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Cover des Living Handbook "Leitbegriffe der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention" des BIÖG

Thursday, 30.07.2026

“Key Concepts in Health Promotion and Prevention” published as a Living Handbook

BIÖG’s established standard reference work is published as a dynamic open-access resource (in German)

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Nine ZB MED staff members are holding up several posters bearing the words ‘ZB MED is Library of the Year 2026’

Monday, 27.07.2026

ZB MED is ‘Library of the Year 2026’

In awarding this prize, the German Library Association (dbv) is recognising, in particular, the organisation’s commitment to open science and digital sovereignty. The national library prize is worth 20,000 euros and will be presented in Cologne on 29 October 2026.

 

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Portrait Vera Clemens, Knowledge Management

Monday, 20.07.2026

ZB MED developer joins the Dataverse Core Team

Vera Clemens becomes the first external developer from Europe to join the team at Harvard University.

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Friday, 10.07.2026

ZB MED Continues Its Work in NFDI4Microbiota and NFDI4DataScience

Joint Science Conference (GWK) approves continued funding for ten consortia of the National Research Data Infrastructure.

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Wednesday, 17.06.2026

Books stay – access goes digital: ZB MED repositions its library services

ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences is systematically realigning its library services towards digital information and literature provision. In future, the focus will be on nationwide and location-independent services. On-site use at the Cologne location will be discontinued on 17 July…

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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 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 advocates Open Access

ZB MED promotes and supports open access to scientific research through the PUBLISSO portal and other services.

ZB MED is sponsered by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

The Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia is sponsoring ZB MED.

 

ZB MED cooperates with the AWMF

The Association of Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF) brings together the interests of medical science and represents them externally. It acts on behalf of more than 180 medical and scientific societies.