Von Sehepunkten und Zeitenblicken : Erfahrungen beim Aufbau zweier geisteswissenschaftlicher Open Access-Zeitschriften

Open access issues are exemplified by the publication history of two journals, sehepunkte and zeitenblicke. Both are now established humanities journals, and even if in the beginning their success was mainly based on traditional publication structures, their availability as open access journals raised their acceptance. Some open questions remain: On the one hand, legal issues concerning open access publishing have to be communicated to authors. On the other hand, it will be necessary to find ways for financing both online journals without public subsidies - and without undermining the open access principle.