DeepGreen

Our Goals

DeepGreen is a delivery service for open access articles. We supply open access repositories with publisher content. Automated, legally compliant and targeted.

In doing so, we as DeepGreen strive for the following:

Technically reliable service for the allocation and delivery of publishers’ content.
The guarantee of common metadata standards and formats.
Targeted monitoring options and statistics.

Above all, we aim to increase the proportion of open access publications in repositories in Germany and beyond. We would like to invite all publishers and repositories to participate in DeepGreen: Join in!

Who we are

The library network Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (KOBV), the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and the University Library of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are currently working together on DeepGreen – while maintaining their legal and economic independence. This is a project without its own legal entity. Please do not hesitate to contact us.

Contact

Publications

Literature

01.03.2022 // Article in „o-bib : das offene Bibliotheksjournal“

Julia Boltze, Annika Höllerl, Monika Kuberek, Stefan Lohrum, Heinz Pampel, Markus Putnings, Regina Retter, Beate Rusch, Hildegard Schäffler, Konstanze Söllner. “DeepGreen: Eine Infrastruktur für die Open-Access-Transformation”. In: O-Bib. Das Offene Bibliotheksjournal, hrsg. vom VDB, 9 (1) 2022, S. 1-13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5282/o-bib/5764

10.09.2019 // Article in the Open Access Journal „GMS Medizin-Bibliothek-Information“

Beate Rusch, Julia Boltze, Thomas Dierkes, Julia Alexandra Goltz-Fellgiebel, Hedda Staub. „DeepGreen – DeepGold: Open-Access-Transformation – Entwicklung und Perspektiven“. In: GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information, 19 (1-2) 2019.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3205/mbi000432

02.04.2019 // Congress contribution in „o-bib : das offene Bibliotheksjournal“

Julia Alexandra Goltz-Fellgiebel, Markus Putnings. „Open-Access-Transformation mit DeepGreen: Gemeinsam den (grünen) Schatz heben“. In: O-Bib. Das Offene Bibliotheksjournal, hrsg. vom VDB, 6 (1) 2019, S. 1-11.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5282/o-bib/2019H1S1-11.

11.04.2017 // Open in Action in Berlin-Brandenburg

Wolfgang Peters-Kottig, Beate Rusch, Thomas Dierkes. „Open in Action in Berlin-Brandenburg. . Open-Access-Projekte wissenschaftlicher Einrichtungen aus Berlin und Brandenburg 2016“, Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin, S. 56-57.
URN: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-100245927

17.12.2016 // Congress contribution in „o-bib : das offene Bibliotheksjournal“

Markus Putnings, Beate Rusch. „DeepGreen – Entwicklung eines rechtssicheren Workflows zur effizienten Umsetzung der Open-Access-Komponente in den Allianz-Lizenzen für die Wissenschaft“. In: „o-bib : das offene Bibliotheksjournal“, hrsg. vom VDB, 3 (4) 2016, S. 110-119.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5282/o-bib/2016H4S110-119.

31.10.2016 // KOBV-Special edition for the Open-Access-Week 2016

Beate Rusch, Thomas Dierkes. „Das DeepGreen-Projekt“. In Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (Ed.): KOBV-Sonderedition zur International Open Access Week 2016 „Open in Action“. 28 S.
DOI: 10.12752/3.oa.1.1

12.02.2022 // DFG final report

Roland Bertelmann, Thorsten Koch, Klaus Ceynowa et al. “DeepGreen: Etablierung und Weiterentwicklung rechtssicherer Workflows zur effizienten Umsetzung von Open-Access-Komponenten in Lizenzvereinbarungen für wissenschaftliche Publikationen – Abschlussbericht”. ZIB-Report 21-37.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12752/8542

11.02.2021 // Guidelines

Roland Bertelmann, Julia Boltze, Klaus Ceynowa et al. “DeepGreen: Open-Access-Transformation in der Informationsinfrastruktur – Anforderungen und Empfehlungen, Version 1.0”. ZIB-Report 21-03.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12752/8150

21.08.2019 // Guidelines for institutional repositories

Katharina Behrend, Roland Bertelmann, Julia Boltze et al. „DeepGreen – Open Access Transformation: Eine Handreichung für institutionelle Repositorien. Version 1.0“. ZIB-Report 19-31.
URN: urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-74438
DOI:https://doi.org/10.12752/7443

01.08.2018 // Project proposal 2nd funding phase

Roland Bertelmann, Klaus Ceynowa, Jürgen Christof, Thorsten Koch, Konstanze Söllner „DeepGreen – Open Access Transformation Etablierung und Weiterentwicklung rechtssicherer Workflows zur effizienten Umsetzung von Open-Access-Komponenten in Lizenzvereinbarungen für wissenschaftliche Publikationen“. ZIB-Report 18-39.
URN: urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-69612

