Volume 63 (2016), Issue 3

After more than two years’ work a master plan was submittedto the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the middle of December2015 for the digitisation of medieval manuscripts in Germanlibraries; it was not possible to review this by the...

From the early modern period up to the 20th century, printednewspapers were the most important medium of communicationand opinion – which they remain (alongside radio, televisionand the Internet) to this day. Systematic digitisation of...

Digitisation of archival records is a growing field of activity forGerman archives. In accordance with political guidelines laiddown by the EU and national authorities, the amount being spenton digitisation by German archives is increasing and...

The LWL-Museums Office was set up in 1978 by its regionalauthority, the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL), toadvise and support about 650 museums, memorial sites andsmall collections in Westphalia and Lippe. It also offers variousservices...

The director of the Thuringian University and State Library of Jena(ThULB), Sabine Wefers, presented her views on the political discussionsregarding the future development of university librariesin Thuringia in an article in issue 1/2016 of this...

Nachruf auf Dr. Heinz Lanzke (Bettina von Seyfried); Menschen in Bibliotheken