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Anlässlich des UNESCO-Welttag des Buchs berichten Mitarbeitende der SUB Göttingen in unserem Sammlungsblog „Selten und bemerkenswert” über ein Werk aus unserer Sammlung, mit dem sie aus ganz unterschiedlichen Gründen eine besondere Bedeutung verbinden, sei es aus professionellen, aus ästhetischen oder auch persönlichen Gründen.

The University of Göttingen has declared its accession to the new DEAL contracts with SpringerNature and Wiley. It has also joined the first DEAL agreement with Elsevier. The license period of all three DEAL agreements covers the years 2024 to 2028.

Citavi Web is now also available to members of the University of Göttingen as part of the re-licensing program. This means that the reference management program can be used independently of the operating system and is therefore also of interest to anyone working with Mac OS or Linux. All you need to work with Citavi Web is an Internet connection and an up-to-date browser.

From 12.01.2024, the Göttingen Seed Library will be offering chilli and pepper seeds and a few cold sprouts on the ground floor of the Central Library of the SUB Göttingen. The drawers will gradually be filled with more varieties of tomatoes, beans, lettuce, herbs and flowers.

The long-time director of the SUB Göttingen, Prof. Dr. Wolfram Horstmann, will take over as director of the Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure in Karlsruhe (FIZ) in January 2024. The institute is a member of the Leibniz Association and one of the major infrastructure institutions in Germany.

Academic libraries, including the SUB Göttingen, are launching the major campaign "WEITER WISSEN. Mit uns." to make their unique work for science and society more visible. Academic and research libraries have a shared responsibility to actively shape, promote and drive forward reliable information infrastructures. Open access, research data management, cultural heritage, digital long-term preservation as well as research and development are the central tasks of academic and research libraries.

Der Physiker und „Vater der Atombombe“ Julius Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967), dessen Geschichte gerade in den Kinos läuft, wurde 1927 an der Universität Göttingen in nur sechs Monaten zum Doktor promoviert. Seine Promotionsakte ist erhalten und gehört als eine von über 9.500 solcher Akten allein aus Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften zu den Beständen des an der SUB angesiedelten Universitätsarchivs Göttingen.

This week, the German Nominating Committee for the UNESCO Memory of the World Program met in the Historical Building of the Göttingen State and University Library. The committee's task is to review, evaluate and select German proposals for inclusion in the World Documentary Heritage.

At the end of April, the New American Studies Journal: A Forum (NASJ) launched its first thematic issue "American Crises" with a new design and a new editorial board. The NASJ is also hosted by a new journal platform provided by Göttingen University Press.

In ihrem Beitrag zu unserem Sammlungsblog beschäftigt sich Sarah Vincent mit dem Text-Bild-Band „Totes Holz“, in dem Günter Grass bereits 1990 auf das Waldsterben und den Klimawandel aufmerksam machte.