« Research data is a crucial issue in open science. The ZBW is involved in its implementation in a range of research data projects. Here, we provide an overview of activities on various levels: from research data management for researchers and building national research data infrastructures to scientific research regarding research…
« On 14 September 2016 the European Commission published a package of proposals aimed at the modernisation of copyright within the digital single market. The full suite of proposals (hereinafter “copyright package”) as well as the Commission’s background documents can be accessed via ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/modernisation-eu-copyright-rules. This copyright package is of particular interest…
« Researchers would like more advisory services on Open Access, research data and the handling of non-textual material
How do researchers in the natural sciences and engineering find out about the latest developments and trends in their discipline? Which library services would they like to support them during the work process?…
« The Joint Lab Data Science & Open Knowledge explores new ways to access information in large databases
What is the optimal way to search in large databases in the internet, in libraries or archives? How can distributed information be better connected and information flows between organisations be organised smoothly?…
« Good acceptance among researchers working in Germany
The unambiguous assignment of authors to their publications is one of the major challenges of publication management in science. ORCID’s development into a standard for author identification in Germany and beyond is the main goal of ORCID and the project
« BERLIN—In a third-floor conference room here overlooking the famous Potsdamer Platz, once bisected by the Berlin Wall, the future of academic publishing is being negotiated. The backdrop is fitting, because if the librarians and academic leaders at the table get their way, another major divide will soon fall: the paywall…
« This volume contains the proceedings of the VLDB 2017 PhD Workshop, co-located with the 43nd International Conference on Very Large Database (VLDB 2017) and held on August 28,2017, in Munich, Germany.
The established VLDB PhD Workshop series is a unique opportunity for graduate students to present…
« The Open Science Fellows Program is an initiative from Wikimedia Deutschland, Stifterverband, and VolkswagenStiftung aimed at junior scientists who want to incorporate Open Science into their research. Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, the Center for Digital Systems (CeDiS) at Freie Universität Berlin and Göttingen State and University Library…
« Les deux chambres du Parlement allemand ont approuvé la réforme du droit d’auteur (le 30 juin 2017 pour le Bundestag et le 7 juillet pour le Bundesrat). La nouvelle loi regroupe une série d’exceptions, déjà présentes dans la précédente loi, en faveur de la recherche et de l’enseignement avec une nouveauté…
« Twelve conceptual designs for large-scale research infrastructures have been evaluated in detail and comparatively assessed by a mandated committee of the German Council of Science and Humanities, at the request of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The evaluated research infrastructures are facilities, resources and services assigned…
