Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie

In order further to improve the efficiency of the overall system ofscientific information infrastructures in Germany and the qualityrequired by the scientific community to ensure the system’s effectiveperformance, the German Council of Science...

The pricing policy of some publishers in the 90s and the reactionsof libraries all over the world led to two of the key players in the»Scientific Publication« ecosystem becoming embroiled in heateddebate. But now, just as the material conflict...

Research information systems are sophisticated components ofcurrent and future information infrastructures. The article providesa brief outline of the wide variety of systems used andof some of the related acceptance issues. As service...

Within the context of the Lisbon Agenda of the European Headsof State and Government, a strategy paper was put forward in2000 on European research. Since then numerous initiativeshave been developed which are outlined briefly in the...

The Internet and digital developments are creating fundamentalchanges in the way in which scientific work is conducted. Thedemands placed on the scientific information infrastructures andtheir respective players are increasing and changing...

This brief article describes how research data can be integratedinto a large-scale digital library. INSPIRE serves a communitywhere data sharing is emerging. New open science services aredeveloped to support the grass root interest of the...

Given the rapid progress of digital transformation, the long-termpreservation of digital information is one of the most urgentchallenges facing us. The article provides a concise overview ofthe developments to date. It highlights problem areas...

Libraries have served as education and research infrastructuresfor centuries. In this paper, we will describe major opportunitiesand future challenges in the context of digital research and the»e-infrastructures« that are required for...

How do you become even more successful if you are already successful?That is a question that the TU Delft Library asks itselfregularly. In the last few years, it has seen that its transformationinto a Library Learning Centre was a good move, but...

The current national information service structures are characterizedby alliance constraints and lock-in phenomena that effectivelyblock the development of state-of-the-art data infrastructures.A possible solution could be the return to the...

The Competence Centre for Non-Textual Materials at the GermanNational Library of Science and Technology together with theHasso Plattner Institute for IT Systems Engineering has developeda portal for AV media which optimises access to...

In times of rapid change, academic libraries, too, are increasinglyunder pressure to rethink their existing models and to seize theinitiative with regard to developing their portfolio of servicesand planning their deployment of resources....

The German Research Foundation (DFG) currently contributesroughly EUR 50 million per year for the provision of Scientific LibraryServices and Information Systems in Germany. The supportis based on the position paper entitled »Taking Digital...

This article outlines the problems which result from transformingthe DFG Special Subject Collections into Specialised InformationServices. It corrects several aspects of the picture of the SpecialSubject Collections drawn in this context and...

The challenges involved in providing an efficient scientific informationinfrastructure in the future are considerable. It willrequire close coordination of all the parties involved if they areto be met. This article serves to clarify the role of...

Computers have displaced fountain pens and typewriters evenfrom the writing desks of authors in recent decades. This developmenthas provided literary archives with a problem, as digitalliterary estates are difficult to process using established...

The current reorganisation of the established system of SpecialSubject Collections, supported by the German Research Foundation(DFG), into Specialised Information Services is the subject ofintense discussion not only by the libraries concerned...

The Internet is now recognised and used by students and researchersalike as a place of study and research. Libraries servetheir users by providing specially licensed databases. However,they – historical libraries in particular – could offer...