{"id":82205,"date":"2025-01-17T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T07:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/?p=82205"},"modified":"2025-01-15T14:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T13:14:54","slug":"the-medical-library-under-new-management-a-historic-location-for-a-modern-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/en\/english\/the-medical-library-under-new-management-a-historic-location-for-a-modern-library\/","title":{"rendered":"The Medical Library under new management: A historic location for a modern library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dr. Christian Seitz has been director of the Medical Library (MedHB) on Goethe University Frankfurt\u2019s Niederrad Campus since September 1, 2024. That being the case, he actually wears two hats: head of the Medical Library and Goethe University\u2019s open access officer. Seitz has had an interesting career that began in theology; he obtained his doctorate with a thesis in fundamental theology at the University of Erfurt. That being as it may, he emphasizes: \u201cMy thesis was a theoretical scientific work that examined interactions between the humanities and the natural sciences \u2013 making it a really great foundation for the interdisciplinary work I do today.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/04-beitragsbild-medizinische-hauptbibliothek-01.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Christian Seitz in the MedHB reading room. \" class=\"wp-image-81907\" style=\"width:438px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/04-beitragsbild-medizinische-hauptbibliothek-01.jpg 650w, https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/04-beitragsbild-medizinische-hauptbibliothek-01-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/04-beitragsbild-medizinische-hauptbibliothek-01-500x346.jpg 500w, https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/04-beitragsbild-medizinische-hauptbibliothek-01-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr.&nbsp;Christian Seitz in the MedHB reading room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After working as a theologian, Seitz served as head of the diocesan library in Rottenburg and the library of the Wilhelmsstift seminary in T\u00fcbingen, and also worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Information Science at TH K\u00f6ln University of Applied Sciences, where he simultaneously studied for a Master\u2019s degree in Library and Information Science. Seitz also took on a teaching contract in the ethics of animal experimentation at University Hospital Frankfurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open access to research results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Seitz had already addressed aspects of copyright law related to open access in his Master\u2019s thesis. Today, alongside his responsibilities as MedHB director, his focus lies on offering \u201cadvice on open access\u201d, which he considers a hugely important topic in university publishing. The main focus of his work is to support researchers of all subjects and faculties on their path to open access. Given the large volume of publications emanating from Goethe University\u2019s largest faculty \u2013 the Faculty of Medicine \u2013 it was only natural to dovetail these tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open access naturally also has an impact on society, Seitz explains: \u201cNew findings in medical research should be disseminated as swiftly as possible. The COVID pandemic showed us just how important it is for data to flow rapidly so that a new vaccine can be developed, for example.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In traditional, generally paywalled publishing, scientists publish free of charge, while libraries acquire journals either via a license or a subscription. What this means is that ultimately, only members of the subscribing institutions have access to the articles. Open-access publishing turns this financing logic on its head: a fee is paid for publication, while the work can be accessed and read by users the world over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This heralds a far-reaching transformation that affects financial flows and challenges existing practices of reviewing scientific articles \u2013 changes that merit action from strong research institutions like Goethe University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is in this context that the need to support researchers and publishing academics must be seen. Seitz points out: \u201cResearchers \u2013 including those at Goethe University \u2013 are often supported through a publication fund.\u201d He is convinced that open access will permanently enhance the visibility and reputation of research because it is free of charge. The \u201cdiamond open access\u201d model also will open up new possibilities because \u201cneither publishers nor readers will have to pay any fees. The publication infrastructure for open-access first issues either will be provided by scientific institutions or financed through specialist scientific associations.\u201d Seitz plans to support the researchers by providing specific advisory services and training modules on diamond open access. Beyond that, the University Library (UB) is currently establishing a secondary publication service as part of which Goethe University members can make their closed access publications available in a (partially) automated \u201cgreen\u201d open access system on Goethe University\u2019s publication server. Seitz\u2019s team is happy to advise on any legal issues associated with making publications accessible in this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another field with potential for future expansion concerns the recording of Goethe University\u2019s publication output. \u201cA complete overview of the university\u2019s publication output (estimated at around 8,000 publications every year) can be obtained only by through a university bibliography that makes the most extensive possible use of automation options,\u201d Seitz says, adding: \u201cThat\u2019s also important for funding applications.