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Thursday, 01.01.2026

Effective use of medical data: DIM.RUHR starts practical phase

Whether in cancer or dementia research - in many areas of medicine, digital health data holds great potential for improving patient care. This is also the view of the legislator. The German parliament passed the Health Data Utilisation Act (GDNG) in December. It aims to link healthcare and research…

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Friday, 12.04.2024

New feature for greater transparency

ZB MED search portal LIVIVO makes retracted publications clearly visible

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Friday, 19.01.2024

ZB MED's ten thousandth digitised item published: old knowledge made newly available - quality-assured and free of charge

ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences digitises - in contrast to mass digitisation projects, for example by Google - with the so-called boutique retro-digitisation. This is a process in which particularly high-quality and quality-assured files are created through careful selection and manual…

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Wednesday, 17.01.2024

Certified: ZB MED's digital long-term archive receives the CoreTrustSeal

Confirmation of trustworthiness and reliability in preserving scientific publications

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Prof. Dr. Ursula Arning, Head of Open Science at ZB MED

Friday, 15.12.2023

20 years of German Medical Science

Anniversary symposium on scientific writing with AI and ChatGPT

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Franck Vazquez (Director of Partnerships of Frontiers) and Prof. Dr. Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann (Scientific Director ZB MED) shaking hands

Thursday, 14.12.2023

National Gold Open Access Publishing Consortium starting in 2024

ZB MED and Frontiers sign Germany-wide flat-fee agreement

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Tuesday, 12.12.2023

Remote access from ZB MED - the digital library for the life sciences

Now with a significantly expanded range and easier access

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Thursday, 07.12.2023

Interdisciplinary and intelligent use of health data

ZB MED is a partner in the DIM.RUHR project

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Monday, 10.07.2023

The German Open Science Festival - already a tradition for the second time: 160 visitors celebrated Open Science in Cologne on 4 and 5 July 2023.

The second edition of the German Open Science Festival took place on 4 and 5 July 2023 in Cologne - after the successful premiere in Hannover last year. The programme: a varied mix of keynote speeches, panel discussions, Ignite Talks, an open marketplace and numerous workshops. The line-up: national…

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Portrait in sepia of the Bonn physician Erich Hoffmann

Thursday, 01.06.2023

ZB MED publishes Hoffmann Collection - Private library of the (co-)discoverer of the syphilis pathogen is available online as a digital collection

ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences has digitised the extensive private library of the Bonn physician Erich Hoffmann (1868-1959). It includes numerous works on dermatology, the history of medicine and the theory of infections. Among them are many copies that were given to him as dedication…

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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.