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MARK: Max Planck Digital Library zieht als größte digitale Bibliothek Europas nach München Laim
München - 25. Mai 2023 | MARK: Max Planck Digital Library zieht als größte digitale Bibliothek Europas nach München Laim
MARK: Die Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), eine zentrale Institution der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft und größte digitale Bibliothek Europas, wird neuer Mieter der Gewerbeimmobilie MARK. Bekannt als einer der 75 Zukunftsorte der Wissenschaft, ist die MPDL eine besondere Bereicherung für den 25. Stadtteil. Mit der MPDL wird auch die MPDL Services (MPDLS), eine gemeinnützige GmbH zur Förderung von Open Access im deutschen Wissenschaftssystem, ab dem dritten Quartal 2023 in das Gebäude einziehen. Beide Gesellschaften wurden bei der Anmietung exklusiv von JLL betreut. Für den Eigentümer war Knight Frank als Leadmakler beratend tätig.
(Quelle: Knight Frank München)
Digitalisierung in der Wissenschaft vorantreiben
Derzeit ist die MPDL noch in der Maxvorstadt in der Amalienstraße beheimatet. Der Umzug ins MARK, in der Landsberger Straße 346, auf insgesamt zwei Etagen und einer Gewerbefläche von rund 5.000 m² wird im dritten Quartal 2023 stattfinden. Das Ensemble, das in Q1 2023 fertiggestellt wurde, umfasst ca. 56.000 m² Gesamtfläche und zeigt eine unverwechselbare Architektur, die dem Standort identitätsstiftende Kontur verleiht. Gelegen an der S-Bahn-Stammstrecke Laim und deutlich sichtbar von Schiene und Straße, überzeugt das MARK mit seiner gefalteten Fassadenstruktur. Spannungsreiche Blickachsen, Räume mit viel Tageslicht und drei begrünte Innenhöfe sind Merkmale der auffallend hohen Aufenthaltsqualität. „Als weit über die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft hinaus, national und international wirkender Dienstleister für die Wissenschaft freuen wir uns, ein zeitgemäßes Gebäude an einem zukunftsweisenden Standort wie München Laim gefunden zu haben“, sagt Dr. Frank Sander, Leiter der MPDL, „Gerade im Wissenschaftskontext ist der digitale Faktor mitentscheidend über Forschungserfolg. Wie überall steigt auch im akademischen Bereich der Umfang der benötigten digitalen Lösungen immer weiter“. Christian Agi, Geschäftsführer der MPDLS, ergänzt: „Gleichermaßen steigt auch der Bedarf an digitalem Zugang zu wissenschaftlicher Literatur und zu Open Access Publikationsmöglichkeiten, der von der MPDLS für Wissenschaftseinrichtungen deutschlandweit organisiert wird.“
Hierfür bietet das MARK beste Voraussetzungen, mit zeitgemäßen Büros, cleveren Konzepten wie Co-Working, Flex-Space und Conference-Zonen, modernster technischer Ausstattung sowie ausgeklügelten Kommunikationszonen, in denen Mitarbeitende sich kreativ austauschen und effektiv zusammenarbeiten können. Zugleich werden dort die Kompetenzen beider Organisationen an einem Standort gebündelt. Das MARK ist ein nachhaltiges Bürogebäude mit einem innovativen und zukunftsorientierten Mobilitätskonzept. Es gibt eine Tiefgarage mit Elektroladestationen und großzügigen Fahrradstellplätzen mit Duschen und Umkleideräumen im Gebäude. Auch in Sachen ESG setzt das MARK ein Zeichen und erfüllt die aktuellen Nachhaltigkeitskriterien, wie die Zertifizierungen Wiredscore Platin und LEED Gold bestätigen.
Bei der Planung und Umsetzung der im Inneren vorgesehenen Lösungen wird die MPDL von Löchle & Partner, einem Münchner Unternehmen, das seit 1987 bekannt für seine funktionalen, bedarfsgerechten und durchdachten Büro- und Objekteinrichtungen ist sowie dem Innenarchitekturbüro Daniela Weber INTERIOR DESIGN unterstützt. Das Gebäude selbst wurde vom Architekturbüro KSP Engel GmbH entwickelt.