\u201d Aside from articles, books and students\u2019 theses, such a bibliography should also include researchers\u2019 statements on their work, published in popular magazines and journals. Another component is the Goethe University Data Repository (GUDe), which is administered and updated by members of the research data team. Along with several other repositories, the bibliography serves to make Goethe University\u2019s scientific achievements visible, to document research activities and to foster the dissemination and accessibility of research results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, all of this does not take place (exclusively) in the MedHB, but is closely connected with it through its director, Dr. Christian Seitz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Medical Library: From a nurses\u2019 dorm to a library<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/04-beitragsbild-medizinische-hauptbibliothek-02.jpg\" alt=\"R\u00fcckansicht der MedHB mit Blick auf den Lesesaalbereich.\" class=\"wp-image-81906\" style=\"width:426px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/04-beitragsbild-medizinische-hauptbibliothek-02.jpg 650w, https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/04-beitragsbild-medizinische-hauptbibliothek-02-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/04-beitragsbild-medizinische-hauptbibliothek-02-500x346.jpg 500w, https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/04-beitragsbild-medizinische-hauptbibliothek-02-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rear view of the MedHB showing the location of the reading room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As an institution, the library predates the university: Its predecessor was founded in 1908 as the central library of the city hospital in Frankfurt\u2019s Sachsenhausen district, tasked with drawing together literature on all the medical sciences. That is how it is described in an article written by Hiltraud Kr\u00fcger (which is still worth reading) in the \u201cFrankfurter Bibliotheksbriefe\u201d (1996). To begin with, the library had a voluntary director, a medic who was given the title \u201cGeheimer Medizinalrat\u201d and had a female assistant, the \u201cFr\u00e4ulein Bibliothekarassistentin.\u201d In 1914, the year the university was founded, the library assumed additional tasks for the Faculty of Medicine. In 1944 the library was damaged in an air-raid that destroyed a large part of its stock, after which it spent 30 years in temporary accommodation. In 1975 it was able to move into its present premises, a listed building that used to be a home for nurses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Services and users in mind<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no doubt that the Medical Library will concentrate even more in the future on developing information offerings aligned to user needs. \u201cConveying information skills will be the focus of our support services as a library,\u201d Seitz is convinced. This includes training courses for research, e.g. on the important database PubMed. In addition, the everyday work of the library staff will also change as a result of digitalization. With self-service checkout becoming more standard, the library will be able to develop new focal areas. Seitz sees the development of learning rooms as one such future task: \u201cThe workplaces are no longer state-of-the-art. The building was once a nurses\u2019 dorm, and the reading room was originally a chapel. Our main group of users, the students, would like to have contemporary learning and study rooms that meet their requirements.\u201d Seitz enjoys showing visitors the sound-proofed booth where one can work undisturbed even when the library is busy. Intensive discussions are also underway for creating additional workplaces, in coordination with the faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christian Seitz also sees room for development when it comes to even closer networking with other medical libraries. \u201cMedHB is a member of the German Medical Library Association (AGMB), thanks to which we are able to find inspiration in the services and offerings of other institutions such as those in Mainz or Heidelberg, too. After all, there is no need to invent everything ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\"><strong>Facts and Figures about MedHB<\/strong><br>Subjects represented to date:<br>\u2022 Medicine (Faculty 16)<br><br><strong>Workplaces<\/strong><br>\u2022 200 reading places and workplaces<br>\u2022 2 group workrooms<br>\u2022 1 learning booth<br><br><strong>Stock<\/strong><br>Medicine:<br>around 207,000 media units<br>(journals, databases, e-books, etc.)<br>Including<br>\u2022 approx. 180,000 e-books<br>\u2022 approx. 13,500 print media (books)<br>\u2022 approx. 330 printed journal titles<br><br><strong>Staff<\/strong><br>5 full-time librarians<br>\u2022 supported by student assistants<br><br><strong>Opening hours<\/strong><br>MedHB reading room<br>Monday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.<br>Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de\/medhb\/english.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MedHB website \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Christian Seitz has been director of the Medical Library (MedHB) on Goethe University Frankfurt\u2019s Niederrad Campus since September 1, 2024. 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