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Archive

Franck Vazquez (Director of Partnerships of Frontiers) and Prof. Dr. Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann (Scientific Director ZB MED) shaking hands

Thursday, 14.12.2023

National Gold Open Access Publishing Consortium starting in 2024

ZB MED and Frontiers sign Germany-wide flat-fee agreement

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Wednesday, 13.12.2023

What does digital preservation have to do with the moon landing?

New topic page on DARUM ZB MED! goes online.

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Tuesday, 12.12.2023

Remote access from ZB MED - the digital library for the life sciences

Now with a significantly expanded range and easier access

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Tuesday, 12.12.2023

The entire MAK Collection from 1972 to 2019 now available as a second publication in PUBLISSO - Repository for Life Sciences

In addition to the current issues, which have been published by ZB MED since 2020, the secondary publications now complete the range.

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Thursday, 07.12.2023

Interdisciplinary and intelligent use of health data

ZB MED is a partner in the DIM.RUHR project

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Thumbnail des Videos, Ulrich Ch. Blortz und Dr. Katharina Markus im Portrait, Aufschrift: NACHGEFRAGT, (Retro-)Schätze sichern

Wednesday, 06.12.2023

Preserving treasures for science

New NACHGEFRAGT video on retro-digitisation and digital preservation

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Friday, 20.10.2023

Scientific writing with AI and ChatGPT - where is the journey heading?

Join us at ZB MED in Cologne on 14 December 2023 to celebrate the 20th birthday of the Open Access portal German Medical Science!

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Thursday, 05.10.2023

Relocation of ZB MED holdings from the LFI building to Königswinter

From 06 October 2023: Relocation of the largest part of the medical journal archive to a new journal location.

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Key visual of the AGMB conference with the caption: Zukunft - jetzt erst recht (motto), AGMB-Jahrestagung 18.-20.9.2023 in Bonn

Friday, 22.09.2023

Working Group on Medical Librarianship met in Bonn

ZB MED hosted the meeting together with the BfArM and the ULB from 18 to 20 September.

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Thursday, 21.09.2023

Open Access Strategy of the Universities of North Rhine-Westphalia published

The member universities of the Digital University North Rhine-Westphalia (DH.NRW) reaffirm their commitment to the complete transfer of research results to Open Access.

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ZB MED is supported by the Federal Ministry of Health

ZB MED is supported by the Federal Ministry of Health.

The Federal Ministry of Health is a sponsor of ZB MED on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag.

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

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The robust, well-established partnership between ZB MED and the University of Cologne covers research, teaching and the provision of information. The Scientific Director of ZB MED also holds a professorship at the Medical Faculty.

ZB MED is sponsered by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

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The Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia is sponsoring ZB MED.

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

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A joint professorship is just one example of the cooperation between ZB MED and the University of Bonn in the fields of research and teaching. ZB MED’s Bonn site is located on the Poppelsdorf campus.

ZB MED advocates Open Access

ZB MED promotes and supports open access to scientific research through the PUBLISSO portal and other services.

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

ZB MED’s cooperation with TH Köln focuses on providing qualifications in information and data science through joint professorships and other strategies.

ZB MED is a member of DataCite

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DataCite is an international not-for-profit organisation that offers services and know-how relating to the management, referencing and citation of research data.

ZB MED and Bielefeld University have signed a cooperation agreement

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The objective is to work together to provide complementary information services for the life sciences.

ZB MED advocates equality

ZB MED received the TOTAL E-QUALITY award in 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2021 for successfully implementing equality in its staffing structure and personnel policies.

ZB MED is one of over 30 partners in the LFV Open Science

The network is committed to the research and development of working methods, infrastructures, and tools of Open Science.

ZB MED is a member of DAFA.

The "Deutsche Agrarfoschungsallianz" aims to improve the performance, transparency and international visibility of German agricultural research. It is a joint project of German agricultural research.

ZB MED is committed to the principles of Libraries4Future.

Climate protection, sustainability, responsibility, social solidarity.