10 Fragen von Bruno Bauer an Dietrich Nelle, den Interimsdirektor von ZB MED – Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften

Abstract

ZB MED – Information Center for Life Sciences is the largest library worldwide in the field of life sciences. From October 2016 to June 2018 Dietrich Nelle was its interim managing director. In this interview, he informs about ZB MED’s evaluation, realignment and cooperations. Furthermore, he speaks about open access, German Medical Science, research data management and research activities at ZB MED. Moreover, Nelle explains the position paper “Academic libraries 2025”, which he co-authored, and gives insight into his motivation to become provisional head of ZB MED. Finally, he drafts a possible way for the instituion’s resumption into the Leibniz Association in January 2022.

Keywords

• ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences
• medical library
• evaluation
• realignment
• cooperation
• open access
• German Medical Science
• research data
• research activities
• position paper “Academic libraries 2025”
• interim director
• resume
• resumption into the Leibniz Association