Der Münchner Westen blüht weiter auf
Knight Frank München berät als Leadmakler den Eigentümer bei der Vermarktung der Büroflächen dieses innovativen Objektes im Münchner Westen. Viktoria Reiser, Director Agency Knight Frank München kommentiert: „Wir sind stolz darauf, dass wir mit dem MARK eine Bürofläche bieten können, die den hohen Ansprüchen der Max Planck Digital Library an Qualität und Ausstattung entspricht. Mit dem Zuzug der größten digitalen Bibliothek Europas nach Laim blüht der Münchner Westen weiter auf. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem zukünftigen Mieter haben wir eine moderne und komfortable Arbeitsumgebung geschaffen, die den individuellen Bedürfnissen der MPDL sowie seiner Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter entspricht. Willkommen in unserer MARK-Community!“
Der Umzug der MPDL und der MPDLS, die hierfür vom Immobiliendienstleister JLL exklusiv beraten wurden, ist ein weiterer Baustein, Münchens 25. Stadtbezirk zu beleben. Mit der Präsenz der MPDL wird Laim durch einen der Leuchttürme für digitale Transformation in der Wissenschaft ergänzt und bildet somit einen Grundstein für den Ausbau einer nachhaltigen, wissenschaftlichen Nutzerstruktur des Viertels.
Über die Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)
Die Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) ist eine zentrale Institution der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (MPG) und unterstützt alle Forscherinnen und Forscher der MPG mit fachkundigen digitalen Services. Dadurch bietet sie als größte digitale Bibliothek Europas einen einfachen Zugang zu Daten, wissenschaftlicher Literatur, kommerziellen Softwarelizenzen, wissenschaftlichen Kommunikationswerkzeugen und -services sowie forschungsrelevanten Softwareanwendungen. Die MPDL hat einen transformativen Einfluss auf die kommerzielle Produktentwicklung und den wissenschaftlichen Publikationsmarkt zum Nutzen der MPG und der Wissenschaft als Ganzes.
Über die MPDLS
Die MPDL Services GmbH (MPDLS) wird von den deutschen Wissenschaftsorganisationen gemeinsam getragen und ist bei der Max Planck Digital Library angesiedelt. Für über 900 deutsche Wissenschaftseinrichtungen fungiert die gGmbH als Vertragspartnerin gegenüber den größten Wissenschaftsverlagen im Rahmen der deutschlandweiten DEAL-Verträge und organisiert in diesem Zusammenhang den Zugang zu wissenschaftlicher Literatur sowie zu Publikationsdienstleistungen nach dem Open Access-Prinzip.
Pressekontakt
Una Sokcevic
Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)
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Über Knight Frank
Knight Frank LLP, London, ist eine der weltweit führenden unabhängigen Immobilienberatungsgesellschaften, mit über 20.000 Mitarbeitern in 488 Büros und 57 Märkten. Der Hauptsitz ist in London. In Deutschland sind wir an den Standorten in Berlin, Frankfurt und München vertreten. Unsere hoch spezialisierten Mitarbeiter wenden ihr Marktwissen und die Fachkompetenz an, um aus Ihren Anforderungen Ideen und konkrete Lösungsansätze zu entwickeln und auch umzusetzen. Dabei verfolgen wir immer den Anspruch den maximalen Nutzen für unsere Kunden zu erreichen – sei es durch das richtige Objekt, die richtige Strategie oder die innovative Umsetzung.
Pressekontakt:
Viola Lubczyk
Knight Frank GmbH & Co. KG
Telefon +40 170 8036530
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The bloxberg Blockchain will Power OpenSci.net, a Revolutionary Publication Marketplace
Munich | Bremen - April 17, 2023 - the bloxberg Blockchain will Power OpenSci.net, a Revolutionary Publication Marketplace
Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), the leading institution in digital scientific information, is proud to announce its partnership with the project OpenSci.net, an innovative open-access publication marketplace for scientific content that connects researchers, publishers, and readers through a secure and transparent DLT-based platform. The bloxberg blockchain, developed by MPDL, will serve as the underlying distributed ledger for OpenSci.net, providing a decentralized and tamper-proof system for managing the publication process.
As part of its mission, MPDL has been exploring the potential of blockchain technology in scientific communication, and the bloxberg blockchain is a testament to its success in this field. Through its partnership with OpenSci.net, MPDL aims to further promote the use of blockchain technology in scientific publishing and to contribute to the development of a more open, transparent, and decentralized system of scholarly communication.
OpenSci.net aims to become a next-generation preprint server, allowing researchers to publish their preliminary articles quickly while keeping control over the further maturation of their content. The platform's unique architecture will ensure that article copyrights are secured on bloxberg, and it allows authors to induce a fast peer-review and editorial process driven by AI-driven algorithms before a journal choice is made. Scientific journals will have access to reviewed content and can license it by rewarding authors and reviewers. All participants will highly benefit from a significant reduction of the unsustainable high rejection rates of the current publication economy.
