The European Perspective: Libraries and Librarianship in Germany

Sonja Haerkoenen Cardiff University

Overview

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German National Library System

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National, Regional, Subject & Academic Libraries

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Professional Structure

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Professional Associations

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Libraries in Cooperation

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Current Issues and Developments

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More Information

Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

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 Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

Die Deutsche Bücherei – Leipzig

 Founded in 1912  Collects 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 Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

Die Deutsche Bibliothek - Frankfurt

 Founded in 1945 as national bibliographical centre for the Allied zones  Merged with the Deutsche Bücherei in 1990  Since 2006 called Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (German National Library)  Fulfils national library functions jointly with the German Music Archive  Receives 2 copies of books published in Germany by legal deposit law Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

Das Deutsche Musikarchiv – Berlin

 Founded in 1970  Central repository for printed music and recordings  German Information Centre for the Bibliography of Music  Contains over 1 million items Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

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) Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

Deutsche Zentrale Fachbibliotheken (German Central Subject Libraries)

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ZBMED

+ Bonn  Europe‘s biggest medical library  for Medicine, Healthcare, Biology – Cologne 1.3m volumes, 7,800 periodicals 

TIB

 for Engineering + Technology 8.2m volumes, 21,000 periodicals – Hanover 

ZBW

  for Business and Economics – Kiel + Hamburg World‘s largest economics library 4m volumes, 24,500 periodicals Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

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 Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

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 Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

Library Statistics 2006

Source: http://www.hbz-nrw.de/angebote/dbs/auswertung/gesamtauswertungen 248 HE libraries 8,920 libraries 223 million items Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

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 Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

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 Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

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 Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

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) Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

Libraries in Cooperation 1

  6 regional library networks Zeitschriftendatenbank ZDB (National Periodicals Database)  Karlsruhe Virtueller Katalog (KVK) since 1996  Joint information services via chat Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

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) Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

Libraries in Cooperation Prison Library Münster

 Library of the Year 2007  80% of prisoners use the library  Participated in the Night of the Libraries Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

Current Issues and Developments

 Digitisation projects  Strategy paper „Bibliothek 2007“  Harmonisation of RAK with AACR2 and MAB2 with MARC21  Web 2.0

 Hybrid library of the future  Bibcamp  Library buildings Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

Current Issues and Developments

Library buildings: http://www.fu-berlin.de/bibliothek/philbib/ http://www.tu-cottbus.de/einrichtungen/de/ikmz/ Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

Thank you for your interest attention!

and Sonja Haerkoenen [email protected]

Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

More Information - General

 Overview: Seefeldt, J. and Syr é, L. 2007.

Portals to the past and to the future: libraries in Germany

. 2 nd ed. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag.

 Statistics: http://www.hbz-nrw.de/angebote/dbs/  Strategy: http://www.bibliothek2007.de

Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

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/ Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

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/ Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University

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/ Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University