23.09.2016 // Questionnaire for publishers

Pascal-Nicolas Becker, Roland Bertelmann, Klaus Ceynowa et al. „Questionnaire for effective exchange of bibliographic metadata – current status of publishing houses“.
URN: urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-60419

01.06.2016 // DeepGreen – Metadata schema

Pascal-Nicolas Becker, Roland Bertelmann, Klaus Ceynowa et al. „DeepGreen – Metadata Schema for the exchange of publications between publishers and open access repositories. Version 1.1. June 2016“.
URN: urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-59580
DOI:10.12752/3.dg.1.0

01.01.2016 // Project proposal

Jürgen Christof, Roland Bertelmann, Rolf Griebel, Thorsten Koch, Konstanze Söllner „DeepGreen – Entwicklung eines rechtssicheren Workflows zur effizienten Umsetzung der Open-Access-Komponente in den Allianz-Lizenzen für die Wissenschaft“. ZIB-Report 15-58.
URN: urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-56799

06.10.2021 // 22. DINI-Jahrestagung 2021

“DeepGreen – Infrastruktur zur Förderung der Open-Access-Transformation“
Speakers: Julia Boltze (KOBV), Annika Höllerl (BSB)

29.09.2021 // Open-Access-Tage 2021

“DeepGreen – Vom Projekt zum nationalen Open-Access-Service“
Speakers: Julia Boltze (KOBV), Heinz Pampel (Helmholtz), Markus Putnings (FAU)

02.03.2021 // DeepGreen Kick-Off

“Kick-Off für die Zukunft von DeepGreen: bisherige Erfolge und neue Ziele”
Speakers: Julia Boltze (KOBV), Matthias Gross (BVB), Stefan Lohrum (KOBV), Heinz Pampel (Helmholtz), Markus Putnings (FAU), Regina Retter (BSB), Beate Rusch (KOBV), Hildegard Schäffler (BSB), Konstanze Söllner (FAU)

26.05.2020 // 109. Bibliothekartag

„DeepGreen im Testbetrieb – Erkenntnisse und Schlussfolgerungen“
Speakers: Julia Boltze (KOBV), Regina Retter (BSB)

06.09.2019 // 37. ASpB-Tagung, Frankfurt am Main

„DeepGreen – Der Grüne-Soßen-Lieferdienst“,
Speakers: Markus Putnings (FAU), Abstract eingereicht am 17.06.2019

26.06.2019 // LIBER, Dublin/Ireland

„DeepGreen – Open Access Transformation“,
Speakers: Beate Rusch (KOBV), Hildegard Schäffler (BSB)

12.06.2019 // OPEN REPOSITORIES, Hamburg

„DeepGreen – Pushing on the Green Road of Open Access“, Session Green Roads to Open Access
Speakers: Eike Wannick (GFZ), Julia Boltze (KOBV).

07.05.2019 // ELAG 2019, Berlin

Bootcamp: „OA-Transformation in Aktion: DeepGreen für AnwenderInnen“
Speakers: Thomas Dierkes, Julia Alexandra Goltz-Fellgiebel

19.03.2019 // Deutscher Bibliothekartag 2019, Leipzig

Hands-on Lab:„Open-Access-Transformation in Aktion – DeepGreen für AnwenderInnen und BetreiberInnen institutioneller Repositorien“
Speakers: Thomas Dierkes, Julia Boltze, Julia Goltz-Fellgiebel, Cornelia Hoffmann

12.02.2019 // 6. RepManNet-Treffen, Universitätsbibliothek Wien

„DeepGreen als automatisches Artikelverteilsystem: Ein Modell auch für Österreich?“
Speakers: Beate Rusch, Thomas Dierkes (KOBV), Hedda Staub (BSB).

23.10.2018 // KfL-Workshop „Runder Tisch zu Rechtsformen, Betriebs- und Geschäftsmodellen für zentrale Informationsinfrastruktureinrichtungen“, Göttingen

„DeepGreen als Service“
Speakers: Wolfgang Peters-Kottig (KOBV).

09.10.2018 // 21. EZB-Anwendertreffen, Regensburg

„Nutzung von Open-Access-Rechten aus Allianz-Lizenzen mit DeepGreen“
Speakers: Thomas Dierkes (KOBV)

25.09.2018 // Open-Access-Tage 2018, Graz

„Einfach Automatisiert: die DeepGreen Datendrehscheibe“
Speakers: Kaja Scheliga (GFZ), Michael Kassube (BSB)

24./25.09.2018 // Open-Access-Tage 2018, Graz

Technical presentation of the DeepGreen project at the Tool Marketplace
Speakers: Thomas Dierkes (KOBV)