Using the highly scalable bloxberg blockchain, OpenSci.net will manage a range of publication-related activities, including peer review, author authentication, and transparent licence transfer and reward processing. Additionally, readers can support their favourite authors and publications through a unique micropayment system.
The permissioned bloxberg blockchain, with its strong focus on academic applications and its unique proof-of-authority (PoA) consensus mechanism, will provide a secure, decentralized, and tamper-proof system for managing the publication process on OpenSci. This will strengthen transparency and accountability while giving authors and readers greater control over the publishing process.
Through their collaboration, OpenSci.net and bloxberg aim to make the benefits of blockchain technology accessible to the scientific community and develop new standards in scientific publishing services. Both organizations are convinced that their partnership can make an important contribution to promoting open science. They also believe they can create a new paradigm for scientific publishing that is fairer, more transparent, and more efficient.
"We're thrilled to partner with OpenSci.net to create a new era of transparency and accessibility in scientific publishing," said Friederike Kleinfercher, deputy manager of the MPDL and one of the bloxberg blockchain initiators. "We were particularly pleased that OpenSci chose bloxberg after evaluating various blockchains. This confirms our belief that science and scientific applications require a dedicated blockchain for science, which we provide with bloxberg.”
"We believe that the future of scientific publishing lies in open and decentralized systems that empower researchers and readers, while also incorporating scientific publishers as proven quality scouts," said Prof. Dr. Boris J. Nachtsheim, co-founder of OpenSci.net. "By partnering with the bloxberg blockchain, we can create a revolutionary platform that benefits everyone involved in the scientific publication process."
OpenSci.net is dedicated to creating a fair, accessible, and decentralized system for scientific publishing that connects researchers, publishers, and readers through an open and transparent platform.
About the Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society conducts basic research in the natural sciences, life science, and humanities. The 86 Max Planck Institutes and 17 Max Planck Centers internationally focus on innovative research fields and address forward-looking scientific questions. The Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) is a central unit of the Max Planck Society that supports scientists with a broad portfolio of services in the fields of information provision, publication support, and research data management. MPDL is the initiator of the bloxberg blockchain and represents the Max Planck Society within the consortium.
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About OpenSci.net
Under the guidance of Prof. Boris J. Nachtsheim at the University of Bremen, OpenSci.net unites a diverse array of stakeholders, including universities, state libraries, blockchain enthusiasts, and web3 companies, in pursuit of a shared vision: transforming the scientific publishing field into a rewarding, blockchain-secured open access ecosystem. Leveraging distributed ledger technology, OpenSci.net not only ensures robust copyright protection but also cultivates a transparent and collaborative atmosphere for researchers, evaluators, and authors alike. With the involvement of esteemed publishers and journals as quality scouts, OpenSci.net guarantees that scientific achievements are meticulously assessed and duly acknowledged based on their merits.
For more information visit OpenSci.net
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bloxberg becomes the first Association for the Advancement of Science and Blockchain e.V.
Protaras, Cyprus – October 26-27, 2022 – the bloxberg project becomes the first Association for the Advancement of Science and Blockchain
The fifth bloxberg summit took place as a hybrid conference in Protaras, Cyprus, from October 26-27. This time the annual Consortium meeting was organized for the fifth time in a row by the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) in collaboration with the University of Nicosia, one of the bloxberg founders. The meeting was hosted at the Sunrise Pearl Hotel by the University of Nicosia. Twenty-two institutions took part in this year's summit. Next to the sessions on member activities, bloxberg projects, and working group updates, a significant change took place regarding bloxberg's legal status.
What started as a project becomes the first Association for the Advancement of Science and Blockchain
Originally, bloxberg started as a project in 2019 with eleven research organizations from ten different countries. With the groundbreaking decision made at the last summit in London, the bloxberg consortium agreed on founding the bloxberg Association for the Advancement of Science and Blockchain e.V. under German legislation. At this bloxberg summit, that decision was finalized.
The Association has been established with an in-person signing ceremony by 13 founding members with eleven research organizations and two individual members.
The foundational document has been signed by the following research organizations: Max Planck Society, Faculty of Organizational Sciences at University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organization and Informatics at the University of Zagreb, University College London (UCL), IT University of Copenhagen, University of Geneva, University of Kassel, University of Nicosia, Westfälische Hochschule University of Applied Sciences, Wrocław University of Science and Technology and Zhejiang University.
Soulla Louca, Professor at the University of Nicosia and founding member of the bloxberg project and Association:
“I feel honored that our University has organized this far-reaching fifth summit for bloxberg. The University of Nicosia is part of bloxberg from the beginning, and I am very happy about the further development of this wonderful initiative. We are looking forward to continue our collaboration with this vibrant, global academic community.”
