University Graduations

Degree in Sociology from Saarland University (Diplom-Soziologe, M.A. equivalent), PhD in Information Science from Saarland University.

Main Research Areas

Electronic publishing, science communication & science infrastructure, scientific publishing, science research, scientometrics, social media, media & information journalism, science journalism.

Since 2001 working for the Saarland University and State Library as project manager and Open Access expert and since 2011 freelancing for ./scidecode.

Projects

Since 2001 project manager of a number of third-party funded projects (mainly funded by the German Research Foundation DFG) at the Saarland University and State Library (SULB), among others:

Virtual Library Psychology
Digital Psychology Information
OPUS 4 (Re-Design of a E-Publishing Software)
Open-Access-Statistics
JISC Usage Statistics Project, fundedy by the Joint Information Systems Committee (UK)
Open Access Publishing
Summa cum Fraude

Memberships in Committees and Associations

Current Memberships in Committees and Associations

Working Group Electronic Publishing of the German Initiative for Networked Information (Deutschen Initiative für Netzwerkinformation DINI e.V.)
Section “Cultural Theory and Cultural Research” of the Austrian Society for Sociology ÖGS
Open Science Working Group of the Open Knowledge Foundation OKFN
Association of Higher Education of Information Science in the German-speaking countries (board member since 03/2017)
Working Group Scientific Publication System of the Alliance of Science Organizations in German, nominated by the German Rectors’ Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, HRK)
Advisory Board of the research project “Open Access in Vocational Education and Training Research” of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training BIBB.
Fellow of the innoSci Future Lab of the German Stifterverband

Former Memberships in Committees and Associations

Sounding Board “Communicating Open Science” of the Max-Planck-Society (2013)
Open Access Working Group of the Leibniz Association
Expert group “Copyright for the Information Society” of the Google Collaboratory
Society for Science and Technology Research /Gesellschaft für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung e.V. (GWTF)

Publications, Reviewer activities, Memberships in Editorial Boards

Ongoing publications of a scientific and journalistic character and lectures at scientific congresses and conferences.

Member of the editorial board of the journals Information, Wissenschaft & Praxis und Young Information Scientist, Reviewer for various scientific journals (e.g. Scientometrics, Information – Open Access Information Science Journal, First Monday, Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung, Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen & Bibliothekare, Technikfolgenabschätzung – Theorie und Praxis“ (TATuP), Young Information Scientist and Information, Wissenschaft & Praxis). Reviewer of applications for funding from the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG), the Leibniz Association (Leibniz Competition) and the Tyrolean Science Funding Programme.

Further information about Ulrich Herb: Lectureships and other teachings

Lectureship at the Hochschule der Medien (HdM) in Stuttgart 2012, 2013, 2016, 20217
Annual guest lectures at the University of Applied Sciences Chur (CH) at the Department of Information Science since 2015
Lectureship at Saarland University in the winter semester 2011/12 and summer semester 2012
Lectureship at the University of Applied Sciences Chur (CH) at the Department of Information Science in 2011