ZB MED: Welchen Stellenwert hat die bibliothekarische Infrastruktur für die Wissenschaft?

Abstract

This article deals with the expected effects of the recommendation of the senate of the Leibniz Association to the Joint Science Conference to stop the co-funding of ZB MED – Leibniz Information Centre for Life Sciences by federal and state authorities. Until the founding of the Leibniz Association servicing as a specialized library for medicine had been ZB MED’s main task, while evaluation was done under scientific perspectives. The now suspected close-down of this indispensable national information agency would do great harm and damage to medical literature und information supply throughout Germany. For this reason the Association of German Librarians took initiatives for ZB MED’s persistence.

Keywords

• German National Library of Medicine
• ZB MED – Leibniz Information Centre for Life Sciences
• Senate of the Leibniz Association
• recommendation of suspension of funding
• national information agency for medicine and life sciences
• value
• perspective of persistence