Welcome to the official GitHub organization of Goethe University Frankfurt, managed by the University Library J. C. Senckenberg. This organization serves as a central platform for research software, teaching materials, and open-source projects, supporting collaboration among students, researchers and staff.

1. Purpose  
2. Members  
3. Policies & Standards  
4. Frequently Used Repositories / Best Practices  
5. Open-Science & Open-Source Guidelines  
6. Links to Research IT / FDM and Services  

This organization provides a central space for:

• developing and distributing research software and teaching materials  
• maintaining and publishing open-source projects of the university  
• fostering collaborative projects within the university  
• establishing common standards and best practices for software projects  

Participants may include:

• students, researchers and staff of the Goethe University  
• external collaborators only with prior approval  

Access is managed by the University Library.

All projects should follow the central governance guidelines:   Link to Governance & Repository Standards

This section will list key or frequently used repositories.   Examples (placeholders):

• Projects should be made publicly accessible whenever possible  
• Link to the university’s Open-Science / Open-Source guidelines

• Research Data Management (FDM)  
• Central IT Services  
• University Library / GitHub Support

Note: This README serves as a starting point. Content, links, and repositories will be updated as governance, best practices, and Open-Science guidelines are finalized.