Max Planck Digital Library

Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) is a central service unit within the Max Planck Society (MPS).

Its function is to provide electronic publications and publication databases to the Max Planck Institutes and to support them creating digital and network-based research environments. The MPDL provides a repository for the institutes’ publications and assists them with the digital reprocessing of scientific raw data.

Furthermore the MPDL supports the President of the Max Planck Society within the scope of its Open Access Policy and related tasks in science policy.

Head of MPDL:
Dr. Frank Sander

MPDL CoLaboratory

MPDL CoLaboratory - a Community of Expertise

The idea of the MPDL CoLab is to provide a platform for community building and knowledge exchange across (sub)projects and organisations. The MPDL CoLab connects people with similar fields of interests and goals within the Max Planck Society (MPG) as well as in external organisations.