Co-operations & memberships
The library nationally and internationally cooperates and exchanges experiences with other libraries and library-related institutions to improve its own activities, for example with the libraries of the UA Ruhr (University Alliance Ruhr) and the Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen). The library is also actively involved within the European AURORA network within several working groups on the topics of bibliometrics and e-learning.
According to a teaming agreement, the library supports the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) in terms of library affairs.
By using the library system Alma the library participates in the Ex Libris German-language user group DACHELA.
Co-operations
To record and to present its own holdings suitably, the library participates in the following library-related cooperations:
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Electronic Journals Library (EZB) |
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Digital Library (DigiBib) |
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Database for Serial Titles (ZDB) |
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Union catalogue North Rhine-Westphalia (hbz) |
Memberships
There are also personal or institutional memberships in the following organizations:
AG UB |
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Universitätsbibliotheken
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AGMB |
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Medizinisches Bibliothekswesen e.V. |
hbz |
Hochschulbibliothekszentrum |
DNB |
Beirat der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek (Advisory board of the German National Library) |
dbv |
Deutscher Bibliotheksverband e.V. |
DINI |
Deutsche Initiative für Netzwerkinformationen e.V. (German Initiative for Network Information) |
IATUL |
International Association of Technological University Libraries |
IFLA |
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions |
IGeLU |
The International Group of Ex Libris Users |
LIBER |
Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche |
ORCID DE |
ORCID Germany Consortium |
vbnw |
Verband der Bibliotheken des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V. |