German National Library of Science and Technology
| German National Library of Technology Technische Informationsbibliothek | |
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| 52°22′53″N 9°43′12″E / 52.38139°N 9.72000°E | |
| Location | Welfengarten 1B 30167 Hanover, Germany, Germany |
| Type | National library, Research library |
| Scope | engineering, architecture, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics |
| Established | 1959 |
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| Items collected | books, journals, electronic media |
| Size | 8 million[1] 14.4 million patents 16,000 journal titles |
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| Budget | €9.4 million (acquisitions) |
| Director | Uwe Rosemann |
| Employees | 174 |
The German National Library of Science and Technology (Template:Lang-de), abbreviated TIB, is the national library of the Federal Republic of Germany for all fields of engineering, as well as architecture, chemistry, computer science, mathematics and physics. It is jointly funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the 16 German states, operating in conjunction with the Leibniz University of Hanover. Founded in 1959, the TIB is the world’s largest science and technology library.[1][2]
Holdings
- 8 million books and digital items
- 14.4 million patents
- 16,000 journal subscriptions
The physical collection occupies around 125 kilometres of shelving[1]
Online services
TIB operates a portal for science and technology called GetInfo with interdisciplinary search capabilities for the other German National Libraries as well as access to more than 150 million data sets from other specialized databases, publishers and library catalogs.[3]The TIB also makes scientific videos of lectures, conferences, computer animations, simulations and experiments available via GetInfo. These video items can be searched free-of-charge and can be downloaded via Flash Player.[4]
Partnerships
The TIB partners with a variety of national and international libraries, institutions and associations. It collaborates directly with the German National Library of Economics (ZBW) and German National Library of Medicine (ZB MED) on developing and operating online search services, licensing agreements, document preservation efforts and data storage. The TIB provides literature for scientists in the newly independent states of the former USSR, including Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and the Ukraine. It also collaborates with numerous organizations in China, Japan and Eastern Europe. [5]
Notable institutional partnerships include:
- Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
- DataCite e.V.
- German Physical Society (DPG)
- German Scientific Library at the Goethe Institute (DWB), Cairo
- Library of the Delft University of Technology (TU), Delft
- Library of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich
- National Library of Science and Technology, Kiev
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), Ohio, USA
- Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Moscow
- Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology (GPNTB), Moscow
External links
- German National Library of Science and Technology
- German Portal on Technology and the Natural Sciences
- Goportis: Leibniz Library Network for Research Information
- Vifa Chem II: The Virtual Library of Chemistry
- SCOAP3-DH: International Consortium for Open Access Publishing in High Energy Physics
- Visual access to TIB rResearch Data
References
- ^ a b c The TIB – Facets and Facts 2010 online retrieved 24-May-2012
- ^ Thomas De Petro: The "Technische Informationsbibliothek": Germany's National Library for Science, Technology, and Engineering Online retrieved 23-May-2012
- ^ GetInfo Portal retrieved 24-May-2012
- ^ Scientific Films Integrated into GetInfo retrieved 24-May-2012
- ^ German National Library of Technology - Partners retrieved 24-May-2012