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INFORMATION.

KNOWLEDGE.
LIFE.

An infrastructure and research centre for data and information in the life sciences.

Birte Lindstädt

Head of Research Data Managment

Key tasks and activities

  • Research data managment
  • Publishing of research data
  • Training and consulting
  • Services for persistent identifiers
  • National research data infrastructure (NFDI)

Profile

After completing her degree in Economic Geography, Birte Lindstädt spent some 15 years working in consultancy and market research. From 2010 to 2014, she was project manager and group coordinator of the Goportis – Leibniz Library Network of Research Information. She also completed a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science (MALIS) between 2012 and 2014 at TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences. In 2014, she was appointed as Head of Research Data Management and DOI Services in the Open Science department of ZB MED. She is a member of the steering committee of the DINI/nestor Research Data Working Group, the Research Data Alliance RDA, and the Leibniz Association’s Research Data Working Group.

Educational background

  • 1987-1994
    Studies of applied geography/economy at the University of Trier, degree in geography
  • 2012-2014
    Study of Library and Information Science, Master of Library and Information Science MA.LIS

Career to date

  • 1994-1997
    Activity in urban and regional planning
  • 1997-2010
    Institut für Handelsforschung GmbH, project manager for projects in management consulting and market research
  • 2010-2016
    Network coordinator and managing director Goportis - Leibniz Library Network Research Information
  • 2014 bis heute
    Head of the Research Data Management Department at ZB MED

Professional bodies and associations

  • Member of leadership team nestor/DINI Workgroup Research Data
  • Research Data Alliance RDA

Publications

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.