FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure
Welcome to FIZ Karlsruhe
We are a leading international provider of scientific information and services. Our mission is to supply scientists and companies with professional research and patent information as well as to develop innovative information services. As a key player in the information infrastructure we pursue our own research program and also cooperate with leading universities and research associations.
We collect tremendous quantities of information from a wide range of sources, and we assure that this information can be accurately and reliably searched and analyzed at all times. We provide databases that contain around 1.5 billion documents. Our clients include international market leaders from the pharmaceutical and chemical industries as well as large patent offices and research institutes. In addition, we are engaged in the development of innovative e-science solutions and services, including systems for the confidential management of research data.
We are a non-profit corporation and the largest non-university institution for information infrastructure in Germany.
FIZ Karlsruhe is a member of the Leibniz Association, which comprises more than 80 institutions involved in research activities and/or the development of scientific infrastructure.
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FIZ AutoDoc by FIZ Karlsruhe – One of the world’s top class document delivery services
New US market survey confirms: Information specialists from science and business would recommend FIZ AutoDoc
Karlsruhe, July 2013 – Document delivery services are gaining more and more importance in the information sector. The (global) library system (infrastructure) is undergoing fundamental changes that are driven, among other things, by Open Access, new user requirements, the increasing frequency and number of publications, and decreasing budgets.
In the current market survey conducted by Outsell*, a US-based research and advisory firm, many renowned document delivery services were examined with respect to relevant market and customer criteria. The respondents came from the corporate sector as well as from government, education and healthcare in the USA. Although tested for the first time, FIZ AutoDoc ranked among the best in almost all categories. FIZ Karlsruhe’s service ranked second out of nine in the category “Overall Satisfaction”, and the results of the individual satisfaction scores were also excellent: FIZ AutoDoc ranked second and third in “Depth and Breadth of Coverage”, “Ease of Doing Business“, and “Would Recommend“.
Other document delivery services tested in the Outsell survey were the FIZ AutoDoc partners Reprints Desk, British Library Document Supply Service (BLDSS), Infotrieve, the Document Solution of Thomson Reuters IP & Science, Linda Hall Library, IE Online, ingentaconnect, and The Research Investment.
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Version One of the New STN Platform Launched June 15th!
The beta release of Version One of the new STN platform has concluded and was a tremendous success with hundreds of organizations around the world participating. We greatly appreciate the support and input we have received from our customers during the beta period. Detailed feedback received directly from users has allowed us to ensure we are developing the new STN platform to meet the needs of professional searchers now and in the future. In particular, beta users expressed excitement over the speed, usability, and search power of new STN.
This Version One release is the beginning of a multi-year initiative to create the next generation of STN. The new STN platform, currently available to all STN fixed fee customers, introduces a project-oriented workflow, improved usability, and a virtually limitless search architecture that has the potential to revolutionize patent searching. It delivers core STN content and search and retrieval functionality in a new project-based workflow that integrates the power of command line with an intuitive user interaction, enabling professionals to leverage their expertise and realize instantaneous results. In order to ensure our customers' needs are fully supported, the current STN platform will remain available as new STN development continues during this multi-year initiative.
We are excited to partner with our customers as we continue this journey with the new STN platform. Get more information on new STN at upcoming conferences or from your local representative. We look forward to providing all STN users access to the new STN platform in the coming year and to the next release, Version Two, offering significant content and feature additions, coming this winter!