The Data Formats Working Group has approved the field definition for the EZB licence assignment in MARC field 920. This means that a dedicated, standardised MARC field will now be available for the licence assignments maintained by the EZB. The EZB’s OAI-PMH interface has already been adapted accordingly. The EZB licence assignment is provided via […]

On 11 and 12 March 2026, the 6th Data Recipients’ Workshop organised by the German National Library (DNB), the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB) and the Electronic Journals Library (EZB) took place at the DNB’s Congress Centre in Frankfurt am Main. Covering topics such as metadata acquisition, interfaces, data flows and system landscapes, the event once again offered

How can all the systems, interfaces, and data flows surrounding digital resources be clearly presented? Many libraries and information institutions are faced with this question. The new Systemlandkarte E-Ressourcen —one of the key results of the Systemlandschaft Working Group —now offers an answer. It is now freely accessible online: https://ag-systemlandschaft.de/app/visualisierung/   The interactive map shows

The GOKB is a community-based platform where data is not only stored and shared, but also validated, checked, and processed. To ensure this, verification requests are created in the case of conflicts. We need your support for these requests.   Further information can be found in the presentation “EZB und GOKB: Einblick in die Kooperation”.

On May 12, 2025, the annual report of the Electronic Journals Library for the year 2024 was published on the publication server of the University of Regensburg. You can find it under the following link: epub.uni-regensburg.de/76672/