Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The concept »research library« has been delineated but not completelyclarified. At the same time research libraries are facingenormous challenges in the age of Internet and virtual information.Using two criteria – collection and system-based...

Not only libraries but also archives and museums are facing massivechallenges as the result of changes in the medial landscapeand increasing economic constraints. The pressure to adapt is atthe same time an opportunity to embark on new paths of...

»Big data« and »data-driven science« are key words that inresearching libraries face new challenges. To visualize largeamounts of research data and visually make searchable has beenstudied in the project »Visual access to research data«....