Volume 60 (2013), Issue 3-4

The changes taking place in libraries have an impact on variousaspects of the day-to-day operations: new competencies of libraryemployees, the expansion of digital services in an increasinglymobile society, changes in the physical and...

Professional literature about library design has exhibited only alimited awareness of the issues of sustainability to date. This articleintends to broaden the basis for further discussion. Historicaldevelopments show today that sustainability is...

Since 2008 the Freiburg University Library has been undergoinga thorough renovation. The plans of the Basle architect HeinrichDegelo will result not only in a highly attractive facility, butalsoin an innovative learning center with more than...

»Art-in-Architecture« is an integral element of the architecturalculture of Germany and is considered to be a part of thetasks of a government when acting as general contractor. Eversince the days of the Weimar Republic, art-in-architecture...

As the archival library for all of Germany, the German NationalLibrary (DNB) in Leipzig and in Frankfurt am Main has been fulfillingits unique and comprehensive mandate for the collectionand provision of all publications in print, image or sound...

For the first time since the end of the Second World War, the mainsite of the Berlin State Library is currently being renovated. In thespring of 2013 the new reading room was opened. With the completionof the new users’ center, which was...

On the so-named Firmanei campus, a quarter of downtown Marburgwhich is known for its high-end historical buildings, theuniversity library is getting a new facility with a usable area ofabout 18,000 square meters. The newly planned building...

Four of the seven campuses of the Bielefeld University of AppliedSciences will be moving into a new building on the main campusin Bielefeld in the fall of 2013. This building will hold a new universitylibrary and, moreover, a new service area...

A modern and attractive guidance system is of fundamental concernin many libraries. But due to structural conditions, insufficienttime and personnel, as well as budgetary limitations, manyolder library buildings must retain their old and...