AI and Open Access: Why Paywalls Are Not the Solution
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently transforming the research landscape. While many people hope for significant benefits, there are also valid…
Greater data privacy at Elsevier: DEAL publishes guide to disabling cookies on ScienceDirect
In the spirit of data minimisation, DEAL recommends disabling all non-essential cookies unless the corresponding features are desired.
Guided tour through the rooms and services of the library, on September 3rd, 2026, 11 a.m.
On September 3rd, our next on-site library tour will take place. The tour will be held in German.
Every first Thursday of the month, at 11 a.m., we…
New Publishing Opportunities for Researchers
The open access platform ORE is now available to all researchers at German institutions, regardless of EU funding. Publishing and reading remain free…
Zarges Boxes Book Project
New Reading Adventures on the Move: Our Zarges Boxes
You’ll now find our Zarges boxes at several locations. They’ve already been around quite a bit…
ORCID TIP: You can now highlight a specific affiliation (“Employment”) in ORCID
You can now highlight a specific affiliation (“Employment”) in ORCID so that it appears directly in the profile header under your name. There is a…
Leibniz-Gemeinschaft mit Fokus auf Diamond-Open-Access in neuer Open-Access-Policy (German only)
Die Leibniz-Gemeinschaft hat ihre „Open Access-Policy der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft“ aktualisiert. Zu den ergänzten Punkten zählen unter anderem der…
ORCID Tipp: Verify your ORCID profile with Trust Markers
ORCID records have an important role to play in helping uphold the integrity of research since the data in them can be shared widely and re-used…
Funding for Open Access publications from 2025
Dear colleagues,
we are pleased to inform you that the library has once again successfully raised funds to support Open Access publications in the…
DEAL consortium calls on scientific authors to give preference to the open access license CC BY.
To raise awareness among scientific authors in Germany of the importance of choosing the right licence for Open Access publications, the DEAL…
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