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ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences

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ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences

Summary

ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences is a national library[1]. It draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (national_library category, ranking #53 of 175).[2]

Key Facts

  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences received the Librarian of the Year Award[3].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences was a member of Informationsdienst Wissenschaft[4].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences was a member of North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre[5].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences was a member of Leibniz Library Network for Research Information[6].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences was a member of German National Research Data Infrastructure[7].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences was a member of DataCite[8].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences was a member of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions[9].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences is located in Cologne[10].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences is located in Bonn[11].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences is located in North Rhine-Westphalia[12].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences is in the country of Germany[13].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's instance of is recorded as national library[14].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's instance of is recorded as central specialist library[15].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's instance of is recorded as research institute[16].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's instance of is recorded as library[17].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's headquarters location is recorded as Cologne[18].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences took place at Cologne[19].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's postal code is recorded as 50931[20].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's Commons category is recorded as ZB MED – Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften[21].
  • 1973 marks the founding of ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences[22].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.924567, 'lon': 6.916296}[23].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.72675, 'lon': 7.0865277777777775}[24].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.92466, 'lon': 6.91666}[25].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's official website is recorded as https://www.zbmed.de/[26].
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's participant in is recorded as OA Switchboard[27].

Body

Founding

1973 marks the founding of ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences[22].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'ZB MED – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften'}[28] and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'ZB MED – Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften'}[29]. ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'ZB MED'}[30].

Operations

ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's headquarters location is recorded as Cologne[18].

Recognition

ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences received the Librarian of the Year Award[3].

Why It Matters

ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (national_library category, ranking #53 of 175).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

What awards did ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences receive?

Honors received include Librarian of the Year Award[3].

Related Entities

Germany research institute

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . ld.zdb-services.de. ld.zdb-services.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . zbmed.de. zbmed.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . zbmed.de. Retrieved . zbmed.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [19] ↑ . ld.zdb-services.de. ld.zdb-services.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [20] ↑ . ld.zdb-services.de. ld.zdb-services.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [4] ↑ . idw-online.de. Retrieved . idw-online.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [5] ↑ . directory of German Library Codes. wikidata.org.
  16. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [7] ↑ . nfdi.de. nfdi.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [8] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [9] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ld.zdb-services.de. ld.zdb-services.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . oaswitchboard.org. Retrieved . oaswitchboard.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . directory of German Library Codes. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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