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FIZ Karlsruhe and the scientific publishing house Springer continue their collaboration / ZMATH enhanced according to latest technical standards/ quick and efficient access to relevant mathematical information
Karlsruhe/Frankfurt, December 2008 - Zentralblatt MATH, the oldest and most comprehensive information service in mathematics, is well prepared for the digital age. A few days ago, FIZ Karlsruhe, the scientific publishing house Springer and the two other editors, Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften and the European Mathematical Society, signed the second amendment of the publisher agreement for Zentralblatt MATH. This ensures the further development of this well-established publication, thus enabling it to meet the challenges of the digital age.
Zentralblatt für Mathematik was founded by Springer in 1931 as a reference journal aiming at maximum completeness and high topicality. While in 1932 there were only 4,432 papers covered, in the meantime more than 100,000 papers per year are added. Due to this enormous increase of referenced publications the printed version soon reached its limits. Therefore, in 1985, FIZ Karlsruhe launched an online version, the ZMATH database, which is available worldwide and by now contains more than 2.7 million records.
"Right from the start our goal was to provide topical and comprehensive information reflecting the scientific progress in mathematics and its fields of application", says Prof. Dr. Bernd Wegner, Editor in Chief of Zentralblatt MATH. "Today, Zentralblatt MATH is the oldest and most comprehensive bibliographical information service in mathematics, with its electronic version constantly gaining in importance".
The new publisher agreement now takes account of the fact that the online database (www.zentralblatt-math.org) is given higher priority than the printed version and ensures that the information service will be enhanced according to the latest technical standards. Current and future activities will focus on developing more sophisticated search functions and intelligent navigation and ranking methods.
"Thanks to modern technologies and its high-quality content, ZMATH is well positioned for meeting the challenges of the 21st century", says Sabine Brünger-Weilandt, President & CEO of FIZ Karlsruhe. "Thus we want to ensure that mathematical knowledge as the basis for innovation is accessible to scientists in research and industry".
More information:
FIZ Karlsruhe, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Phone +49-7247/808-555, Fax +49-7247/808-259, helpdesk@fiz-karlsruhe.de, www.fiz-karlsruhe.de
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FIZ Karlsruhe, Rüdiger Mack
Phone +49-7247/808-513, Fax +49-7247/808-134, Ruediger.Mack@fiz-karlsruhe.de
FIZ Karlsruhe (www.fiz-karlsruhe.de) is one of the world's leading addresses for research information and knowledge management. Its activities focus on the development of e-Science solutions and the provision of a worldwide unique collection of databases through its online service STN International. One of its main tasks is to offer information services in mathematics and computer science, including ZMATN and the computer science portal io-port.net. FIZ Karlsruhe is a member of the Leibniz Association (WGL).
Springer (www.springer.com) is the world's second largest publisher of STM journals and the largest publisher of STM books. The publishing house publishes for more than 300 academic societies and professional associations. Springer belongs to Springer Science+Business Media, one of the world's leading publishing groups for scientific literature. More than 1,700 journals and more than 5,500 new books are published each year as well as the world's largest STM eBook collection. The group has about 5,000 employees and subsidiaries in more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia and the USA.
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