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Dr. Viola Voß, M.A., MA LIS

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Academic profiles

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Focus

  • Subject Librarian for the Philologies
    Subject Librarian at the ULB Münster for General and Comparative Linguistics, English Studies, German Studies, Nordic Studies, Romance Studies, Slavic Studies, Languages and Cultures of Asia, Africa, and Ozeania, Book Studies, and Library Science.
  • Library Management
    responsible for the operation of the libraries in the Department of Philology at the University of Münster, together with the colleagues on-site https://www.uni-muenster.de/Philologie/en/studieren/bibliotheken/i
  • Academic Publishing
    Open Access & Open Science
  • Library and Information Science
    Information technology, knowledge management, science/scientific communication, et al.
  • linguistics

Short CV

I am a Subject and Liaison Librarian for modern languages and literatures and Head of Services for the libraries of the Faculty of Philology at the university library of the University of Münster, Germany. I am also a member of the library's Open Access Team. My work focusses on collection management, subject-specific information literacy, library management, knowledge management, Open Access & Open Science, and scholarly & science communication. I trained as a linguist and academic librarian in Münster (MA 2003, PhD 2009) and Cologne (MA LIS 2012).

Academic Education

03/2010 - 08/2012Cologne University of Applied Sciences
08/2003 - 06/2009University of Münster
10/1996 - 07/2003University of Münster

Work Experience

since 2016Lehraufträge und Gastvorträge zur Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft im MALIS-Studiengang am Institut für Informationswissenschaft der TH Köln
since 08/2003University and State Library Münster
07/1999 - 06/2003University of Münster, Department for General Linguistics

Functions and Memberships

since 2011German Confederation of German Scholars
since 2011German Classification Society
since 2004German Cognitive Linguistics Association (GCLA)
since 2004Association of German Librarians
since 2003German Linguistic Society

Publications

Neumann, Janna; Schmeja, Stefan; Strauß, Florian; Voß, Viola; Kändler, Ulrike; Maus, Leoni  (2026)
Zenodo(kein Verlag angegeben). doi:10.5281/zenodo.17985912
Project report | Published
Voß, Viola; te Boekhorst, Peter (2025)
In: Nebrig, Alexander; Norrick-Rühl, Corinna; Thomalla, Erika (eds.), Handbuch Verlag: Geschichte – Aufgaben – Perspektiven1-20Berlin, HeidelbergSpringer. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-67725-4_31-1
Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published
Voß. VIola; Weske, Ruth (2025)
In: o-bib. Das offene Bibliotheksjournal12(4). doi:10.5282/o-bib/6203
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Voß, Viola (2024)
In: Tappenbeck, Inka; Sühl-Strohmenger, Wilfried (eds.), Praxishandbuch wissenschaftliche Bibliothekar:innen: Wandel von Handlungsfeldern, Rollen und Perspektiven im Kontext der digitalen Transformation11-25BerlinDe Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783110790375-003
Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published
Luz, Elena: Tuschling-Langewand, Jeanine; Voß, Viola (2024)
In: o-bib. Das offene Bibliotheksjournal11(1)1-8. doi:10.5282/o-bib/6002
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
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Projects

Duration: 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2022
Funded by: Carl-Toepfer-Stiftung
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: 18/04/2011 - 12/08/2011
Type of project: Own resources project

Talks

“A broad field”: Open Access tasks for libraries
Voß, Viola (23/06/2025)
Online-Ringvorlesung "Open Access – Entwicklungen, Herausforderungen und Chancen" am Zentrum für Buchwissenschaft der…, München
Type of talk: practical Talk
Open Access: Perspectives from different fields
Voß, Viola (14/05/2025)
Replication Research Symposium, Münster
Type of talk: scientific Talk
Medien auswählen, erwerben und erschließen in wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken
Voß. Viola (17/09/2024)
Brückenkurs "Ankommen in der Bibliotheksarbeit in Deutschland", Berlin / online
Type of talk: practical Talk
Von Fachreferaten zu Fachclustern: Das Dezernat „Wissenschaftliche Bibliotheksdienste“ der ULB Münster
Voß, Viola (26/06/2024)
Wahlpflichtmodul „Fachreferat & Fachinformationsdienste – Wissenschaftliche Dienstleistungen für Studium und…, Köln / online
Type of talk: practical Talk
Erwerbung / Bestandsaufbau, Erschließung, Bewerbung
Voß, Viola (18/06/2024)
Wahlpflichtmodul „Erwerbungsstrategien und Bestandsmanagement an wissenschaftlichen und öffentlichen Bibliotheken“ im…, Köln / online
Type of talk: practical Talk
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Doctorates

Denken, verstehen, wissen. Eine sprachvergleichende Untersuchung zu lexikalischen Bezeichnungen mentaler Tätigkeiten, Vorgänge und Zustände
Candidate: Voß, Viola | Supervisors: Herbermann, Klemens Peter
Period of time: 01/10/2003 - 25/06/2009
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster