Establishment of a centre of competence for the licensing of electronic resources – a cross-sectional task within the system of Specialised Information Services

• Applicants: Professor Dr. Thomas Kaufmann; Dr. Dorothea Sommer
• Term: since 2013
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 245364168

The DFG-funded system of “Specialised Information Services” (FID) aims at setting up cross-regional and demand-oriented information infrastructures for science. Within this framework, a competence centre for the licensing of electronic resources in the FID context (KfL) has been established in Göttingen, Berlin and Munich since 2014, which was positively evaluated by DFG in spring 2019. It is by now a central service provider for the FID and an active partner in the development and stabilisation of the FID system. The project activities concentrate on the continuation of the successful service operation for the negotiation and provision of FID licenses. One focus is on ensuring the permanent availability of data and content and the commitment to open access transformation. In addition, KfL supports the FID by standardizing licensing and the technical infrastructure as well as providing management tools. More recently, the portfolio was extended to include new, data-supported value-added services in the context of FID licensing.

• DFG Programme: Acquisition and Provision (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)
• Co-Investigators: Kristine Hillenkötter; Dr. Hildegard Schäffler