News from the library
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2020/07/03
ULB opens again
The ULB Stadtmitte opens again on Friday 3 July 2020 with limited services and opening hours.
Opening hours on 03.07.2020:
ULB Stadtmitte: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
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2020/07/02
Save the date: 13 October 2020 – FORSCHUNGSDATEN@RMU 2020
Virtual Day of Research Data by the Rhein-Main-Universities
More information about Lectures and Workshops soon on this website.
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2020/07/01
Joint Science Conference grants Financial Support
The Joint Science Conference by the Federal Government and Heads of Government of the Länder (GWK) has agreed to fund the scientific consortium „NFDI4Ing“. go
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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
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2020/06/23
Library Apprentices win Apprenticeship Award
The of apprentices of the ULB won the apprenticeship award of the TU Darmstadt in 2020. The collective application of all three current classes implied the idea of establishing and running a regular used book market in the library.
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2020/06/22
Book Restoration and History of the ULB: A Virtual Lecture for Universities in Moskow
Jana Moczarski, Head of Collections Care, was invited by two Moscow Universities to a virtual lecture about preservation of precious documents for academic research. She lectured about „The connection of the grand ducal family of Hesse-Darmstadt to the Russian court: The University and State Library Darmstadt as a knowledge mediator on the basis of the former court library“. go
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2020/06/22
Collection of Athene Karte at ULB Stadtmitte
From Wednesday 24 June onwards Athene Karte can be collected again at ULB Stadtmitte. The newly issued or replacement cards are handed out at a special desk in the basement which can be entered from outside.
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2020/05/29
Rotary-Club Darmstadt-Bergstraße Finances the Restauration of a Rare Book on Horseriding
In the 17th century Antoine de la Baume Pluvinel’s masterly illustrated book on horseriding set new standards about the nonviolent and collaborative partnership of man and horse. Thanks to the financial support of the Rotary Club Darmstadt-Bergstraße the ULB was able to restore the rare first edition of 1626 and make it available again for use and research.
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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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2020/05/20
Overdue Notices
Borrowed media will not be reminded until 01 June 2020. As from 02 June 2020 the dunning process will start again. Please remember to give back or to renew your books in time! go
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2020/05/18
Interlibrary Loan available again
After the serious restrictions during the Corona crisis in the past weeks, from this week onwards books can be ordered again by interlibary loan. go
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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
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2020/05/15
EDC factsheet: EU response to the Coronavirus outbreak
European Documentation Centre (EDC) provides information resources about European response to the Coronavirus outbreak.
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2020/04/30
Events Summer Term
You need tips and tricks in searching for literature? You need help in quoting properly? You want an introduction into literature management systems? Or assistance working with LaTeX or Word? As a researcher you are interested in research data management, digital publishing, or bibliometry? Or in patents and standards? Or in mediaeval books? Then join our online seminars starting next week or arrange an individual meeting with us.
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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
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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
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2020/04/08
ULB supports Digital Teaching by Providing Digital Reserve Shelves
Digital reserve shelves enable lectureres to provide their students with online copies of printed literature within the context of their courses. go
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2020/03/30
Author identification with ORCID
An ORCID iD distinguishes you from other authors. The ORCID iD is a standardised, international and persistent identifier in form of a 16-digit number. It ensures the unique assignment to your publications and research data, but can also be used in communication with publishers or research funders. go
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2020/03/23
Dissemin, the web service for secondary publishing
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2020/02/12
Publication guidelines for TU Darmstadt
The executive board of TU Darmstadt has adopted publication guidelines, which are binding for university members. The publication guidelines apply to all scientific publications since 01.02.2020. go
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2020/02/06
ULB supports „Transcript Open Library Political Sciences" 2020
The ULB is member of the Open Library Community. Again in 2020, new publications in political sciences can be provided open access. go
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2020/01/16
European Religious Peace Agreements – A Digital Edition
The ULB Darmstadt supports a new long-term project on historical peace research
This project is part of the Academy Programme which is sponsored by the German Federal Government and by the German State Governments. It is based at the Academy of Science and Literature in Mainz, in cooperation with the Leibniz-Institute for European History (IEG) and the University and State Library Darmstadt (ULB). go
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2020/01/10
New Databases and E-Book-Packages in January 2020
The following new products will be available at ULB Darmstadt from 1 January 2020:
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2020/01/02
How About Some Relaxation Excercises?
Writing exams, papers, theses can be very strenuous – the ULB has cought on to that. We offer a new relaxation station on the 1st floor of ULB Stadtmitte and ULB Lichtwiese. go
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2019/11/11
Construction Project Tramway to Lichtwiese starting on 18 November
From 18 November 2019 till mid 2020 increased building activities will be expected on campus Lichtwiese and along Lichtwiesenweg. Hence, increased noise in immediate vicinity to ULB Lichtwiese is likely to occur (see information of TU). We apologize for any inconvenience.