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Open-source platform structures scientific findings alongside underlying analyses, data, and code to increase transparency and reusability
The TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology announces the TIB Knowledge Loom (https://knowledgeloom.tib.eu), a digital library that publishes scientific results with the data, code, and analyses used to produce them. Unlike traditional repositories, this analysis-ready format directly integrates all components, promoting reproducibility, transparency, and reuse of scientific knowledge at scale.
Knowledge in the digital library is professionally curated at the level of scientific statements that are supported by evidence (e.g., data and code) from sources such as peer-reviewed articles, reports, book chapters, or datasets. Each statement is assigned a persistent identifier (Digital Object Identifier, DOI), making it easy to cite and trace across scientific works.
What is the TIB Knowledge Loom?
The digital library is cross-domain and supports research from all fields. By focusing on information typically not included in scientific publications, such as computational code and structured descriptions of data analyses, the TIB Knowledge Loom complements text-based publications. It is particularly useful for researchers who want to make their results more transparent, for journals and publishers seeking to strengthen reproducibility, and for research funders aiming to maximize the long-term impact of the work they support.
Dr. Markus Stocker, founder of the TIB Knowledge Loom, notes that the launch marks the pinnacle of a multi-year journey starting with an idea rooted in his doctoral research that was later shaped by his leadership in developing the Open Research Knowledge Graph and sharpened by novel approaches.
A contribution to the digitisation of research
“We started with rudimentary technology and some examples. Today, we present a service with growing content. The team made the difference that turned vision into reality. As a team, we hope the TIB Knowledge Loom will benefit researchers with reproducible results and advanced data and code management. For scholarly communication and Open Science more broadly, we hope that the TIB Knowledge Loom will contribute to the digitalization of research so we can tackle the many societal challenges faster through more advanced machine support,” says Stocker.
The TIB Knowledge Loom is open access and open source. As part of the TIB, a publicly funded institution in Germany, all curation and publication services are provided free of charge. To ensure the digital library becomes a robust resource for the scientific community, the TIB Knowledge Loom team will offer training and online office hours for researchers worldwide. As part of the launch, the team released a short video tour that also explains how researchers can contribute their work: https://doi.org/10.5446/72393.
Researchers have full control of what they publish. Code sharing is optional, datasets can be described without being released, and private access will soon be supported for peer review.
Visit the TIB Knowledge Loom About (https://knowledgeloom.tib.eu/pages/about) page to learn more about the digital library and find instructions for contributing scientific work on the Submit (https://knowledgeloom.tib.eu/pages/submit) page.
Stay informed and connected
Follow the TIB Knowledge Loom on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/tib-knowledge-loom) for updates, training opportunities, and our upcoming newsletter.
For questions, support or collaboration, please contact us by email at knowledgeloom@tib.eu.
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About TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and University Library
The TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology in Hannover is the German national library for all areas of engineering, as well as architecture, chemistry, computer science, mathematics and physics. In its specialist fields, it provides national and international researchers and industry practitioners and – as a University Library – students, researchers and teaching staff from all faculties of Leibniz Universität Hannover as well as interested local citizens with literature and information in both printed and electronic form. The library has outstanding collections of fundamental and highly specialised literature on science and technology. TIB conducts applied research and development to optimise the services it offers.
With its TIB-Portal, the library offers a search and order portal for specialist and research information with a focus on science and technology at www.tib.eu. Knowledge objects such as audio-visual media, 3D models and research data are also integrated in the portal.
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Dr Markus Stocker, TIB Knowledge Loom: markus.stocker@tib.eu
https://www.tib.eu/en – More information about the TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and University Library
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