Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie

Former state advisory services for public libraries were amongthe oldest institutions of the local library system. The NationalSocialists quickly realised their potential and made targeted useof them as a means of exerting political influence....

In a project funded by the Arbeitsstelle für Provenienzforschung(Center for Provenance Research), and since 2015 by the DeutscheZentrum Kulturgutverluste (German Lost Art Foundation) inMagdeburg, the holdings of the ›Luftkriegsakademie...

From 2012 to 2015, the Landesbibliothekszentrum Rheinland-Pfalzreviewed the holdings of the Pfälzische Landesbibliothek Speyeracquired from 1933 to 1950 for items looted by the Nazis. The aimwas to identify any unlawful acquisitions and, where...

Nachrufe: Henry L. Snyder (1929–2016) in memoriam (Hartmut Walravens); Menschen in Bibliotheken

The Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste (GermanLost Art Foundation) was founded at the beginning of 2015 bythe Federal Government, the 16 Länder and the three umbrellaassociations for the municipalities. The Deutsches Zentrum...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

Archives and libraries which make use of the chemically and technicallyhighly complex process of paper deacidification need assistancein preparing and executing the outsourcing of the workto service companies. ISO has now published a Technical...

Digitisation and full text indexing are turning newspapers intoattractive research resources. Their significantly more user-friendlysearch possibilities in comparison to analogue newspapersand their use within the field of digital humanities...

Nachruf auf Prof. Dr. Eberhard Dünninger (Rolf Griebel)Menschen in Bibliotheken

The Meaning of the Library: A Cultural History (Sebastian Köppl); Ost und West in Buch und Bibliothek: Festschrift für Horst Röhling (Ludger Syré)