The MPDL Advisory Board supports and advises the President, the accountable Vice Presidents, the Secretary General and the Max Planck Digital Library on the Max Planck Society's strategy relating to electronic scientific media and tools and the Society's open access policy.
The MPDL Advisory Board also forges a link between the Max Planck Digital Library and the sections, i.e. the institutes, and other involved units of the Max Planck Society. In addition, it is responsible for other tasks relating to the Max Planck Digital Library, including supporting and advising the Library on its ongoing duties and preparing reports on joint applications for central project financing by institutes and the Max Planck Digital Library.
The MPDL Advisory Board was appointed on June 17, 2010 by the Senate of the Max Planck Society. On January 1, 2012 it took its place within more than a decade of tradition represented by the Steering Committee of the Scientific Information Services Program of the Max Planck Society (LA sInfo, 2004-2011) and the preceding Advisory Committee on Information Provision (BI, 1999-2003). Among other duties, the MPDL Advisory Board now carries on the work of its predecessors.
November 2024
MPDL Advisory Board Members
| Prof. Dr. Frank Jenko Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics | Chairperson |
| Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hummer Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics | Research Fellow at the Biology & Medicine Section |
| Prof. Dr. Gerard Meijer Managing Director and Scientific Member of the Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max Planck Society | Research Fellow at the Chemistry, Physics & Technology Section |
| Alfred Freeborn Max Planck Institute for the History of Science | Research Associate at the Humanities & Social Sciences Section |
| Prof. Dr. Tristan Weddigen Director and Scientific Member at the Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institute for Art History | Research Fellow at the Humanities & Social Sciences Section |
| Prof. Dr. Emilio Zagheni Director at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research | Research Fellow at the Humanities & Social Sciences Section |
| Sebastian Nix Max Planck Institute for Human Development | Representative of the spokespersons of the information service providers |
| Dr. Philip Bittihn Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization | Research Fellow at the Chemistry, Physics & Technology Section |
| Maximilian Prugger Deputy Secretary General of the MPS | Representative of the Secretary General |
| Prof. Dr. Erwin Laure Director of Max Planck Computing and Data Facility | Representative of the Advisory Committee for IT Equipment (BAR) |
| Dr. Stefan Vollmar Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research | Representative of the ICT Speakers Council (IT-Sprecherkreis) |
| Prof. Dr. Iain Couzin Director of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior | Research Associate at the Biology & Medicine Section |
| Prof. Dr. Peter Benner Director at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems | Reseach Fellow at the Chemistry, Physics & Technology Section |
| Dr. Luis Humberto Orellana Retamal Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology | Research Associate at the Biology & Medicine Section |
