Friedrich-Althoff-Konsortium is the regional consortium for Berlin and Brandenburg.
Scientific institutions of the federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg have joined together in the Friedrich-Althoff-Konsortium as a registered non-profit association in order to make scientific information from electronic journals, databases and e-books available to their users. For this purpose, the necessary organizational infrastructure was established in cooperation with the Cooperative Library Network Berlin-Brandenburg (Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund – KOBV).
Friedrich-Althoff-Konsortium aims to:
- strengthen the information supply in the region.
- improve its members’ market position.
The aim of the consortium is to:
- jointly acquire electronic publications
- index them in cooperation with other libraries or consortia,
- support Internet-based non-commercial projects for the preparation and distribution of electronic publications and include them in the overall service,
- create the organizational prerequisites for an uncomplicated and comprehensive access for authorized users as well as remove potential access barriers,
- maintain and expand the portfolio of information resources available in the region.
The consortium aims to facilitate access to electronic resources for libraries in the region and to support them in expanding a comprehensive and sustainable portfolio of information resources.
Currently about 200 universities and universities of applied sciences from other federal states as well as about 120 institutions of the Helmholtz- and Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, Fraunhofer- and Max-Planck-Gesellschaft as well as the Federal Government and other agencies participate in individual contracts.