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Science, Compute, Connect - from September 21 to 23, 2026 at RWTH Aachen. 

The 114th BiblioCon will take place in Berlin from May 19 to 22, 2026.

New position paper: A realistic, determined, and future-oriented path out of technological dependency

ZB MED annual report 2025 published.

PUBLISSO supports researchers in publishing their academic content in a sustainable, quality-assured and open-access manner – regardless of their field of study.

Long-term datasets such as soil moisture and nutrient measurements, crop yield data, climate records, vegetation surveys, and biodiversity analyses are essential for research on sustainable land use and food security. Often generated over many years and stored in diverse formats, these data require…

Every day, large volumes of health data are generated – in doctor's offices, research projects and apps. It is only when these data are brought together that a clear picture of our health emerges. On board the MS Wissenschaft 2026, NFDI4Health demonstrates at an interactive station how new knowledge…

What happens if access to medical knowledge is suddenly lost? When key information sources depend on external providers, what happens if their availability is restricted – or they simply go dark? Losing access to this vital data would have critical consequences for research, innovation and patient…

On 19 and 20 March 2026 at the Berlin State Library, Unter den Linden, on the topic of ‘Digitisation for eternity? – Data quality in practice’

Ensuring resilience and independence from US databases for medical research in Germany and Europe