New university bibliography to be launched in early 2026

The new university bibliography was created as part of the state-wide "Thuringian University Bibliography" project and pursues the following common goals:

• to relieve researchers as far as possible of time-consuming reporting procedures by using automated procedures for publication registration and verification;
• to create options for retrieving and re-utilising individual publication lists from within the system;
• minimise costs through cooperative development;
• to create uniform standards for Thuringia;
• to utilise interfaces to other systems used in Thuringia (e.g. research information systems) and
• to make the open access status of publications visible.

A so-called "pretest" is now pending, for which the ERfurt University Library is asking for support and feedback: Five to ten people from the academic field (academic employees, researchers, publishers) as well as from the academic support area (secretariat, academic assistants) are being sought. A pre-test lasts a maximum of 15 minutes and is conducted online via Webex. The pretests are recorded so that the University Library can incorporate the feedback into further development in the best possible way. (If you do not wish to be recorded but would still like to take part in the pretest, you can let us know when you register). So if you are interested in taking a look at the new "Thuringian University Bibliography" in advance and would like to take part, you can register for the pretest until Friday, 5 December 2025. Suggested dates are available under the link. Please select your three favourite dates. After the deadline, the University Library will send a Webex invitation to one of the selected dates with an individual link by 8 December 2025 at the latest.

The Erfurt University Library is currently providing details on the specific functionalities of the bibliography and the next steps of the introduction with various articles in its "Lesezeichen" blog (in German only).