2020, Geith, Uwe, Kraß, Thomas

In order to bring Open Access publications more into the perception of library users, it is necessary to make them more visible. In the visOA project, carried out by the NTNM library of the INM, Open Access publications were clearly highlighted in the OPAC as well as in the Discovery System and in the publication lists of the INM. A self-programmed virtual journal display (VIDIJO) also offers a subject-specific selection of Open Access journals. The effectiveness of the measures taken in the project was verified by accompanying research.

2020, Stocker, Markus, Darroch, Louise, Krahl, Rolf, Habermann, Ted, Devaraju, Anusuriya, Schwardmann, Ulrich, D'Onofrio, Claudio, Häggström, Ingemar

Instruments play an essential role in creating research data. Given the importance of instruments and associated metadata to the assessment of data quality and data reuse, globally unique, persistent and resolvable identification of instruments is crucial. The Research Data Alliance Working Group Persistent Identification of Instruments (PIDINST) developed a community-driven solution for persistent identification of instruments which we present and discuss in this paper. Based on an analysis of 10 use cases, PIDINST developed a metadata schema and prototyped schema implementation with DataCite and ePIC as representative persistent identifier infrastructures and with HZB (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie) and BODC (British Oceanographic Data Centre) as representative institutional instrument providers. These implementations demonstrate the viability of the proposed solution in practice. Moving forward, PIDINST will further catalyse adoption and consolidate the schema by addressing new stakeholder requirements.

2020, Bielesch, Stefan, Engelkenmeier, Ute, Kösters, Jens, Petri, Nicole, Stöhr, Matti, Stummeyer, Sabine

After the cancellation of the 109th German Librarians' Day in Hannover, the #vBIB20 took place from 26-28 May 2020 as an alternative planned at short notice, which was conducted as a web conference. The article briefly examines from the point of view of the organisation (TIB Hannover, Association of Information and Library Professionals BIB) the challenges and experiences in the implementation of the pure online conference, which was unprecedented in the German-speaking library community on this scale.