Commitment

Our lab contributed and contributes to numerous initiatives of the research information community, for example:

One focus of our work is the open source research information system VIVO. We are commited to better open source solutions in this field. We do so by participating in various committees and working groups:

We co-founded the VIVO-DE activities and we are fostering the VIVO community in Germany and Europe. We are organizing and hosting the German VIVO Workshops:

The TIB is member of

News

VIVO webinar as part of the Leibniz initiative ‘Strengthening CRIS’ on 5 September 2024

Together with representatives from the ARL - Academy for Spatial Development and the ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, members of our team presented the open source research information system VIVO and invited participants to a hands-on session.

Research data or research information: What’s the difference?

There are many terms that sound similar but have different meanings: Effectiveness and efficiency. Sympathy and empathy. In discourses on information science, the digitisation of science and research and currently in connection with the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information, another…

TIB signs the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information

The Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information emphasises the value of publicly accessible research information for the scientific community and for a transparent and fair evaluation of its stakeholders. We explain what this declaration means and why the TIB is one of the first signatories.

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