News from the library

• 2021/08/01

  Day of Open Doors at 12 September

  

  Embedded in the „Day of open monuments“ the ULB Darmstadt invites to a digital day of open doors at 12 September 2021 from 11 am to 5 pm. go

• 2021/07/30

  Electronic forwarding of copy orders ends on 31 July

  A corona-related exception previously allowed copies of articles ordered through interlibrary loan to be forwarded digitally by mail to the person ordering them. On 31 July this exception will end. go

• 2021/07/23

  Citavi web version available

  Starting now the literature managing system Citavi is also available in a web based version called Citavi Web. go

• 2021/07/21

  Assessing the quality of OA journals

  

  Publishing Open Access: How to evaluate a journal's quality is the current topic of the Open Access Talk. It will take place on 29 July 2021 from 2pm – 3pm. go

• 2021/07/21

  Flood aid: Emergency materials for municipal archive in Stolberg

  

  The stocks held in the municipal archive in Stolberg have been severely damaged by the recent flood in North-Rhine-Westfalia. In facebook the archive has pledged for more helpers and materials to rescue the soaked and silted books and documents and to render first aid. go

• 2021/07/15

  Increase the number of seats

  Due to a falling 7-days-incidence the numer of work places and people allowed in the library may be increased gradually during the next weeks. go

• 2021/07/12

  Eine Uni. Ein Buch. – Share experiences

  Origin – Homeland – Experience of Foreignness | Migration Experience in Historical Contexts. The ULB focuses the discussion on four texts from the 18th to the 20th century. go

• 2021/07/12

  ULB Lichtwiese: Access via Main Entrance HMZ

  

  As of 13 July you can reach ULB Lichtwiese again via the main entrance of HMZ (west side, opposite the Mensa). Please follow the signs. go

• 2021/05/03

  OECD iLibrary

  Starting now the comlete platform of OECD iLibrary is available at ULB Darmstadt. Among the 17 subject areas included are the topics Agriculture & Food, Economics, Education, Energy, Environment, Social Issues & Health, and Urban, Rural & Regional Development. go

• 2021/04/12

  Open Access Publishing with Springer Nature

  Join the author webinar “Open Access for Germany – All you need to know about the German DEAL agreement!” on 20 April and learn how you can benefit from Open Access publications under the German DEAL agreement and how the “author journey” from submission to publication of an article works.

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• 2021/03/29

  „Love and Kisses“ – Citizen-Science-Project about Love Letters

  On 1 April 2021 the ULB Darmstadt starts a project to collect, register, and comment on love letters. The project is launched in joint venture with partners at the TU Darmstadt, the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, and the University Koblenz-Landau and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The focus is set on Citizen Sciences, that is to say in integrating the interested general public in indexing, describing, and analysing the sources.

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• 2021/03/25

  Workshops Summer Semester 2021

  You need hints on searching, support in scientific citation, an introduction to literature management, or assistance working with LaTeX or WORD? Then join our online seminars or make an appointment for an individual coaching.

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• 2021/03/03

  Campus licence DVGW-Regelwerk Online Plus

  In Germany “DVGW – German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water" is the competence network for all questions related to gas and water supply and a recognized standardization body for the gas and water industry. The single user licence on site for the database segment „water“ has now been extended to a campus-wide licence. go

• 2021/02/10

  EIKON-Licence

  Starting 1 February 2021 and supported by the business finances working group, the ULB offers a new online service EIKON. The EIKON platform provides current data on raw materials, share prices, fixed-rate securities and hedge fonds as well as information on exchange and money markets and on wealth management. go

• 2020/12/22

  New Journal for Research Data in Engineering

  

  There is no medium in engineering for discussing issues of research data. This gap will be closed in 2021 with the “Journal of Research Data in Engineering Science”. go

• 2020/12/14

  Digitization of Darmstädter Tagblatt (1740-1986)

  

  The ULB, together with the Institute for Language and Literature at the TU Darmstadt, has started to digitize the local newspaper of Darmstadt. In two project phases the Darmstädter Tagblatt will be made available for research and the public.

  Project “Darmstädter Tagblatt”

• 2020/12/10

  Promoting Open Access

  The next public session of the Open Access Working Group takes place digitally on 14 December 2020, 11am to 12.30am. All persons interested are welcome to join the meeting!

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• 2020/11/09

  Shipping of Athene-Card

  Starting now, all students of the TU Darmstadt receive their Athene-cards by postal mail. Athene-cards issued before 1 November 2020 can still be collected at the ULB.

  Information on the Athene-card see:
  www.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de/athenekarte oder www.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/athenekarte

• 2020/10/19

  International Open Access Week 2020

  

  This year, the scientists at TU Darmstadt will be informed by e-mail about current developments on Open Access.

  Online events are offered, for example, by the open-access.network project and are open to all interested parties. go

• 2020/09/18

  Publication advice and Open Access Talk

  

  Consultations on digital publishing are available at the ULB Darmstadt by email or by appointment online via Zoom. We provide a lot of information on our website. go

• 2020/06/24

  Open Access Officer for TU Darmstadt

  

  For the summer semester 2020, the Executive Board announced Prof. Dr. Andrea Rapp to be TU Darmstadt's Open Access Officer. go

• 2020/05/26

  DEAL contract with Springer Nature

  

  TU Darmstadt is participating in the Germany-wide DEAL-contract, which was concluded with the scientific publisher Springer Nature. This agreement will allow you to access Springer Nature’s online journals and to benefit from new expanded possibilities to publish your research results as Open Access.

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• 2020/05/18

  Open access fees for 2019 reported to OpenAPC

  

  TU Darmstadt has reported its expenses for Open Access for the year 2019 to the OpenAPC initiative. go

• 2020/04/23

  Anniversary Publication of ULB Darmstadt Online

  The anniversary publication of the ULB Darmstadt “450 Years of Knowledge – Collecting – Communicating. From the Court Library to the University and State Library Darmstadt: 1567-2017” is now online. go

• 2020/04/14

  DFG funds Specialised Information Service Civil Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning

  Braunschweig University Library, the University and State Library Darmstadt, TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and the Fraunhofer Information Center for Planning and Building are jointly developing the scientific information service for the subject areas of civil engineering, architecture and urban planning. go