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More than a Workshop: “Measuring Quality: Integrity and Quality Criteria in Academic Journal Infrastructure”

The University Library of Regensburg and the Electronic Journals Library (EZB) had the great pleasure of hosting an international workshop on “Measuring Quality: Integrity and Quality Criteria in Academic Journal Infrastructure” at the beginning of October, featuring speakers and participants from, among others, the German Research Foundation (DFG), the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, […]

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Publication of the EZB Annual Report 2025 and the DBIS Annual Report 2024 / 2025

In February 2026, the annual reports of the Database Information System for the years 2024/2025 and the annual report for 2025 for the Electronic Journals Library were published on the University of Regensburg’s publication server. You can access the reports via the following links: Annual report for DBIS 2024/2025: https://epub.uni-regensburg.de/78735/ (German) Annual report for DBIS

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Appointment of Dr. André Schüller-Zwierlein to the new DOAJ Advisory Board

We are delighted that Dr. André Schüller-Zwierlein, Director of the University Library of Regensburg, has been appointed to the new DOAJ Advisory Board, where he will represent the German region. The board, which has 26 members from 20 countries, provides strategic advice and impetus for the further development of the DOAJ. The EZB

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Admission of DBIS, EZB, RVK and openCost to InfraFinder

The UR Library Services have decided to register the three services – DBIS, EZB and RVK – ans openCost with InfraFinder. InfraFinder is a U.S.-based, non-profit platform that lists open infrastructures. The aim of the platform is to increase investment in open, digital research infrastructures and to promote their access and participation. The inclusion

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openCost Extended: Second Project Phase Approved

The DFG project openCost has been approved for a second project phase and will be funded for a further three years. The aim of openCost is to create a technical infrastructure with which publication costs can be accessed freely via standardized interfaces and formats. This contributes to improving cost transparency at (inter)national level. To this

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More Visibility of Publishing Information with EZB and DOAJ

The blog of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has published the article “DOAJ and EZB: Working together for more visibility of information on publishing”. The blog post highlights how the open data exchange between DOAJ and EZB improves the visibility of information on publishing in journals and contributes to greater cost transparency.

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