The Specialized Information Service (FID) Ancient Studies - Propylaeum is a collaborative project of the Bavarian State Library in Munich and Heidelberg University Library, with financial support from the German Research Foundation (DFG). Since 2016, the FID Ancient Studies has been providing researchers and students from all fields of ancient studies with a comprehensive range of services. The subject-specific and interdisciplinary services complement each other as part of our subject and acquisition profile:

• The temporal scope of the profile encompasses the period from the Paleolithic Age to the early modern era.
• The regional focus is on the Old World, with a particular emphasis on the Mediterranean region and Central Europe.

The FID Ancient Studies is part of a supra-regional and coordinated information infrastructure. Additional information, including details on specialized FIDs, can be accessed here.

The portal Propylaeum provides access to the integrated information infrastructure of the FID Ancient Studies - Propylaeum. All services are developed and made available for use in close alignment with the needs of the target groups. In its current project funding phase (2022-2024), the FID Ancient Studies is further expanding its research-supporting services in six fields of action:

• Provision of information resources
• Further development of Propylaeum's subject-specific information infrastructure: PropylaeumSEARCH
• Electronic publishing in open access: Propylaeum e-Publishing
• Sustainability for excellent specialized information
• Linked Open Data - ‘Digital Classics’
• Science communication, public relations and marketing