Projects
The University Library carries out numerous projects in cooperation with the university and other partners. Find out more about current and past projects.
FAIR Artifacts of Medical History
- Project
- The project aims to systematically catalog selected collections of objects from human and veterinary medicine and to integrate their metadata into library catalogs and supraregional portals via a collection management system. The focus is on two collections: a veterinary instrument collection on gynecology, andrology, and reproductive medicine, and the clinical image collection of surgeon Friedrich von Esmarch, comprising 1,000 original drawings with handwritten comments depicting surgical patients between 1842 and 1898. Both collections will be made permanently freely accessible in accordance with the FAIR principles.
- Funding
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG (German Research Foundation)
- Cooperation
- University of Kiel; LMU, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Collection of Veterinary History
- Project duration
- 2025 -
- Further information
- DFG GEPRIS FAIR
- Contact LMU University Library
- forschungsdaten@ub.uni-muenchen.de
FOLIO
- Project
- FOLIO (acronym for “the future of libraries is open”) is a cooperatively developed open-source library management system that brings together libraries, developers, and service providers to provide a modular, platform-based solution for core library tasks. Open interfaces allow FOLIO to be flexibly connected to existing system landscapes, enabling tailor-made configurations for different types of institutions.
The Bibliotheksverbund Bayern, BVB (Bavarian Library Network) is gradually replacing the outdated SISIS-SunRise system with FOLIO and is actively involved in its further development. In the first phase, FOLIO will be introduced at four pilot libraries to test the technical infrastructure, migration, and local adaptations. This will be followed by its introduction at other institutions, accompanied by continuous optimization of the system modules.
The transition of the LMU University Library is planned for Q1/Q2 2027. - Cooperation
- Bayerische Verbundzentrale (Bavarian Network Control Center) – a department of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB (Bavarian State Library);
Leibniz-Rechenzentrum der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, LRZ BAdW (Leibniz Supercomputing Centre of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities);
the university and college libraries of the BVB - Project duration
- 10/2023 - 12/2027
- Further information
- Digitalverbund Bayern (Digital Network Bavaria) FOLIO (in German)
- Contact LMU University Library
- julie.bickle@ub.uni-muenchen.de
Illustrated science. Digital. Sustainable – Teaching charts at LMU
- Project
- Over 1,000 historical teaching charts from the University Library's collection in the fields of biology/systematics, biodiversity and plant evolution, human medicine/anatomy, and veterinary medicine are being systematically cataloged and digitized as part of a project. First all basic data is recorded. This will be followed by conservation treatment and digitization of the teaching charts by external service providers. Finally, the contents will be cataloged and made available on the LMU University Library's Digital Collections (in German) platform.
- Funding
- LMU Sustainability Fund
- Cooperation
- Faculty of Biology, Department of Systematics,
Biodiversity and evolution of plants; Faculty of Medicine, Anatomical Collection; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary History Collection - Project duration
- 2023 - 2026
- Contact LMU University Library
- historische-sammlungen@ub.uni-muenchen.de
HITS FDM
- Project
- The project develops and tests state-wide offerings for a future cross-university IT service for research data management (HITS FDM). The focus is on supporting and networking internal university FDM advisory centers in order to exploit synergies and strengthen their work. The creation of a central website is intended to bundle relevant content, make it easier for universities to set up their own services, and promote the coordinated coordination of FDM activities in Bavaria. In addition, four central, state-wide FDM services will initially be designed and provided: central hosting of Research Data Management Organizer (RDMO), a registration office for Digital Object Identifiers, a service for Persistent Identifiers, and the DataCite metadata generator. HITS FDM enables a coordinated, sustainable infrastructure.
- Funding
- Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts)
- Cooperation
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg; TH Nürnberg; IT Gruppe Geisteswissenschaften LMU München; ITG (IT Group Humanities LMU Munich)
- Project duration
- July 2025 - June 2028
- Further information
- Digitalverbund Bayern (Digital Network Bavaria) HITS (in German)
- Contact LMU University Library
- forschungsdaten@ub.uni-muenchen.de
LMU Open Access Fund
- project description
- All members of LMU who are the corresponding author of a publication can apply for a fixed subsidy for publication fees (APC) from the LMU Open Access Fund.
The University Library provides a platform for submitting applications, checks the eligibility and fulfillment of the funding requirements after the application has been submitted, and, if the decision is positive, pays the funding amount to the LMU institution of the corresponding author. In addition, it makes the metadata and full texts of all funded publications available for reuse in the Open Access LMU repository, thereby guaranteeing maximum findability and ensuring the long-term archiving of the publications.