Roman Beck, Professor at the IT University Copenhagen and founding member of the bloxberg project and Association:
"bloxberg is an amazing project that now reached its next milestone. What started with eleven research institutes in 2019 became the biggest proof of authority DLT system with over 50 universities from around the world, creating a unique 'blockchain for science' decentralized infrastructure. With the incorporation as Association according to German law, bloxberg has reached its next level, which allows the network to grow and provide more services for science in the future."
Tomaso Aste, Professor at University College London:
“The fact that bloxberg was initiated in a Bavarian castle during a snowstorm makes it already legendary. With bloxberg, we are laying down the backbone for robust recording of scientific activity through a dedicated blockchain infrastructure. This will help research, academia, and society at large. I am honored to be one of the founding members and to serve on the bloxberg executive board.”
Sandra Vengadasala, bloxberg initiator and deputy manager of the Max Planck Digital Library:
“In 2019, we started with a small consortium with the intention to do a blockchain project together. Three years later, we are the largest Proof of Authority network in the world, with over 50 research institutions as node validators! Therefore, the transformation from a consortium to a legal Association marks a new era for bloxberg. Let's be excited to see what will happen in the next three years!”
The Association continues to grow
bloxberg has been growing as a project for nearly five years and has over 50 members at the time. With the status of an Association, all former consortium members can become Association members now by signing an Association membership. By joining the Association, institutions have the possibility to shape the future of bloxberg collectively.
About bloxberg
bloxberg's mission is to advance science with its own blockchain infrastructure and to enable society as a whole to secure data with the reputational proof of research organizations worldwide. It broadens the scientific landscape of regionally and nationally governed blockchain networks. This makes it the first globally maintained decentralized scientific network for scientists.
Dedicated to this mission, the bloxberg Association facilitates and accelerates the decentralized blockchain bloxberg and scientific applications running on top of it. The excellent reputation of the participating research organizations encourages scientists worldwide to utilize the bloxberg network and the applications built on top of the infrastructure.
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About the Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society conducts basic research in the natural sciences, life science, and humanities. The 86 Max Planck Institutes and 17 Max Planck Centers internationally focus on innovative research fields and address forward-looking scientific questions. The Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) is a central unit of the Max Planck Society that supports scientists with a broad portfolio of services in the fields of information provision, publication support, and research data management. MPDL is a founding member of the bloxberg blockchain and represents the Max Planck Society within the consortium.
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Fourth bloxberg Summit 2022
London, UK – May 3-4, 2022 – the fourth bloxberg summit takes place with major changes regarding the research network’s future direction.
The fourth bloxberg summit took place as a hybrid conference in London from May 3-4, 2022, at University College London (UCL). The bloxberg summit is the annual meeting of the bloxberg consortium, organized for the fourth time in a row by the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) and this time in cooperation with UCL, one of the founding members of bloxberg. The meeting was hosted by UCL at the LABS workspace at 90 High Holborn building.
More than 25 research organizations participated in the summit to decide on several proposals regarding the future development of the bloxberg network.
With the first vote, the consortium made a groundbreaking decision, introducing a significant and forward-looking change for the future of the network: the "bloxberg Association for the Advancement of Blockchain in Science" is going to be founded under German legislation this year. Refining bloxberg's governance model followed this proposal. In the third decision, the consortium agreed to introduce tokenomics to bloxberg to ensure sustainable funding of the infrastructure. Finally, the consortium members supported a technical proposal to move from a monolithic to a modular architecture with the current bloxberg infrastructure as Layer1.
Friederike Kleinfercher, bloxberg Initiator and Deputy Manager Max Planck Digital Library:
"I am really thrilled about the vivid bloxberg consortium. Again, the current summit showed that bloxberg is driven by academic enthusiasts who see the potential of blockchain in science, which resulted in groundbreaking decisions at the bloxberg summit 2022. The bloxberg association and the introduction of a sustainable tokenomics will take the project to a new level, enabling bloxberg to evolve and expand as the scientific blockchain infrastructure worldwide ".
Arshdeep Bahga, Georgia Tech alumni and founding member of the bloxberg network:
"bloxberg is a consortium blockchain network made by researchers for researchers. Over 50 universities from all over the world have come together to build the largest consortium proof-of-authority blockchain network for scientific applications. bloxberg will power a wide range of decentralized web3 applications for research and academic use cases. "
Prof Maria Frahm-Arp, Executive Director of the Library and Information Centre at the University of Johannesburg:
"bloxberg is a unique blockchain space where researchers can experiment and explore the endless possibilities blockchains open up on a large stable blockchain which is not a commercial space."
