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).
Projects
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative Project (CDLI)
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 Commmunitieswith 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 Commmunitieswith 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