News from the Library

During the winter term 2022/23 all Hessian university libraries offer weekly online workshops on various research related topics.

Unfortunately, there have been disruptions in the hebis portal since yesterday and it is currently not possible to place interlibrary loan orders.

On the occasion of the German Days of Sustainability from 20 to 26 September and the 7th Hessian Day of Sustainability on 29 September an information desk has been installed in the new exhibition space near the entrance of ULB Stadtmitte.

The 24h-opening of the ULB Stadtmitte ends on 31 August. From 1 September it is open again Mon to Sun from 8am to 1am.

The third issue of the OA journal KorDaF – Korpora Deutsch als Fremdsprache has been published. The journal is hosted by ULB Darmstadt.

As of 2 August 22 the LesBAR in the basement of the ULB Stadtmitte is open longer again: 08am to 01am.

Due to technical problems, TUbiblio may currently experience longer loading times and time-outs.

From April 25, the ULB Lichtwiese can be reached by tram line 2. In connection with today's start of operations, you can visit the exhibition “Trams in Darmstadt”.

In December 2021, ULB Darmstadt became a member of the non-profit organisation USENIX. It organises conferences, publishes research results and supports communities in the field of computer science and information technology.

UNITE! presents strategic roadmap towards open science in the digital age

Die ULB Darmstadt unterstützt seit 2018 die internationale DSpace-Community, die unter dem Dach von DuraSpace, einer US-amerikanischen gemeinnützigen Organisation organisiert ist.

Since December 2021, the ULB Darmstadt is a new supporting member of DOAB/OAPEN, OpenCitations and Open Book Publishers. Through these and other memberships, the ULB supports the development of Open Access.

From 2022-01-01 ULB Darmstadt participates in the Read & Publish agreement of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The ULB was able to licence all ISO standards. TU members are allowed to download the full text via the database Perinorm.

The first evicence of Jewish life in Germany is 1700 years old. In this context the ULB takes part in a virtual exhibition about the collective cultural heritage.

As a member of COAR the ULB aims to reinforce the international cooperation with providers of scientific repositories and to enhance the visibility of its own repositories TUprints and TUdatalib.