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This article discusses the Internet website "Compact Memory," which is a collection of German-speaking Jewish periodicals, newspapers and magazines. The website allows users to see either full text or scans of the documents, and the periodicals have proven to have a wealth of knowledge about all aspects of German-speaking Jewish life. The website also has a search function, and is a project of the Lehr- und Forschungsgebiets Deutsch-jüdische Literaturgeschichte der RWTH Aachen, the Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main and the Bibliothek Germania Judaica Köln.

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The article reports on the island almanac from the years 1906-2011. Almanacs have been part of the literary scene since German classical music, and word formation seems to derive from a mixture of Arabic, Middle Latin, Coptic, Greek and other influences. For the head of the island publishing house Anton Kippenberg, the genus of the almanac was the suitable form to draw attention to the current production of the island publishing house.

The article presents information about the activities of the committee for periodicals and serial publications. The committee's founding under Helmuth Bergmann in 1987 is noted, as well as the directorship of Bernhard Kurz from 1996 to 2007. A committee meeting in Linz, Austria on May 14, 2008 is described, and another committee meeting is announced for September 23, 3008 in Krems, Austria.