Forum | 23. June 2026
GND-Forum Humanities@NFDI
View of the GND record for Frankfurt am Main in the network view of the GND Explorer
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Starts 23 June 2026, 11.30 am
Ends 24 June 2026, 12.30 pm
Where: University of Göttingen Central Canteen, Club Rooms 1 & 2, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 4, 37073 Göttingen
On 23–24 June, members of the four humanities consortia of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) will meet for the GND Forum Humanities@NFDI in Göttingen. The workshop will focus on the Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) from various perspectives.
The GND's mission is to build bridges between different resources and communities. In Göttingen, the key question to be addressed is how the GND's dual role as a database and an organisation can strengthen cooperation between the four consortia: NFDI4Culture, NFDI4Memory, NFDI4Objects and Text+. This question arises from two factors: the expected reorientation of the NFDI funding programme in 2028 and the potential synergies that could be realised from the GND developments within the respective consortia.
Both topics will be discussed from three perspectives:
- The role of the GND in the consortia’s tools and services
- Different perspectives on the four entity types within the GND
- The future potential of enhanced collaboration between the consortia through the GND.
Programme (current version)
The conference language is German.
Day 1:
11:30 am: On-site registration opens
12:30 am: Welcome
12:45 am: GND-related tools and applications (three sessions)
2:30 pm: Break
3:00 pm: Entities fishbowl in 4 rounds
5:50 pm: Preview of Day 2
Day 2:
10:00 am: Welcome
10:15 am: The future potential of the GND as a lingua franca in collaboration between the four humanities consortia (open strategy debate).
12:00 am: Wrap-up
12:30 am: End of event
Registration