Eventually, the Max Planck Society, represented by MPDL in the consortium, was again elected to the Iron Throne. "We need a decentralized place to digitize academic processes with low fees and quality control by the global academic community. With the Max Planck Society, we have a strong leader to reach the high arching goals of bloxberg: To connect universities, offer a censorship-free publication system, support good causes all over the world and be energy, cost, and time-efficient. We as the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center, are happy to support this project." said Philip Sandner, Head of the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center.
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About bloxberg:
The bloxberg infrastructure is a secure scientific global blockchain established by a consortium of researchers and research organizations to provide science with decentralized services worldwide. It broadens the scientific landscape of regionally and nationally governed blockchain networks and is the first globally maintained decentralized scientific network for scientists.
The bloxberg consortium aims to foster collaboration among the global scientific community, empowering researchers with full, autonomous services that transcend institutional boundaries. The excellent reputation of the participating research organizations encourages scientists worldwide to utilize the bloxberg network and the applications built on top of the infrastructure.
bloxberg
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About the Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society conducts basic research in the natural sciences, life science, and humanities. The 86 Max Planck Institutes and 17 Max Planck Centers internationally focus on innovative research fields and address forward-looking scientific questions. The Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) is a central unit of the Max Planck Society that supports scientists with a broad portfolio of services in the fields of information provision, publication support, and research data management. MPDL is a founding member of the bloxberg blockchain and represents the Max Planck Society within the consortium.
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Transformative agreement signed between the Microbiology Society and the Max Planck Digital Library
The Microbiology Society and the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) are pleased to announce a three-year transformative agreement starting in 2022. The Publish and Read model will enable researchers of 86 Max Planck Institutes in Germany to publish any article accepted for publication in the journals of the Society open access, without having to pay Article Processing Charges (APCs). Through the agreement, MPDL will cover costs of open access publishing of articles in both fully open access and hybrid journals, allowing scientists to retain copyright and secure the broadest possible readership for their work.
Ralf Schimmer, Head of Information at MPDL, said: “Showing a clear commitment to an open, transparent, and sustainable scholarly communication environment, the Microbiology Society is one of the pioneers in the transition of paywall-based scholarly publishing to open access. We are delighted to enter into this agreement, marking a further step in the Max Planck Society’s strategy to enable open dissemination of research, in line with the principles of the OA2020 Initiative and the Berlin Declaration on Open Access”
Peter Cotgreave, Chief Executive of the Microbiology Society: “Our focus at the Society has always been publishing for the community. As a small publishing society, we are delighted to work with the Max Planck Digital Library to help increase the amount of microbiology papers that we publish OA in our journals, to enable researchers a simple and cost-effective means to publish compliantly, and to improve societal access to – and therefore benefit of – the science we publish.”
The agreement marks a significant milestone in the Microbiology Society’s transformation strategy. The number of institutions worldwide under the Society’s Publish and Read agreements has more than doubled year on year since 2020, paving the way towards an Open Access future.
Member institutions (affiliated authors can check their availability here) are offered:
- Unlimited Open Access: any article published in Society journals where the corresponding author is from a Publish and Read institution will be Open Access by default.
- Unlimited usage: any user associated with a Publish and Read institution can access the entire archive of Society content, back to 1947, for reading and for text and data mining.
The Publish and Read agreement covers unlimited reading access and provides uncapped publishing rights without author-facing charges across all the Society’s six journals including hybrid title Microbiology, Journal of General Virology, Journal of Medical Microbiology, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, and fully OA titles Access Microbiology, Microbial Genomics.
The Max Planck Society is Germany's premier research organization. Since its establishment in 1948, over 20 Nobel laureates have emerged from the ranks of its scientists, placing it on a par with the best and most prestigious research institutions worldwide. The more than 15,000 publications each year in internationally renowned scientific journals are testimony of the outstanding research work conducted at Max Planck Institutes.
The Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) is a central scientific service unit within the Max Planck Society dedicated to the strategic planning, development and operation of the digital infrastructures necessary for providing its institutes and their scholars and scientists with research information, support for web-based scholarly communication, research tools and research data management and software licensing.
ABOUT THE MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY
The Microbiology Society is a membership charity for scientists interested in microbes, their effects and their practical uses. It is one of the largest microbiology societies in Europe with a worldwide membership based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes and schools.
Our principal goal is to develop, expand and strengthen the networks available to our members so that they can generate new knowledge about microbes and ensure that it is shared with other communities. The impacts from this will drive us towards a world in which the science of microbiology provides maximum benefit to society.
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