Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie

The Kompetenznetzwerk für Bibliotheken (KNB – Network of Excellencefor Libraries) celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2014. Thenetwork provides essential services for all libraries in Germany.The spectrum ranges from statistics,...

Libraries in Germany began to take an interest in linked opendata in 2008 or thereabouts. The »Semantic Web in Libraries«(SWIB) conference (cf. report in this issue) was launched in 2009as a »Specialist conference for innovative librarians«...

This paper summarizes the findings of an analysis of scientificinfrastructure service providers (mainly from Germany but alsofrom other European countries). These service providers havebeen evaluated with regard to their potential services for...

The purpose of the »Restructuring of Nationwide InformationServices« is to reorganize the information infrastructure in Germanyas outlined in the 2011 DFG position paper. The basic servicesof the library networks, which have hitherto been...

The recommendations of the German Council of Science andHumanities concerning the restructuring of the »German librarynetwork system« and the resulting activities of the GermanResearch Foundation (DFG) have presented the library networksystems...

The transparency and reproducibility of scientific findings areincreasingly based on digital data. In compliance with good scientificpractice data need to be published, accessible, and re-usable.The RADAR project has accepted this challenge and...

In the past two decades Germany’s scientific and education policieshave experienced considerable structural changes. Particularlysignificant are the so-called »pacts« which were put into effectat the beginning of this millennium and are set...

Social science is comprised of various specialized disciplineswhich deal with inquiries into societal issues. Investigationsof social reality require data. These are acquired in a variety ofways and means and frequently made available to other...

Research data which have been collected in the course of scientificcollaboration are becoming with increasing frequency the mainresource of scientific research. For data of the so-called groupdomain, however, the requisite infrastructure is still...