A specialised information service for physics

Location: Leibniz Universität Hannover, Building 1105 (PhoenixD), large seminar room 001, ground floor
Speaker: Dr. Holger Israel and Julia Hoffmann (TIB)
Organised by: QuantumFrontiers and PhoenixD

At this point, you will certainly have asked yourself: What is a specialised information service? It is an infrastructure that is mainly operated by libraries and is intended to support cutting-edge research for a specific field of research. It offers services that go beyond the basic provision of a normal academic library. The specific implementation and the services offered are orientated towards the corresponding needs of the specialist communities – for example, a musicologist requires different support than a legal scholar. In order for these services to offer clear benefit for research, the specialist community must be closely involved.

We would therefore be delighted if you would take the time to attend our event. Together with our partners at INP (Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology) and PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), the TIB (Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology) is planning to submit an application for a specialised information service for physics. We want to create a web service portal in the field of atomic and molecular physics, optics, quantum optics and photonics, which will provide a central information entry point for physicists. In addition, we are planning an event overview for physics-relevant conferences, physics-specific advice for authors of publications, e.g. –  “Which Open Access journals are suitable for my paper?” –  the licensing of databases for cutting-edge research, and much more.

And this is where you come in: We would like to find out what would make your day-to-day work in physics easier? What access to information and products, e.g. databases, do you need for your research? Are there any tools and applications that you are missing in your research?

Our workshop is designed as a World Café, i.e. the participants are divided into different tables (virtual rooms) and discuss different questions we provide and write down the answers. After a given time, participants can change “tables” so that each participant has the chance to discuss each topic. At the end of the workshop, the results are summarised in a short overview. We would like to incorporate your comments and remarks as part of our community survey into our proposal for the specialised information service for physics.