14.06.2018 // Bibliothekstag 2018, Berlin

„Open-Access-Transformation mit DeepGreen: Gemeinsam den (grünen) Schatz heben“.
Speakers: Julia Alexandra Goltz-Fellgiebel (KOBV), Markus Putnings (FAU)

13.06.2018 // Bibliothekartag 2018, Berlin

„Import von Open-Access-Veröffentlichungen aus Verlagen über das Projekt DeepGreen“.
Speakers: Markus Putnings (FAU)

12.06.2018 // Bibliothekartag 2018, Berlin

Kurzvorstellung des Projektes DeepGreen, aktueller Stand, im: „Hands-on-Lab Zweitveröffentlichungen“ von Michaela Voigt u.a.; Folien etc zu finden unterurn:nbn:de:0290-opus4-33286
Speakers: Julia Alexandra Goltz-Fellgiebel (KOBV)

07.06.2018 // ELAG 2018, Prag (Tschechien)

„DeepGreen – Blending Data to Transform the German Scientific Publication Landscape to More Open Access“.
Speakers: Thomas Dierkes (KOBV)

29.05.2018 // Berliner Bibliothekswissenschaftliches Kolloquium 2018, Berlin

„DeepGreen – Open Access Transformation“.
Speakers: Julia Alexandra Goltz-Fellgiebel (KOBV)

24.04.2018 // DINI-AG Elektronisches Publizieren

Vorstellung des Projektes DeepGreen, aktueller Stand.
Speakers: Paul Vierkant (GFZ)

14.11.2017 // DeepGreen-Workshop 2017

„Open-Access-Transformation mit DeepGreen: Was wir wollen, schon erreicht haben und noch anstreben“.
Speakers: Beate Rusch (KOBV), Hildegard Schäffler (BSB)

10.07.2017 // KOBV-Forum 2017

„DeepGreen – ein technischer Workflow für lizenzrechtliche Open-Access-Vereinbarungen“.
Speakers: Julia Alexandra Goltz (KOBV)

02.03.2017 und 09.03.2017 // interne DNB Schulung

„DeepGreen – ein technischer Workflow für eine lizenzrechtlich gestützte automatisierte Zweitveröffentlichung“
Speakers: Julia Alexandra Goltz (KOBV)

18.10.2016 // 19. EZB-Anwendertreffen, Regensburg

„DeepGreen – Praktische Verwirklichung der Open-Access-Komponente in den Allianz-Lizenzen“
Speakers: Michael Kassube (BSB)

11.10.2016 // 10. Open-Access-Tage, München

„Open Access Workflows für die Praxis“
Speakers: Oliver Schwab (FAU), Michael Kassube (BSB)

15.06.2016 // Wisskom 2016, Jülich

„DeepGreen – Entwicklung eines rechtssicheren Workflows zur effizienten Umsetzung der Open-Access-Komponente in den Allianz-Lizenzen für die Wissenschaft.“
Speakers: Thomas Dierkes (KOBV), Markus Putnings (FAU)
Handle:http://hdl.handle.net/2128/11553

siehe auch: Dierkes; Putnings (2016): „DeepGreen – Entwicklung eines rechtssicheren Workflows zur effizienten Umsetzung der Open-Access-Komponente in den Allianz-Lizenzen für die Wissenschaft“. In „Der Schritt zurück als Schritt nach vorn – Macht der Siegeszug des Open Access Bibliotheken arbeitslos?“ – Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich Reihe Bibliothek / Library 22, S.189. Verfügbar unter: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/11435

16.03.2016 // Bibliothekartag 2016, Leipzig

„DeepGreen Entwicklung eines rechtssicheren Workflows zur effizienten Umsetzung der Open-Access-Komponente in den Allianz-Lizenzen für die Wissenschaft.“ (Abstract)
Speakers: Markus Putnings (FAU), Beate Rusch (KOBV, ZIB)
urn:nbn:de:0290-opus4-24548

25.11.2015 // BVB-Verbundkonferenz 2015

„DeepGreen – ein technischer Workflow für lizenzrechtliche Open-Access-Vereinbarungen“.
Speakers: Julia Alexandra Goltz (KOBV), Markus Putnings (FAU)

29.06.2015 // KOBV-Forum 2015

Minute Madness „Deepgreen – Idee zur Umsetzung der Open-Access-Komponente in den Allianz-Lizenzen“.
Speakers: Julia Alexandra Goltz (KOBV)

History

DeepGreen started as a multi-year DFG project funding with two phases. In the first project phase from 2016 to 2017, DeepGreen focused on licenses specifically funded by the DFG since 2011 and negotiated on a supraregional basis between publishers and libraries, the so-called alliance licenses, which contain special Open Access regulations. And, of course, to the fundamental technical development of the DeepGreen data hub.

