ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

The ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics is the world’s largest information centre for economic literature. The institution holds more than 4 million media items and enables access to millions of online documents in economics. In 2019 alone, around 9 million digital full-texts were downloaded. In addition, the ZBW provides a fast-growing collection of Open Access documents.

The repository EconStor currently gives free access to more than 190,000 articles and working papers. EconBiz, the portal for international economic information, allows students and researchers to search among ten million datasets. The ZBW edits two journals in economic policy, Wirtschaftsdienst and Intereconomics which are available in Gold Open access.

The ZBW is a research-based academic library. Professors in computer science and an international group of PhD candidates carry out transdisciplinary research on the digitisation of the science system. Research at the ZBW is connected to international networks. The main cooperation partners are engaged in EU projects and in the Leibniz Research Alliance Open Science. The ZBW is a member of the Leibniz Association and a foundation under public law. The ZBW has been honoured repeatedly for its innovative library work with the international LIBER Award for Library Innovation.

Digital preservation aims to preserve digital objects for future generations which is of major significance in the context of the ZBW’s strategic orientation.

The ZBW undertakes digital preservation in cooperation with its information infrastructure partners TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences.

The cooperative digital preservation system of the ZBW has been operative since 2010. The ZBW develops manual and automated workflows for transferring digital holdings into digital preservation system and for the necessary adaptations of digital objects within the system. In 2017, the digital preservation system of the ZBW received the nestor seal, and in 2019 the Core Trust Seal.

Growing experience and constant exchange with professionals from other institutions enable the ZBW to adapt workflows ever more efficiently to the specific needs of users. Cooperations with national and international networks are valued highly at the ZBW which is why it is an active member of the Open Preservation Foundation.

Contact

Yvonne Tunnat
ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
Düsternbrooker Weg 120
24105 Kiel
y.tunnat@zbw.eu
T: +49-431-8814-610