen Welt

  Herb, Ulrich

  Saarbrücker Hefte. 01/2011;

• Wissensorganisation à la Open Source. Wie die Open Knowledge Foundation freies Wissen fördert

  Herb, Ulrich

  c't. 01/2011;

• Für Wissenschaftler wertlos. Das Zählpixel der VG Wort

  Herb, Ulrich

  Telepolis. 01/2011;

• Sociological implications of scientific publishing: Open access, science, society, democracy, and the digital divide

  Herb, Ulrich

  First Monday. 02/2010; 15.

  Claims for open access are mostly underpinned with 1. science–related arguments (open access accelerates scientific communication); 2. financial arguments (open access relieves the serials crisis); 3. social arguments (open access reduces the digital divide); 4. democracy–related arguments (open ... [more] Claims for open access are mostly underpinned with 1. science–related arguments (open access accelerates scientific communication); 2. financial arguments (open access relieves the serials crisis); 3. social arguments (open access reduces the digital divide); 4. democracy–related arguments (open access facilitates participation); and, 5. socio–political arguments (open access levels disparities). Using sociological concepts and notions, this article focuses strongly on Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of (scientific) capital and its implications for the acceptance of open access, Michel Foucault’s discourse analysis and the implications of open access for the concept of the digital divide. Bourdieu’s theory of capital implies that the acceptance of open access depends on the logic of power and the accumulation of scientific capital. It does not depend on slogans derived from hagiographic self–perceptions of science (e.g., the acceleration of scientific communication) and scientists (e.g., their will to share their information freely). According to Bourdieu’s theory, it is crucial for open access (and associated concepts like alternative impact metrics) to understand how scientists perceive its potential influence on existing processes of capital accumulation and how open access will affect their demand for status. Foucault’s discourse analysis suggests that open access may intensify disparities, scientocentrism and ethnocentrism. Additionally, several concepts from the philosophy of sciences (Popper, Kuhn, Feyerabend) and their implicit connection to the concept of open access are described in this paper.

• Open-Access-Förderverin für arXiv

  Herb, Ulrich

  Telepolis. 01/2010;

• Förderung von Open-Access-Fonds für deutsche Hochschulen

  Herb, Ulrich

  Telepolis. 01/2010;

• Petition pro Open Access

  Herb, Ulrich

  Telepolis. 11/2009;

• Vernetzte Forscher. Soziale Netzwerke für Wissenschaftler

  Herb, Ulrich

  c't. 11/2009;

• Ein heißer Open-Access-Herbst?

  Herb, Ulrich

  Telepolis. 10/2009;

• Nutzungsstatistiken elektronischer Publikationen

  Herb, Ulrich, Mittelsdorf, Björn, Metje, Daniel, Schulze, Matthias, Horstmann, Wolfram, Dobratz, Susanne, Scholze, Frank

  DINI-Schriftenreihe. 10/2009;

• Nuancen in Grün: Betrieb eines institutionellen und disziplinären Repositoriums – Erfahrungen und Entwicklungen an der Saarländischen Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek

  Herb, Ulrich, Müller Matthias

  GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für medizinisches Bibliothekswesen. 06/2009; 9.

  http://www.egms.de/de/journals/mbi/2009-9/mbi000135.shtml

• Science 2.0: Social Network für Wissenschaftler

  Herb, Ulrich

  Heise online. 03/2009;

• Nuancen in Grün: Betrieb eines institutionellen und disziplinären Repositoriums – Erfahrungen und Entwicklungen an der Saarländischen Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek / Shades of green: Maintaining both an institutional and a disciplinary repository – experiences and current developments at Saarland University and State Library

  Ulrich Herb, Matthias Müller

  GMS Medizin-Bibliothek-Information. 01/2009;

  Since the year 1999 Saarland University and State Library (Germany) is offering EPublishing services in the form of an Open Access repository. Due to its triple role as a University Library, a State Library and as the Special Subject Library for Psychology Saarland University and State Library separ... [more] Since the year 1999 Saarland University and State Library (Germany) is offering EPublishing services in the form of an Open Access repository. Due to its triple role as a University Library, a State Library and as the Special Subject Library for Psychology Saarland University and State Library separated its self-archiving-services into three different repositories. This article reflectsa) the experiences from the maintenance of both an institutional and a disciplinary repositoryb) current projects that want to make repositories more attractive for scientistsc) the development of alternatives for golden road publishing as an open access university press both for Saarland University and the Psychological community.

• Sonderausschüttung der VG Wort für Onlinetexte

  Herb, Ulrich

  Telepolis. 12/2008;

• Open Access - A Panacea? Science, Society, Democracy, Digital Divide

  Herb, Ulrich

  Social Science Research Network SSRN, Economics of Networks Series. 11/2008;

  Claims for Open Access are mostly underpinned with: a) science-related arguments (Open Access accelerates scientific communication) b) financial arguments (Open Access relieves the serials crisis), c) social (Open Access reduces the Digital Divide), d) democracy-related arguments (Open Access facil... [more] Claims for Open Access are mostly underpinned with: a) science-related arguments (Open Access accelerates scientific communication) b) financial arguments (Open Access relieves the serials crisis), c) social (Open Access reduces the Digital Divide), d) democracy-related arguments (Open Access facilitates participation) e) and socio-political arguments (Open Access levels disparities). Using sociological concepts and notions this article analyses some of the presumptions mentioned. It focuses strongly on Pierre Bourdieu's theory of (scientific) capital and its implications for the acceptance of Open Access, Michel Foucault's discourse analysis and the implications of Open Access for the Digital Divide concept. Bourdieu's theory of capital implies that the acceptance of Open Access depends on the logic of power and the accumulation of scientific capital. It does not depend on slogans derived from hagiographic self-perceptions of science (e.g. the acceleration of scientific communication) and scientists (e.g. their will to share their information freely). According to Bourdieu's theory it is crucial for Open Access (and associated concepts like alternative impact metrics) how scientists perceive its potential influence on existing processes of capital accumulation and how it will affect their demand for distinction. Considering the Digital Divide concept Foucault's discourse analysis suggests that Open Access may intensify disparities, scientocentrisms and ethnocentrisms. Additionally several concepts from the philosophy of sciences (by Karl Raimund Popper, Samuel Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend) and their implicit connection to the concept of Open Access are described.

• Open Access - Symbiose, Koexistenz oder Konkurrenz? PEER untersucht Wechselwirkung zwischen Open Access und kommerziellen Verlagsinteressen

  Herb, Ulrich

  Telepolis. 11/2008;

• Open Access in the Social Sciences

  Herb, Ulrich

  08/2008: pages 84-85;

• The long and winding road: institutional and disciplinary repository at Saarland University and State Library

  Herb, Ulrich, Müller, Matthias

  GreyNet. 07/2008; 4.