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Research Data Center

The Research Data Center (FDZ) is the central contact point of the UB Mannheim for your questions about research data management.

Services and consulting

In many stages of the research process, the generation, use and management of data plays an important role. Further information can be found below.

  • Creating digital collections with OMEKA

    Die Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim bietet Forschenden der Universität Mannheim mit MAShare eine Plattform zur Erstellung und Präsentation digitaler Sammlungen und virtueller Ausstellungen. Über das Content-Management-System können digitale Objekte (Bilder, Texte, Videos) hochgeladen, importiert oder eingebettet werden. Die Beschreibung der Objekte mittels standardisierter Metadaten stellt die Durchsuchbarkeit der Sammlungen sicher.

    Für die ansprechende Präsentation der Objekte stehen verschiedene Themes zur Verfügung. Über API können die Daten schließlich zur weiteren Verwendung im Sinne einer offenen und reproduzierbaren Wissenschaft angeboten werden.

    Das FDZ übernimmt für Sie das Hosting und unterstützt Sie als Forschende der Universität gerne bei der Einrichtung Ihrer digitalen Sammlung.

    Für die technische Umsetzung der digitalen Sammlungen wird das freie, quelloffene Content- Management-System OMEKA genutzt. Im Vergleich zu traditioneller institutioneller Repository-Software konzentriert sich OMEKA auf die Anzeige der einzelnen Objekte und verwendet dabei standardisierte Metadaten, zum Beispiel unqualifiziertes Dublin Core.

    Beispiele von MAShare-Instanzen, die vom FDZ gehostet werden

    • Kotzebue-Ausstellung (coming soon)

Data resources

  • Aktienführer Data Archive

    The Aktienführer data archive contains yearly profiles of several thousand German companies listed on the stock exchange. The profiles include the most important key figures such as the company’s place of business, commercial activities, number of employees, shares, stockholder, information from the balance sheet and the profit and loss statement. The data is based on the publications “Hoppenstedt Aktienführer“ and “Saling’s Börsenpapiere“.

    Access and use

    The database may be used for research and teaching purposes. Institutions in Germany are granted access to the database via the Nationallizenzen (national licenses) infrastructure. Individual users may contact the RDC directly. You may access the available research data on site at the computers in the workspaces of the Mannheim University Library. The digitized resources of the RDC can be accessed without asking for permission. Further information can be found here: Public Domain Mark 1.0.
     

    To access the resource, please go to:
    https://digi.bib.uni-mannheim.de/aktienfuehrer

  • Deutscher Reichsanzeiger and Preußischer Reichsanzeiger

    In a research project on legal history, the Mannheim University Library digitized the newspaper “Deutscher Reichsanzeiger und Preußischer Staatsanzeiger” published between 1819 and 1945. The publication contains official announcements, publications of the central commercial register and a stock exchange supplement. A full text search is available by processing the scans with OCR software.

    Access and use

    The digitized resources of the RDC can be accessed without asking for permission. Further information can be found here: Public Domain Mark 1.0.
     

  • Official Directory of Municipalities

    In a research project, the Mannheim University Library digitized several German directories of municipalities (Gemeindeverzeichnisse) from the period between 1880 and 1976. The publication contains historical population censuses and population surveys at municipal level from the German Reich, the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. A full text search is available by processing the scans with OCR software.

    Access and use

    The digitized resources of the RDC can be accessed without asking for permission. Further information can be found here: Public Domain Mark 1.0.
     

    To access the resource, please go to:
    https://digi.bib.uni-mannheim.de/gemeindeverzeichnisse/

  • German Statistical Yearbooks

    The statistical yearbooks (Statistische Jahrbücher) of the German Reich, the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic contain data on economy, population, social aspects and health from 1880 to 1990.

    Access and use

    The digitalized copies of the German statistical yearbooks can be used without asking for permission.
    Further information can be found here: Public Domain Mark 1.0.
     

  • MADATA

    MADATA is the research data repository of the University of Mannheim. It enables the researchers of the university to archive their data securely and to make it accessible as required. All entries in MADATA can be clearly cited via DOI and are listed in further research data directories such as datacite.org and da-ra.de.

    Access and use

    Usage is individually defined depending on the data set. Entries are only possible for researchers of the University of Mannheim.
     

    To access the resource, please go to:
    https://madata.bib.uni-mannheim.de/

  • Bankruptcy Database

    The database contains all bankruptcy proceedings in the 15 most populated cities in the German Empire and comprises 55,197 bankruptcy proceedings in the period from 1879 until 1914. The database has detailed information on all debtors and bankruptcy administrators. The digitized complete edition of the Deutsche Reichsanzeiger und Preußischer Staatsanzeiger is the origin of the data. The database was created as part of a dissertation project in legal history by Christoph Kling at the Chair for Civil Law, Rhetoric and European Legal History (Prof. Dr. Ulrich Falk).

    Access and use

    The database is accessible to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. The only condition is naming the source.
     

Projects

The Research Data Center of the University Library participates in the following projects:

BERD@NFDI

Business, Economic and Related Data at NFDI

OCR-BW

Kompetenzzentrum OCR (OCR competence center) of the university libraries in Mannheim and Tübingen

Contact

Dr. Irene Schumm

Dr. Irene Schumm

Head of the Research Data Center Department
University of Mannheim
University Library
Schloss Schneckenhof West – Room SW 285
68161 Mannheim
Larissa Will, M.A.

Larissa Will, M.A.

Research Data Consultant (Digital Humanities)
University of Mannheim
University Library
Schloss Schneckenhof West – Room SW 273
68161 Mannheim
Dr. Renat Shigapov

Dr. Renat Shigapov

Data Science Consultant in FDZ | Data Scientist for BERD@NFDI | Coordinator of the NFDI WG “Knowledge Graphs”
University of Mannheim
University Library
Schloss Schneckenhof West – Room S 264.1
68161 Mannheim
Dr. David Philip Morgan

Dr. David Philip Morgan

Open Science Officer | Research Data Consultant (Social Sciences)
University of Mannheim
University Library
Schloss Schneckenhof West – Room SN 270
68161 Mannheim