a campaign by academic libraries in Germany
Under the motto "WEITER WISSEN. With us.", major academic libraries are launching a campaign to make their unique work for science and society more visible.
The aim of the "WEITER WISSEN" campaign is to highlight the social relevance of academic libraries, their special tasks, functions and diverse services as a prerequisite for innovative science. After all, independent and high-quality research, teaching and development in Germany can only be guaranteed in the future with broad political and social support for science-related infrastructures.
Academic libraries are the driving force behind open science and society. Together, they provide the central information infrastructures of science and continually drive them forward. The topics of open access, research data management, cultural heritage and digital long-term archiving cannot be shaped without the reliable services of academic libraries. And especially in times of increasing social uncertainty and attempts at disinformation, libraries are guarantors of free access to independently verified and fact-based knowledge. They therefore guarantee free science, education and culture.
”The campaign is supported by climate researcher Prof. Dr. Mojib Latif, the President of the Social Science Research Center Berlin Prof. Dr. Jutta Allmendinger, veterinarian Prof. Sonja Bröer, virologist Prof. Dr. Melanie Brinkmann, the President of the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Prof. Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt, transformation researcher Prof. Maja Göpel, Prof. Dr. Christoph Markschies from the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, infectiologist Prof. Dr. Marylyn Addo, philosopher Prof. Dr. Julian Nida-Rümelin, migration researcher Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan and Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert from the German Institute for Economic Research. In short statements, they explain what they believe academic libraries contribute to science and research.
Academic libraries not only support research, science and teaching with literature and research data, but also ensure that these are secured and accessible in the long term. In order to make these services more visible, numerous academic libraries have joined forces and developed the campaign "WEITER WISSEN. With us." campaign. The campaign is a joint initiative of the Badische Landesbibliothek, the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, the SLUB Dresden, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, the Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, the university libraries of Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin, Mannheim University Library, TIB - Leibniz Information Center for Science and Technology and University Library, ZB MED - Information Center for Life Sciences and ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics together with the German Library Association (dbv).V. (dbv).
