https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/thema/university-library/ Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität | Neues aus Forschung, Lehre, Studium Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:35:37 +0000 de hourly 1 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-fav_guo-blau-32x32.jpg https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/thema/university-library/ 32 32 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/study/goethe-datadive-aprils-number-of-the-month-75-3/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=88097 In 2025, approximately 75.3% of all (electronic) publications at Goethe University Frankfurt were published as Open Access.  The data source for April’s Number of the Month is the Open Access […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/specialized-information-service-fid-jewish-studies-to-be-further-expanded/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:24:54 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87284 DFG awards up to €2 million to Frankfurt University Library The German Research Foundation (DFG) is providing up to €2 million in funding to continue and further develop the Specialized […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/digital-transformation-at-university-library-frankfurt/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:39:56 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=86364 Introduction of FOLIO: “The Future of Libraries is Open” With 11.86 million media items – including 8.25 million analog works – University Library Frankfurt (UB) is one of Germany’s largest […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/new-insights-into-juergen-habermas-intellectual-contributions/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:39:51 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=86285 Deutsche Version Renowned Frankfurt philosopher and sociologist hands over the second part of his preliminary legacy to University Library Frankfurt For decades, he has been regarded as one of the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/research-project-at-university-library-uncovers-more-nazi-plunder-than-expected/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:31:33 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=84617 First project on provenance research at the main library of Goethe University Frankfurt reveals further demand in this area – Successor project examines rare prints – Extensive stock from Baer’s […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/new-head-of-the-humanities-library/ Fri, 06 Jun 2025 07:12:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=84299 Agnes Brauer to also lead the Digital Humanities Team UniReport: Ms. Brauer, you are the new head of the Bibliothekszentrum Geisteswissenschaften (BzG) – Goethe University’s Humanities Library – and simultaneously […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/image-archive-on-former-german-colonies-to-be-made-accessible-with-artificial-intelligence/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:50:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=83748 The new project “Visual Analytics for Images from Colonial Contexts” (VABiKo) is a German Research Foundation-funded collaboration between Frankfurt University Library and Philipps-Universität Marburg The central historical image archive of […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/unwrapped/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 07:32:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=82777 The University Library’s Schopenhauer Studio: An exhibition space open to the university Did you know the University Library’s large building on Bockenheim Campus houses a hidden studio? On entering the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/holistic-user-solutions/ Thu, 04 Jul 2024 08:22:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=80364 Interview with Dr. Yves Vincent Grossmann, who became head of Research Data Management (RDM) at the University Library and director of the Library of Natural Sciences (BNat) in March 2024 […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/dfg-provides-e2-million-in-funding-for-further-expansion-of-university-library-information-services/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 14:54:15 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=78777 The German Research Foundation [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG] has approved almost €2 million in funding for the further expansion of the African Studies and Performing Arts Specialised Information Services (SIS) projects […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/a-historic-relic-as-the-piece-de-resistance/ Tue, 25 Jul 2023 06:46:12 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=73586 This year, Goethe University Frankfurt’s Library for Social Sciences and Psychology [Bibliothek Sozialwissenschaften und Psychologie, BSP] is celebrating its 10-year anniversary on Westend Campus. Although the library is but a […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/a-global-approach-to-university-collections/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 07:19:21 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=72290 Goethe University is testing ways of making collections from Africa more accessible around the globe. Discussions on how to deal with scientific collections from colonial contexts began in earnest in […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/traveling-by-paternoster-through-the-library/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:44:51 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=72296 The Humanities Library (Bibliothekszentrum Geisteswissenschaften, BzG) is the oldest departmental library on Goethe University’s Westend Campus. Its books, media and services are located in the two outermost wings of the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/two-huge-subjects-one-library/ Wed, 03 May 2023 14:11:22 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=70852 Time and space for the two vast subjects of Law and Economics – that is what the Law and Economics Library, known as the BRuW (the abbreviation of its German […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/virtual-360-tour-of-looted-property-exhibition-to-mark-international-provenance-research-day/ Tue, 11 Apr 2023 11:56:25 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=70555 The exhibition „StolperSeiten – NS-Raubgut in der Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main“ (“Stumbling Pages – NS looted property in the Frankfurt University Library”) will be made available online as a virtual […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/goethe-university-open-access-publication-fund/ Tue, 07 Mar 2023 15:37:56 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=68129 Open Access (OA) refers to free access to scientific publications for all interested parties worldwide. OA ensures that research results, most of which are financed with public funds, can be […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/who-am-i-and-if-so-with-whom-am-i-affiliated/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 10:16:31 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=68132 There are many advantages to being able to clearly assign scientific publications to their authors and their respective institutions. The number and type of publications is an important criterion both […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/the-university-library-as-a-place-of-continuous-evolution/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 12:13:14 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=68545 Johann Christian Senckenberg University Library Director Daniela Poth talks about the institution’s ongoing strategic transformation process. UniReport: Ms Poth, digitization is not a new catchword at the UB [University Library]. […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/news-in-brief/digitization-in-the-natural-sciences-library/ Wed, 14 Dec 2022 09:29:26 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=66456 When it comes to scientific information, digital does it – although the printed word remains popular, too. Digitization is well advanced in the natural sciences: researchers can usually access journals […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/walter-benjamins-collection-of-childrens-books-to-be-restored/ Mon, 28 Sep 2020 13:53:19 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=46347 Walter Benjamin’s collection of children’s books is to be saved for posterity. The national government, the Federal State of Hesse and the Department for Children’s and Young Adult Literature Research […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/bequest-of-philosopher-hermann-schweppenhaeuser/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 14:27:23 +0000 http://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=13463 The Archive Centre of the Johann Christian Senckenberg University Library has been able to expand its collection of material on critical theory thanks to the bequest of philosopher Hermann Schweppenhäuser […]]]>