Elisa Herrmann M.A. LIS(she/her)

Scientific Head of Collection

Elisa.Herrmann@mfn.berlin+49 0 30 889 140 - 8392
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I make the library fit for research: moving away from its analogue ‘sleeping beauty’ status towards a specialised research library of the future. Current challenges include the relocation and outsourcing of the library collection, as well as questions about the future use of the library and, derived from this, the requirements for collection, infrastructure and service portfolio. Another focus is on theopen access transformation of the museum. To this end, the Scientific Publishing Coordination Office, as part of the library team, is developing guidelines, processes and communication formats. Since 2026, the team includes colleagues from data management, which will further strengthen the processes of information provision, publication and data management. In this way we ensure that research results from the museum can make an impact to help shaping the future of the earth.

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German Mineralogical Society (DMG)

Publications

Kearney, N., Trei, K., Crowley, B., Dearborn, J., deVeer, J., Funkhouser, C., Herrmann, E., Wragg, R., Iggulden, D. (2025). A New Future for the Biodiversity Heritage Library: From Institutional Reliance to Global Resilience. In Gonzalez, J.S. (Hrsg.), Biodiversity Information Science and Standards (Bd. 9, e179190). Pensoft Publishers. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.9.179190Open Access

Witzmann, F., Ruta, M., Fröbisch, N., Paß, S., Herrmann, E. (2024). Editorial: 25 years of ‘Fossil Record, an International Journal of Palaeontology’. Fossil Record, 27(3), 291-293. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.27.143987Open Access

Buschborn, J., Bénichou, L., Agosti, D., Egloff, W., Herrmann, E., Kageyama, M., Kroh, A., Mergen, P. (2025). Open data in publications – non-copyrightability and attribution as drivers for equity, science and innovation. European Journal of Taxonomy, 1004(1), 120-143. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1004.2971Open Access

Petersen, M., Berger, F., Blessing, A., Glöckler, F., Herrmann, E., Hoffmann, J., Hoffmann, A., Quaisser, C., Tata, N. (2023). Nutzungsgetriebene Erschließung und Digitalisierung für einen offenen Zugang zu naturkundlichen Sammlungen.. In Becker, I.C., Lehmann, F., Meier, R., Uhde, K. (Hrsg.), Alte und neue Kontexte der Erschließung. Beiträge zum 26. Archivwissenschaftlichen Kolloquium der Archivschule Marburg. Archivschule Marburg. Marburg. URL: https://www.archivschule.de/publikationen/veroeffentlichungen

Kalfatovic, M., Crowley, B., Dearborn, J., Funkhouser, C., Iggulden, D., Trei, K., Herrmann, E., Merriman, K. (2023). Safeguarding Access to 500 Years of Biodiversity Data: Sustainability planning for the Biodiversity Heritage Library. BISS - SYM10 Global biodata resources: A crucial infrastructure underpinning biodiversity research, 7, e112430. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.7.112430Open Access

Palm, L., Herrmann, E. (2023). Ein Archiv für die Natur. Das Archiv am Museum für Naturkunde. Berliner Archivrundschau, 2023-1, 16-18. URL: https://usercontent.one/wp/www.berlinerarchive.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/BAR-2023-1.pdfOpen Access