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The European Perspective:
Libraries and Librarianship in Germany
Sonja HaerkoenenCardiff University
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Overview
German National Library System National, Regional, Subject & Academic
Libraries
Professional StructureProfessional AssociationsLibraries in CooperationCurrent Issues and DevelopmentsMore Information
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The German National Library
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, formerly Die Deutsche Bücherei – Leipzig Die Deutsche Bibliothek - Frankfurt Das Deutsche Musikarchiv – Berlin
+ regional and state libraries
+ central subject libraries
+ academic libraries with special archival functions
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Die Deutsche Bücherei – Leipzig
Founded in 1912Collects works
published in Germany after 1912 German-language works published in other
countries after 1912 Translations of German-language works into
other languages Foreign-language works about Germany Works by German emigrants 1933-1945
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Die Deutsche Bibliothek - Frankfurt
Founded in 1945 as national bibliographical centre for the Allied zones
Merged with the Deutsche Bücherei in 1990Since 2006 called Deutsche
Nationalbibliothek (German National Library)Fulfils national library functions jointly with
the German Music ArchiveReceives 2 copies of books published in
Germany by legal deposit law
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Das Deutsche Musikarchiv – Berlin
Founded in 1970Central repository for printed music and
recordingsGerman Information Centre for the
Bibliography of MusicContains over 1 million items
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Regional and State Libraries
16 Bundesländer, but approx. 40 state / regional libraries (Landesbibliothek or Staatsbibliothek)
Mandate to provide literature covering all fields
Main aim to collect, archive, catalogue and make available printed literature about the region (legal deposit law)
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Deutsche Zentrale Fachbibliotheken (German Central Subject Libraries)
ZBMED for Medicine, Healthcare, Biology – Cologne + Bonn Europe‘s biggest medical library 1.3m volumes, 7,800 periodicals
TIB for Engineering + Technology – Hanover 8.2m volumes, 21,000 periodicals
ZBW for Business and Economics – Kiel + Hamburg World‘s largest economics library 4m volumes, 24,500 periodicals
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Academic Libraries with Special Archival Functions
Sondersammelgebietsprogramm (SSG)(Special Subject Fields Programme) Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) Approx. 44 libraries share the responsibility Languages, geographical regions, subjects, types of
material
Sammlung Deutscher Drucke(Collection of German Imprints) 6 libraries in cooperation Collection of books printed in the German area from
1450 onwards
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State and University Library Göttingen
State Library for Lower Saxony Centre of the GBV (north German regional library network) Library of the Year 2002 5.8m items, 14,000 journals SSG library for 18 specialised subject areas Collection of German Imprints, 1701-1800
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Library Statistics 2006Source: http://www.hbz-nrw.de/angebote/dbs/auswertung/gesamtauswertungen
8,920 libraries223 million items248 HE libraries
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Professional Structure 1
FAMI – Fachangestellter Medien und Information (Media and Information Assistant) 3 year apprenticeship (mix of practice and studying)
Counter tasks General enquiries Clerical/admin work, invoicing etc. Preparation of tours Assisting certified librarians and subject specialists
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Professional Structure 2
Diplom-Bibliothekar (Certified Librarian) 4 year degree course, incl. ½ year placement, now
increasingly taught as 3 year BA
Information desk work Library inductions Events organisation Cataloguing / acquisitions Basic collection development / management Project work
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Professional Structure 3
Fachreferent (Subject Specialist) UG degree in subject + PG course in librarianship
New acquisitions classification Responsibility for subject budgets Advanced collection development Liaison with departments Subject specific training PR, management and coordination
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Professional Associations
BIB – Berufsverband Information Bibliothek (Association of Information & Library Professionals)
VDB – Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare (Association of German Librarians)
+ Unions and associations for libraries, e.g. DBV (German Library Association) BID (Library and Information Germany – umbrella
organisation)
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Libraries in Cooperation 1
6 regional library networksZeitschriftendatenbank ZDB
(National Periodicals Database)Karlsruhe Virtueller Katalog (KVK) since 1996Joint information services via chat
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Libraries in Cooperation 2
Deutsche Internetbibliothek(German Internet Library)
Kompetenznetzwerk für Bibliotheken (KNB)(Network of Competency for Libraries) Library statistics / ranking German libraries portal Support for libraries involved in EU projects
Nacht der Bibliotheken (Night of the Libraries)
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Libraries in CooperationPrison Library Münster
Library of the Year 200780% of prisoners use the libraryParticipated in the Night of the Libraries
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Current Issues and Developments
Digitisation projectsStrategy paper „Bibliothek 2007“Harmonisation of RAK with AACR2 and
MAB2 with MARC21Web 2.0Hybrid library of the futureBibcampLibrary buildings
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Current Issues and Developments
Library buildings:http://www.fu-berlin.de/bibliothek/philbib/
http://www.tu-cottbus.de/einrichtungen/de/ikmz/
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Thank you for your interest and attention!
Sonja [email protected]
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More Information - General
Overview: Seefeldt, J. and Syré, L. 2007. Portals to the past and to the future: libraries in Germany. 2nd ed. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag.
Statistics:http://www.hbz-nrw.de/angebote/dbs/
Strategy: http://www.bibliothek2007.de
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More Information - Cooperation
German Libraries Portal http://www.bibliotheksportal.de/ SSG http://webis.sub.uni-hamburg.de Collection of German Imprints
http://www.ag-sdd.de/ Periodicals database
http://www.zeitschriftendatenbank.de/ German Internet Library
http://www.internetbibliothek.de/ KVK http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk.html Nacht der Bibliotheken
http://www.nachtderbibliotheken.de/ Bibcamp http://bibcamp.pbwiki.com/
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More Information - Associations
BIB http://www.bib-info.de/index.htm VDB http://www.vdb-online.org/ DBV http://www.bibliotheksverband.de/ BID http://www.bideutschland.de
Kompetenznetzwerk für Bibliotheken http://knb.bibliotheksverband.de/
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More Information: Individual Libraries
http://www.d-nb.de/eng/index.htm http://www.zbmed.de/info.html http://www.tib-hannover.de http://www.zbw-kiel.de http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/index-e.html http://www.jva-muenster.nrw.de/ http://www.fu-berlin.de/bibliothek/philbib/ http://www.tu-cottbus.de/einrichtungen/de/ikmz/