From 2018 to 2021, the second project phase integrated further licensing models, such as open access transformation contracts, licences for subject information services (FID) or even golden open access models, and further developed the service for subject repositories in addition to serving institutional repositories. As of 2019, DeepGreen initially delivered data from seven publishers to 56 repositories on a nationwide level.

In the current pilot operation, DeepGreen is being further expanded and is working on the prospect of a sustainable funding model.

Further information

Project contents 2016-2017

Project proposal

In the first project phase, which was funded by the DFG (2016-2017, DFG number 274939300), it was possible to show by example that the OA component contained in the Alliance licences can be implemented via a conveniently designed technical solution: publishers can cyclically feed in publications and metadata via a data hub with defined interfaces. Authorised institutional OA repositories are then served with the data via individual accounts. Legal protection is provided by queries to the Electronic Journals Library (EZB), which provides all the necessary information on the terms of the Alliance licence agreements. A clear assignment to the authorised institution is achieved by evaluating the existing affiliation data.

Communication with publishers: During the project period, several publishers were won over for binding (Letters of Intent from Karger and SAGE) and test cooperation (additional data deliveries and tests of the data hub from Royal Society of Chemistry, Oxford University Press, European Mathematical Society, De Gruyter).

Development of a data scheme: Based on an analysis of the test data provided by the pilot publishers, a metadata scheme was developed in consultation with all project participants, which was then discussed in a workshop and published in a first version.

Analysis of requirements / design of an overall workflow: During the workshop, the requirements of the participating publishers and repositories were documented and then supplemented with the results of a broad-based publisher survey. An overall workflow for the DeepGreen data hub was designed and existing, re-usable software projects or the efforts for a possible in-house development were evaluated.

Implementation of a prototype of the data hub:

As a result of the evaluation of freely available software, the Publications Event Router, a software of the Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc) from the UK, was chosen. This open source software, published on Github, was prototypically adapted to DeepGreen’s requirements and made available to the partner publishers for testing. In cooperation with the EZB, a module for automated licence and rights reconciliation was implemented for the legally secure transmission of publisher data (see also the OA-EZB project).

Implementation of the workflow in the repositories involved:

At the end of June 2017, after several adjustments to the prototype, all test imports for the test repositories of the project partners (each based on one of the following software: OPUS 4, DSpace and eSciDoc/ Pubman) were successful. Special functional extensions were programmed for the OPUS 4 software to make this possible (among other things, a SWORD interface was realised as a technical requirement for data transfer).

Collection of key figures (performance measurement): The figures determined via a manual random sample of publications from the publishers Karger, SAGE, OUP and RSC for the entire year 2015 (possible articles under Alliance licence for the three declining institutions FAU, GFZ and TU Berlin) underline the importance of machine-assisted delivery or second publication.
Project contents 2018-2021

Project proposal second funding phase

Final report

Between August 2018 and June 2021, DeepGreen was further developed in a second DFG-funded project phase (DFG number: 401038572). The second phase of funding focused on the test phase, which started in July 2019. The aim of the test phase was to gain experience in dealing with large publisher data deliveries and the connection of different repository software types. Between September 2019 and June 2021, DeepGreen successfully delivered 35,083 publications from eight publishers to 62 institutional repositories and three subject repositories.

Business model DeepGreen service: In the second phase of the project, it was discussed how the relationship between publishers, repository operators and the operators of DeepGreen could be legally structured, and on this basis a first version of an operating and financing model was drafted. In addition, contracts for the publishers and liability disclaimers for the repositories could be drawn up, which formed a legal basis for the test operation.

Extension to other licensing models: Beyond alliance and national licences, the application of DeepGreen was examined in further licensing contexts. By the end of the project funding, it was possible to distribute publisher content from golden open access, from transformation contracts (including DEAL) and from licences for specialised information services.

Extension to other data recipients: Workflows for subject repositories and research information systems were successfully developed. By the end of the second project phase, six current research information systems and three subject repositories had been connected.

Practicability of the data hub: In a test phase lasting almost two years, the data hub could be extensively tested. This was the only way to identify and eliminate errors.

Further development of DeepGreen: In order to make the DeepGreen software robust and sustainable for real operation, two major updates were absolutely necessary. With the help of the external company Cottage Labs, DeepGreen was updated to Python 3 and Elasticsearch 7.10. In addition, a filter for publisher deliveries was implemented in the repository accounts.

Repository partners: Building on the results from the first project phase, workflow recommendations were developed for processing DeepGreen deliveries on the repository side. The results were published in the guideline DeepGreen: Open-Access-Transformation in the information infrastrukture – Requirements and Recommendations.

Communication with the expert community: The project team has used numerous opportunities to present DeepGreen to the professional community. Accompanying the presentations and publications, the status of the project was continuously documented on the DeepGreen website and on the DeepGreen Twitter channel. In addition, several webinars and workshops were offered.