The Citavi campus license at the Göttingen University expires on 30 November 2026. As an alternative, we recommend Zotero, a free open-source reference management program that can be used on Windows, macOS, and Linux. To make the switch from Citavi to Zotero easier, we have compiled answers to the most important questions, information, and practical tips for you on this page. 

From today until Wednesday, the SUB Göttingen is hosting the final conference of the EU-funded CRAFT-OA project. Under the title "Crafting the Future of Diamond Open Access: Technical, Social & Political Perspectives of Scholarly Publishing", around 140 participants from all over the world will be discussing the future of scholarly publishing in Göttingen. 

Many people take the SUB's reading rooms, which are brightly lit late into the night, for granted. What is less well known is that it was only 125 years ago that there was a decisive turning point in the history of electrification in Göttingen. This article in the Göttingen Campus Blog (in German) is about the year 1900, when the city was finally supplied with electric light thanks to the university.

The VPN client Cisco AnyConnect will be switched off for students on 28.1.2025. In order to continue to be able to access electronic media from anywhere, eduVPN should be used.You need to first set up multiple authentication for the Academic Cloud. StudIT has created detailed instructions.

You can now use current e-books from the ProQuest EbookCentral platform via the remote access of the Information Centre for Life Sciences (ZB MED). All you need is a free virtual user card from ZB MED.

For access to university resources outside the campus network, VPN (Virtual Private Network) offers several advantages over using the HAN server. You can access licensed media and network drives as securely and conveniently as from the campus. You do not need 'HAN links' from the catalogs, but can use a resource directly from the provider. If you do need to use a HAN link, no further login is necessary.

A small bee paradise is being created on the lawn in front of the SUB Göttingen Central Library: in the newly created perennial bed there are over 400 drought-tolerant perennials on 50 square meters. The perennial plants, which will soon be in bloom, will serve as an additional source of food for wild bees and numerous other insect species. The SUB's sustainability working group initiated and coordinated the project.

Citavi Web is now also available to members of the University of Göttingen as part of the re-licensing program. This means that the reference management program can be used independently of the operating system and is therefore also of interest to anyone working with Mac OS or Linux. All you need to work with Citavi Web is an Internet connection and an up-to-date browser.

Academic libraries, including the SUB Göttingen, are launching the major campaign "WEITER WISSEN. Mit uns." to make their unique work for science and society more visible. Academic and research libraries have a shared responsibility to actively shape, promote and drive forward reliable information infrastructures. Open access, research data management, cultural heritage, digital long-term preservation as well as research and development are the central tasks of academic and research libraries.

This week, the German Nominating Committee for the UNESCO Memory of the World Program met in the Historical Building of the Göttingen State and University Library. The committee's task is to review, evaluate and select German proposals for inclusion in the World Documentary Heritage.