@inproceedings{WittKamocki2022, author = {Andreas Witt and Paweł Kamocki}, title = {The future is now. The digital transformation in the German linguistics community and the key role of the IDS}, series = {The role of national language institutions in the digital age. Contributions to the EFNIL conference 2021 in Cavtat}, editor = {Željko Jozić and Sabine Kirchmeier}, publisher = {Nyelvtudom{\´a}nyi Kutat{\´o}k{\"o}zpont / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics}, address = {Budapest}, organization = {EFNIL – European Federation of National Institutions for Language}, isbn = {978-963-9074-93-4}, url = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-113008}, pages = {71 -- 80}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The Leibniz-Institute for the German Language (IDS) was established in Mannheim in 1964. Since then, it has been at the forefront of innovation in German linguistics as a hub for digital language data. This chapter presents various lessons learnt from over five decades of work by the IDS, ranging from the importance of sustainability, through its strong technical base and FAIR principles, to the IDS’ role in national and international cooperation projects and its expertise on legal and ethical issues related to language resources and language technology.}, language = {en} }