BSB (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) is offering electronic document delivery again (Order Format: “PDF/DRM FileOpen”)
01. March 2010
- Our German document supplier BSB (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich / Germany) will now again deliver documents via e-mail as PDF.
- Delivery is worldwide. The copyright fees are at the same level with our other int. suppliers.
- The PDF documents are protected by the DRM software "FileOpen" provided by FileOpen Systems, the leading PDF security provider.
- The documents will be delivered as an e-mail attachment. It is necessary to save the attachment on your local hard drive before you open it. It is not possible to save the document once it has been opened. The saved document can be opened 10 times (storage time 30 days) before it expires.
- If the delivery format "PDF/DRM FileOpen" is chosen, the following FIZ AutoDoc suppliers will be considered: BSB, BLDSC, CISTI, INIST and TIB.
- Please note: Requirements for receiving “PDF/DRM FileOpen” documents from the BSB:
- Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4.0 or higher (depending on the operating system)
- A free Adobe Reader plug-in must be installed. Plug-ins for the different operating systems are available for download .
- Use the test document of FileOpen Systems to verify that the plug-in is working and that you can open and process FileOpen documents.

