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Exhibition: Bach in Baroque Fulda

Until 9 October (Mon–Fri 9.30 am–3.00 pm) at the Heinrich-von-Bibra-Platz location

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Exhibition: The Collection and Transmission of Musical Knowledge in Baroque Fulda

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Getting started with Citavi (online, Ger.)

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Exhibition: Unissued Diplomas

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Fulda Faces – Fulda Places Workshop

On-site meeting at the Old Municipal Cemetery and Ferdinand Braun Park

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At the HLSB you will find a wide range of opportunities for learning and working.

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We support you in publishing your research results Open Access.

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Licensed e-books

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Licensed electronic
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digitised pages

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Find of the Month

Composer & King: The ‘Musical Offering’ in Fulda

It must have been a remarkable encounter in May 1747, one which has continued to capture people’s imagination right up to the present day. The Prussian King Frederick the Great received Johann Sebastian Bach, a grand master of Baroque music, in Potsdam. Bach accepted the King’s invitation; it gave him the opportunity to visit his son Carl Philipp Emanuel, who was then working as a harpsichordist at the court in Potsdam.

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Introduction to the library

Would you like to find your way around the library more easily? Every Wednesday at 2:00 p.m., we’ll provide you with all the important information about the library and searching for resources in a 30-minute session. Meet us at the service desk at the Campus location.

We look forward to seeing you.

Wi-Fi for everyone

HLSB Fulda provides all library users with its own ‘HLSB’ Wi-Fi network. Log in using your library card number and the corresponding password. This will also give you access to all the library’s e-resources, databases and other online services.

The City of Fulda’s Wi-Fi network at the Heinrich-von-Bibra-Platz site does not provide access to the HLSB Fulda’s licensed electronic resources.

Research-related Service of the Month

Who actually owns the name of a journal?

Whether publishing your own academic journal or book series, developing a title for a new publication format, or continuing an existing journal – particularly within Diamond Open Access, there is a growing number of academic-led publication initiatives. Yet one important legal question is easily overlooked: Who actually owns the title of a journal or book series?


This is precisely the focus of a new legal opinion from the Service Centre for Diamond Open Access (SeDOA). Prof. Dr Ellen Euler from the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences makes a statement on how title rights arise, who is entitled to them, and how they can be secured for academic publishing initiatives.

This is not only of interest to legal professionals: anyone who publishes a journal themselves, is involved in a book series or is setting up an academic publishing initiative can find practical assistance in the evaluation. A concise practical guide, explanations of trade mark, design and domain rights, as well as model clauses for contracts and agreements, make the publication particularly related to practice.

In short: anyone involved in academic publishing should not only consider content, licences and open access – but also who owns the name of the publication platform and how it can be protected.

The full legal opinion, ‘Title Rights and Scholarly Publishing: The Origin, Significance and Safeguarding of Title Rights’, is available on Zenodo: 
https://zenodo.org/records/21623321