ZB MED – Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften: Eine wissenschaftliche Fachbibliothek versteht sich als Motor für Open Access

Abstract

ZB MED – Information Center for Life Sciences, Europe’s most important medical library, outlines its view of the entire scope of open access: Since 2003 ZB MED has been intensely committed to open access. Beside the practical service of non-commercial user-friendly publication platforms for fast dissemination of scientific research results, ZB MED has gradually expanded its advisory services like FAQs, training sessions and scientific lectures since 2014. The library’s strategic focus on integrating numerous open access publications into its catalogue is accompanied by the license department’s commitment to enter into transformation contracts. Overall these various opportunities offered by ZB MED represent its claim to be the driving force for open Access in the field of life sciences.

Keywords

• ZB MED
• open access
• publishing
• transformation licenses
• search engines