(FAIRe) Forschungsdaten, Open Access und neue Formen der Kommunikation in der Romanistik

Beiträge des FID zur Gestaltung des digitalen Wandels

Abstract

The Specialised Information Service for Romance Philology (FID), run by Hamburg State and University Library and Bonn University and State Library with funding from the German Research Foundation, offers a suite of constantly improved services for finding and accessing literature for research along with rich subject-specific information. The article highlights how the FID-projects revolving around research data management (RDM) and open access (OA) publication practices as well as its use of modern communication technology support transdiciplinary digital Romance studies.

Firstly, it will be argued that RDM following the FAIR Principles always includes a transdisciplinary perspective, followed by a swift introduction to FID services in support of FAIR RDM. Outlining the importance of consistently attributed metadata, it is suggested a broader discussion of this topic within the Romance studies community be initiated.

This is followed by a brief introduction to the extensive information regarding OA the FID provides as well as a preview of the FID’s recently established repository for OA publications from the romance community which is designed to function as central access point for freely accessible academic publications (previously published or unpublished).

The article concludes with a presentation of the FID’s own blog (Romanistik-Blog) and Twitter channel which not only supply information regarding current developments in relevant areas but also supports networking within the romance studies community and beyond.