Alliance licences and national licences
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) finances the purchase of licences for electronic media in part or in whole in the context of a funding initiative for the transregional supply of literature. The aim is to ensure the lasting improvement of the supply of German higher education institutions, research facilities and scientific libraries with electronic specialist information.
TIB is one of eight libraries that negotiate alliance licences and national licences with publishing companies and other information providers, ensuring the provision of media.
Alliance licences
The "alliance licence" licencing model was developed within the framework of the Priority Initiative “Digital Information” of the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany, and has been in use since 2011. They are national opt-in consortia that are funded in part by the DFG. This means that higher education institutions and non-university research facilities actively decide to participate in the relevant consortium, and have to bear some of the cost themselves. The funding is subject to strict conditions concerning the professional significance, the technical provision, the price/performance ratio and the rights of use granted.
How can you access alliance licences?
Libraries that are interested in participating in a certain alliance licence must contact the relevant chief negotiator.
Current alliance licences
Current ongoing alliance licences with DFG support for which TIB is the institution conducting the negotiations:
2021-2023
- DETAIL inspiration (continuation)
2020-2022
- Scientific.Net: Materials Science and Engineering / Trans Tech Publications (continuation)
Further information
More information about alliance licences and products offered by other chief negotiators are offered on the website nationallizenzen.de.
National licences
Mainly so-called "Classics" national licences were funded between 2004 and 2010. These are aimed at the temporally unlimited use of digital publications. The DFG covered the entire costs of purchasing national licences.
How can you access national licences?
After registration, all eligible institutions as well as private individuals can access items under national licence. You can register for access as an institution or private individual at www.nationallizenzen.de, where you will also find an overview of all of the products available under national licences.
