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More than 100 German universities and research institutions have entered into a national agreement with the open access publisher MDPI. The publication agreement negotiated by ZB MED comes into force on 1 January 2025 and is valid until the end of 2026. Joining the consortium is still possible until…

Our library in Cologne will be closed from 24 December 2024 to 1 January 2025. The library at the Bonn site will be closed from 23 to 26 December and from 31 December to 1 January 2025. In the days in between, it can be used to a limited extent.

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TIB - Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences will continue to finance the participation of German universities and research institutions in the initiative in 2025.

Subdisciplines of chemistry as a criterion for selecting an electronic lab notebook

ZB MED receives the TOTAL E-QUALITY award for the fifth time in a row.

The former Senior Library Director of the Central Library of Agricultural Sciences - predecessor of the Bonn site of ZB MED - passed away on 3 October 2024 at the age of 90.

At the conference, it was possible to follow presentations via livestream. The recordings are now online.

ZB MED closes supply gap for literature on the treatment of severely mentally ill children and adolescents

Following a relaunch, a new user interface for the DBIS database information system was released in mid-October.

On October 7, 2024, Franziska Fischer took over the commercial and administrative management of ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences. The health manager is now playing a decisive role in shaping the future of the institute in organizational and economic terms in her management position…