Cooperation
Globally well connected
Strategic partnerships and global networking are vital to the future viability of TIB. The library works with academic libraries and research institutions around the world to create new services and develop existing ones. The aim is to provide the best possible support for scholars and scientists in research, teaching and industry.
Through active participation in networks and committees, TIB puts its own issues on the science policy agenda and actively shapes future developments. Its core competencies include responsible data science, research data management, non-textual materials, information provision and digital preservation.
TIB collaborates with more than 50 international partners on a project-by-project basis. It also supports international researchers and librarians by providing grants and covering travel expenses and conference fees.
Here is a selection of active cooperative activities and memberships:
- DataCite e. V.: an international consortium on research data management, founded in 2009 by TIB and various partners
- European Patent Office (EPO), PATLIB centre
- National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing: various information provision projects since 2004
- New Media Consortium (NMC): cooperation project with ETH LIbrary and the University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur and the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) (since 2017) involving the creation of the NMC Horizon Report Library Edition 2014, 2015 and 2017
- TechLib: a network of leading technology libraries in Europe (TIB, TU Delft Library, Technical Information Center of Denmark) that has been in existence since 2005
- Facilitating Open Science Training for European Research (FOSTER): promotion of the series of online seminars “CoScience – Collaborative research and publishing via the web” (2014 and 2015)
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
- International Association of University Libraries (IATUL)
- Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER)
- National Institute of Informatics (NII), Tokyo
- Open Preservation Foundation (OPF)
- Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
- Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3)
- The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)
- WorldWideScience Alliance
- Leibniz Association: as a member of the Leibniz Association, TIB is involved in various research alliances and working groups.
- Leibniz Research Alliance Open Science: TIB is a founder member. Key activities in research include the new working habits of researchers, user behaviour research and technological development.
- TU9: alliance of the nine leading institutes of technology in Germany
- Hochschule Hannover – University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HsH)
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Patentinformationszentren e. V. (PIZnet)
- Coalition for Action Copyright for Education and Research
- German Initiative for Networked Information (DINI e. V.)
- German Library Association (dbv)
- German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), Patent Information Centre
- L3S research centre, Hannover
- FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure
- nestor – the German competence network for digital preservation
- Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
- WTI-Frankfurt eG – scientific-technological information
- Erfinderzentrum Norddeutschland GmbH (EZN)
- Common Library Network (GBV)
- Hannover Online Library System (HOBSY): alliance of scientific libraries in Hannover
- Hannover Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK))
- Leibniz Universität Hannover: TIB provides members of Leibniz Universität Hannover with literature and information
- Technik-Salon: a cultural platform for technology co-founded by TIB
