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Konrad Förstner in the video podcast NACHGEFRAGT from ZB MED about infrastructures for the life sciences

NACHGEFRAGT with Prof. Konrad Förstner: Do we still need libraries and search portals?

Wednesday, 17.11.2021

NACHGEFRAGT AT ZB MED: More than a search engine: LIVIVO - Infrastructures for the life sciences.


In the new YouTube video, Prof. Konrad Förstner answers the question of whether we still need libraries and search portals when Google and Google Scholar exist.

In an interview with Elke Roesner, Konrad Förstner, the head of ZB MED's Data Science and Services department, explains why the life sciences need specialized search portals like LIVIVO. He explains the advantages of the ZB MED search portal over other discovery services, how LIVIVO is structured, and why it is an important infrastructure for the life sciences.

The discovery service LIVIVO builds on ZB MED's Knowledge Environment, which due to its modularity allows the construction of different services and serves as a basis for research projects. Last but not least, part of LIVIVO also flows into the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), for example in the NFDI4Microbiota consortium.

NACHGEFRAGT - ZB MED's video podcast on YouTube - presents topics, projects and the people behind them at regular intervals. The videos are in German with English subtitles.

All info:
To NACHGEFRAGT: More than a search engine: LIVIVO - Infrastructures for the Life Sciences
To the NACHGEFRAGT playlist - ZB MED video podcast

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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.