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Archive

Friday, 21.06.2024

Living Encyclopaedia - the result of the joint project OAPEnz

ZB MED and the Barbara Budrich publishing house develop solution for the continuous open access publication of encyclopaedic handbooks.

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Friday, 21.06.2024

Practical tips for implementing electronic lab notebooks

Current publication lists ten simple rules.

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Friday, 31.05.2024

CarpentryConnect Heidelberg 2024

Updates from the organising committee: Keynote speakers, inclusion tickets and preliminary programme

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Wednesday, 29.05.2024

ZB MED at the EAHIL Conference

The European Association for Health Information and Libraries will meet in Riga from 11 to 14 June 2024. The motto of the conference: "Small Step and a Giant Leap: Reorienting Towards a New Environment". Experts from the PUBLISSO team will be contributing to the conference programme:

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Thursday, 23.05.2024

ZB MED at the 112th BiblioCon

The library community will meet in Hamburg from 4 to 7 June 2024 under the motto "open. local. global". The experts from ZB MED are represented with German contributions in the conference programme:

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Gruppenfoto des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats von ZB MED, Stand 2017, aufgenommen am Rhein, ganz vorne in der Mitte Gebriele Beger

Wednesday, 22.05.2024

ZB MED commemorates the death of Prof Dr Gabriele Beger

The former Chair of the ZB MED Advisory Board passed away a few days after her 72nd birthday following a short, serious illness.

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Friday, 17.05.2024

Open Mind. Open Spirit. Open Science.

The ZB MED Annual Report 2023 is out.

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Friday, 12.04.2024

New feature for greater transparency

ZB MED search portal LIVIVO makes retracted publications clearly visible

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Friday, 05.04.2024

Effective use of medical data: DIM.RUHR starts practical phase

Whether in cancer or dementia research - in many areas of medicine, digital health data holds great potential for improving patient care. This is also the view of the legislator. The German parliament passed the Health Data Utilisation Act (GDNG) in December. It aims to link healthcare and research…

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Tuesday, 19.03.2024

Remote access: around 30% more content in the first quarter of 2024

ZB MED offers free online access to over 30,000 e-journals and e-books for anyone resident in Germany

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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.