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Meme: A stick figure sits at the computer, above him a drawn logo of Wikipedia. Next to it the text: This ist Bill. Bill is a librarian. Bill knows that Wikipedia is the first stop for readers online, and he helps Wikipedia by adding references to reliable sources in the articles. Bill is smart. Be like Bill. #1Lib1Ref

Tuesday, 10.01.2023

Invitation: #1Lib1Ref - online Hacky Hour

Imagine a world where every librarian added one more reference to Wikipedia.

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Thursday, 05.01.2023

Making preprints more usable as a source of information

TH Köln and ZB MED develop an information extraction pipeline for preprints in a DFG project

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Monday, 02.01.2023

New at ZB MED: QuIX - Information in a snippet format

Entertaining short videos with easy-to-understand, well-founded explanations  

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Tuesday, 20.12.2022

ZB MED successful in applying for third-party funding

Ten applications with a total volume of 3.8 million euros approved

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Monday, 12.12.2022

Digital collections: 9,000th title goes online

Anatole Kogon: Ueber den Einfluss wiederholter Schwangerschaft auf die Prognose der Geburt bei normalem Becken (in German)

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Tuesday, 06.12.2022

Why is reputation crucial for a career in science?

New topic page on DARUM ZB MED

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The ZB MED building coloured in purple. The image is labelled with: #PurpleLightUp International Day for People with Disabilities, 3 December 2022.

Saturday, 03.12.2022

#PurpleLightUp

A global movement that draws attention to people with disablilities around the world.

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Portrait Dr. Ursula Zängl

Wednesday, 30.11.2022

Dr. Ursula Zängl says goodbye to ZB MED after more than 20 years

Deputy Director starts her retirement

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Portrait of Dr. Eva Seidlmayer, project manager AQUAS

Tuesday, 29.11.2022

ZB MED fights misinformation - AI application to help make a qualified assessment

From 1 December 2022, the German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund a project of ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences over the next three years to combat disinformation in the life sciences. In the project AQUAS - Automatic Quality Assessment: NLP methods for semantic mapping of life…

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Friday, 25.11.2022

Orange Days: 16 days to end violence against women.

ZB MED also sets an example with virtual orange lighting!

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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.