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The article presents a report from the March 1-2, 2018 "Zugang und Teilhabe im digitalen Wandel" conference of the Deutscher Bibliotheksverband library association in Berlin, Germany on social aspects of access to digital libraries.

The article presents a report from a June 19-20, 2017 public archives conference in Duisburg, Germany with a focus on archives online. Topics of presentations delivered included copyright law in online archives, website design for archive portals, and the e-arkiv municipal digital archive of Stockholm, Sweden.

The article reports on a conference on scholarly electronic publishing and digital libraries in the humanities and social sciences, held in Berlin, Germany, from October 8-9, 2013. Several case studies were discussed, including the websites "Acta pacis Westphalicae," available at http://www.pax-westphalica.de, "Deutsches Textarchiv“ (DTA), available at http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de, and "Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien" (TITUS), available at http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/indexd.htm.

Information on the 64th annual meeting of the German library network held in Konstanz, Germany from April 16-17, 2013 is presented. Several topics including the use of resource description and access (RDA) in German libraries, library information networks, and electronic books are discussed. Other topics mentioned in this article include data networking, library catalog management, and the German digital library Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB).

The article presents a report from a January 18-19, 2013 conference in Trier, Germany on the reconstruction of libraries of the Middle Ages using digital methods. Topics of presentations given included the reconstruction of the library of the Imperial Abbey of Corvey, the dating of Middle Ages handwriting found in the Herzog August Bibliothek library, and data processing and metadata standards used in the digitization of archival materials.

A report is offered from an October 10-12, 2011 librarians and library science conference in Łódź, Poland on digital libraries in Germany and Poland. Topics of presentations given included German literary creations written in Łódź, the history of the Łódź ghetto in World War II, and the problem of copyright protection in digital libraries.

A preview is presented of a November 8-10, 2010 conference in Jülich, Germany on digital libraries and the influence of electronic publications on the research patterns and habits of students.

The article presents a report from the March 1-2, 2016 annual conference in Potsdam, Germany of the "Archivierung von Unterlagen aus digitalen Systemen" (AUdS) digital archives working group. Topics of presentations delivered included the use of the Pre Ingest Toolset software for structuring filesystems at the Bundesarchiv German national archives, the development of the file filtration and sorting software tool for archives at the startext GmbH company, and digitization of the collections of small archives.

A calendar of German events related to library science from July - December 2009 lists such meeting themes as digital libraries, librarian certification, new juvenile books, and blog competencies.

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The article offers information from an August 11, 2008 meeting of a European commission in Brussels, Belgium, regarding plans to create a European digital library. If the plan is to reach completion, European countries must present material to be digitized and related issues must be settled, such as installing appropriate digital storage facilities and discussing copyright procedure. Countries already involved in preparations are noted, including Slovakia, Finland, and Lithuania.

The article announces that a digital library conference will be held in Tilburg, the Netherlands, from July 28, 2009 to August 5, 2009.