The FFH Open Access Repository – A Novel Strategy for Research Communications for Universities of Applied Sciences

After almost one year of operation of the FFH Open Access Repository, the authors of this paper would like to discuss their trial in answering the research question: “What kind of novel paths can be followed in research communications?” Hence, the paper describes the current baseline of the topic Open Access in Europe, gives an overview about the state of the art in building open digital repositories, introduces the use case “FFH Open Access Repository” with regard to the design and technical implementation, and finally, provides an evaluation of the FFH Open Access Repository.