Transformation agreements are also supported by the fund (e.g., Sage, Taylor & Francis, CUP). - Funding
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG (German Research Foundation)
- Project duration (2nd funding phase)
- 2025 - 2027
- Project website
- LMU Open Access Fund
- Contact LMU University Library
- open-access@ub.uni-muenchen.de
PID Network Germany
- Project
- The PID Network Germany project translates practice-oriented guidelines for the use and implementation of persistent identifiers (PIDs) into existing research data and publication infrastructures. The aim is to integrate recommendations into concrete workflows, tools, and documentation, to improve metadata quality in the long term, and to provide transferable solutions for scientific institutions. The focus is on the further development of established services, adaptation to current DataCite standards, and practical testing under real conditions. Implementation is iterative and closely monitored in order to systematically evaluate experiences and make them available to the community. LMU Munich is participating as the first pilot institution during the implementation phase.
- Funding
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG (German Research Foundation)
- Cooperation
- DataCite; Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, DNB (German National Library); Helmholtz Open Science Office; UB Bielefeld (Bielefeld University Library); TIB Hannover
- Project duration
- Jan. 2026 - Mar. 2026
- Further information
- PID Network Germany
- Contact LMU University Library
- forschungsdaten@ub.uni-muenchen.de
VetAnatOmnia
- Project
- Extensive 3D digital copies of the animal anatomy collection of the LMU's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine are already available, but their scientific and educational use has been limited to date. The aim of the project is to index these digital objects with standardized, networkable metadata and make them available in a structured form in a collection portal. In addition, it should be possible to integrate the models into learning platforms such as Moodle, thereby supporting digital teaching.
- Funding
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG (German Research Foundation)
- Cooperation
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Anatomical Research, Exhibition, and Teaching Collection
- Project duration
- 2025 -
- Further information
- DFG VetAnatOmnia
- Contact LMU University Library
- forschungsdaten@ub.uni-muenchen.de
Completed projects
Project
LaVe bundles support services for the long-term preservation and sustainable usability of research data, thereby strengthening the digital information infrastructure at universities. The project develops conceptual and organizational foundations for the reliable transfer, preservation, and curation of data, establishes local PID services for the unique identification of research objects, and networks local systems with (supra)regional services. Building on experience gained from eHumanities interdisciplinary, LaVe supplements existing structures with measures for data curation, metadata quality assurance, and institutional PID resolving.
- Funding: Bayerisches Staastministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts)
- Cooperation: FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Project duration: 2022 - 2024
- Project website: Digitalverbund Bayern (Digital Network Bavaria) LaVe (in German)
- Contact LMU University Library: forschungsdaten@ub.uni-muenchen.de
Publication
Daten, die bleiben Das LaVeProjekt als Modell für nachhaltige Forschung - FAU CRIS (in German)
Project
“eHumanities – interdisciplinary” is a cooperation project funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts for the further development of research data management (RDM) in the digital humanities. The focus is on the design and testing of practice-oriented tools and the formulation of recommendations for sustainable work processes. The results of the project are freely accessible and are divided into three main areas:
DataCite: Development of central tools for formal description and DOI registration based on the established DataCite metadata schema. These include a best practice guide, a metadata generator, and a DataCite plugin for EPrints.
RDMO and data management plans: Provision of materials for the web-based Research Data Management Organiser (RDMO), an open-source tool for the structured creation of data management plans. The focus was on developing questionnaires to help researchers identify and implement the requirements of various third-party funding lines.
FDM and Digital Humanities: Development of subject-specific support services, including the FDM-DH service center and workflows for research data management at LMU.
- Funding: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts)
- Cooperation partner: IT Gruppe Geisteswissenschaften LMU München, ITG (IT Group Humanities (LMU Munich); FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Project duration: Project phase 1 (2018-2020), Project phase 2 (2021-2023)
- Project website: dhumanities - interdisziplinär (in German)
- Contact LMU University Library: forschungsdaten@ub.uni-muenchen.de
Publication
Project
The Philologicum at Ludwigstraße 25 is a new subject library for linguistics and literary studies and a central location for campus life at LMU. The new building (Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten) integrates the listed façade of the historic building from the 1830s into a modern library concept and offers space for 420,000 books and 700 reading and study places. Clear zoning and a diverse range of rooms characterize the building and enable concentrated learning and working as well as communication, academic exchange, and events. The subject library opened in the 2019/20 winter semester.
Funding: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts)
Cooperation: Liegenschaften und Technik (Deznernat IV) der LMU (Property and Maintenance (Division IV) of LMU), Staatliches Bauamt München 2 (Munich State Building Authority 2)
Dauer: 2015 - 2019
Contact LMU University Library:
Lena Berg
Publication
Ein Haus für die Menschen - das Zonierungskonzept der neuen Fachbibliothek Philologicum der Universitätsbibliothek der LMU München, www.b-i-t-online.de, 24 (2021), Nr. 1. (in German)