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Urs Schoepflin

Visiting Scholar (Jan 2023-Jan 2026)

Dipl. Soz.

Urs Schoepflin (Diploma in Sociology, Freie Universität Berlin, 1975) is a specialist in digital collections and of the digitization of cultural heritage. He has worked and published on digital libraries, open access, scholarly communication and scientometrics. Prior to his position in the framework of the cooperation GWDG–GMPG he was director of the Research Library of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (1994–2015).

Projekte

Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative Project (CDLI)

MEHR

Albert Einstein—Chief Engineer of the Universe (Exhibition 2005)

MEHR

Development of Mechanical Knowledge in China

MEHR

Selected Publications

Schoepflin, Urs (2013). Towards a new model research library for the history of science.

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Schmidgen, Henning, Urs Schoepflin, Matthias Schwerdt, and Anke Pietzke, eds. (2011). Hans-Jörg Rheinberger : a bibliography [Part 1: chronological; Part 2: by publication type]. Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte : Preprint 411. Berlin…

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Badino, Massimiliano, Arianna Borrelli, Jochen Büttner, Giuseppe Castagnetti, Dieter Hoffmann, Christian Joas, Horst Kant, Christoph Lehner, Jürgen Renn, Simone Rieger, Arne Schirrmacher, Urs Schoepflin, and Milena Wazeck, eds. (2008). Max Planck :…

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Rieger, Simone and Urs Schoepflin (2007). “‘European Cultural Heritage Online’ (ECHO) - eine Forschungsinfrastruktur für die Geisteswissenschaften.” Kunstchronik : Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege 60 (11): 510–513…

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Past Events

Institutskolloquium

The Future of Academic Publishing

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Workshop

What's in a Place? Orientation Workshop for Historical Research Projects Using Geographical Data and GIS Technology

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Presentations, Talks, & Teaching Activities

Forschungsprogramm Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - Digitalisierungsstrategie und Softwareentwicklung (with Felix Lange)

Retreat, Forschungsprogramm Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin 9. Juli 2015

Digitization, Open Access, and Library Services

ERTC Council, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, June 10, 2015

Academic Publishing, Open Access, Copyrights, Publications Agreements, and Other Issues

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, December 9, 2014

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science - 

Digitization Projects and Standards

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, May 9, 2014

Digitalisierung und Erschließung von mongolischem Kulturerbe:
 eine Kooperation
des Max-Planck-Instituts für Wissenschaftsgeschichte 
und der Mongolischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Universität Bonn, 24. April 2014

eScience as Challenge 
for Research and Libraries
 on the Way to an Epistemic Web

International Conference on “Science 2.0”, Hamburg, March 26, 2014

Library and GIS Data - General Considerations

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, November 15, 2013

Challenges for the Humanities:
Scholarly Work and Publishing in the Digital Age

Oklahoma University, Norman , September 12, 2013

Towards a New Model Research Library for the History of Science

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, July 4, 2013

ECHO - Cultural Heritage Online: 
Idea and Realization

Villa Vigoni, June 12, 2013

Edition Open Access - 
ein Modell von Wissenschaftlern für Wissenschaftler

XXXVI. Bibliothekstagung der MPG
, Golm, 6.5.2013

Open Access – Development and Challenges for Scholarly Work and Publishing

Seminar Series, Indonesia, January 27 to February 1, 2013

Edition Open Access - ein forschungsgeleitetes Modell zur Open-Access-Publikation von Monografien

DFG-Workshop"Open Access für wissenschaftliche Monografien"Göttingen, 09.05.2012

Linking Scholars. Bringing your Research on the Web – Copyrights, Publication Agreements, and Other Issues

Max Planck Institute for teh History of Science, Berlin, December 19, 2012

Challenges for the Humanities: Scholarly Work and Publishing in the Digital Age

Indiana University, Bloomington, October 22, 2012

Edition Open Access – A Model from Scholars for Scholars

Digital and Computational HPS Workshop Cambridge (UK)September 6-8, 2012

eScience als Herausforderung für die Forschung und der Weg zum Epistemic Web

Deutscher Bibliothekartag, Hamburg, 22. Mai 2012

How Can We Bring Forward Commmunities with less Open Access Experience? – Scholarly Challenges for the Humanities –

Open Access Conference Berlin 9, Bethesda, November 8, 2011

New Directions of Open Digital Research Libraries: “European Cultural Heritage Online” and its impact on research

The Vinci Summer School for Higher Education, Vinci, September 17, 2011

How Can We Bring Forward Commmunities with less Open Access Experience? – Scholarly Challenges for the Humanities –

Open Access Conference Berlin 9, Bethesda, November 8, 2011

Open Access to Chinese Ancient Documents in a Collaborative Working Infrastructure for the Humanities--a Living Cooperation between CAS and MPG

Berlin 8 Open Access Confeence, Beijing October 25, 2010

Web Publications

Retreat, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, March 14, 2008

Vorstellung Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftgeschichte: Institut - Bibliothek - Neubau

Bibliothekstagung MPG München 8.5.2006

Open Access und Bibliotheken

ASPB-Tagung, 9.9. 2005 München