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The article describes new challenges for North Rhine-Westphalia's State Libraries since the 2022 cultural code NRW was decreed, focusing on aspects of indexing, preserving, and digitizing written cultural heritage in North Rhine-Westphalia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Schleswig-Holstein, collecting printed legal deposit copies is a joint collaboration by the Kiel University Library, Schleswig-Holstein State Library and the Library of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Between them, the collection mandate is shared in terms of content. Kiel University Library is responsible for collecting electronic deposit copies. The "Law regarding Schleswig-Holstein Libraries" was enacted in September 2016, detailing the library landscape, specifying tasks and functions of different types of libraries and their contribution to culture and education policies, and also bundling library rights and regulations of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Lower Saxony, the adoption of a revised legal deposit regulation incorporating the introduction of the new e-requirement for online publications, is imminent. The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library has been preparing for this in various projects focusing on open access transformation of publications in Lower Saxony. In this article, a key focus project, as well as one on identifying archiving responsibilities regarding deposit copies from Lower Saxony in K10plus, are described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article introduces the collection profile of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomeranian State Library with a view to physical mandatory copies and related legal regulations and practical requirements. It also outlines processes and developments needed to facilitate a legal basis for the collection of non-physical media works in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, taking into account observations and efforts made during the past ten years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For more than 360 years, deposit copies of published works have been collected and archived here. This article looks at the legal background and offers a brief insight into the practice of physical processing of deposits at the Bavarian State Library. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Baden-Württemberg, the Baden State Library in Karlsruhe and the Württemberg State Library Stuttgart are tasked with collecting printed and electronic media and web publication deposit copies. In various projects, both libraries have been closely collaborating with the Baden-Württemberg Library Service Centre (BSZ) and the German National Library (DNB). In this way, successful data storage of substantial parts of the federal state's text-based analogue and digital cultural heritage is secured. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The activity report of the Library & Information Germany (BID) for the period from April 2023 to March 2024 was presented by President Dr. Sabine Homilius. The umbrella organization served as a platform for exchange between various library associations and was represented in national and international committees. A general assembly took place, in which various associations and institutions that are members of BID participated. The board of BID consisted of various individuals, including Dr. Sabine Homilius as president. The finances of BID developed positively. The permanent commission Library and Information International (BII) contributed to international professional exchange, with Barbara Lison serving as spokesperson until September 2023, and then Dr. Christoph Müller taking over this role. Activities were carried out as part of the partner country program with the Czech Republic, in which colleagues from both countries participated in events and exchanged ideas. Anke Buettner, director of the Monacensia in the Hildebrandhaus, received the Karl Preusker Medal for her commitment to promoting literature and public access to cultural treasures. The jury highlights Anke Buettner's work in relation to the interdisciplinary symposium series "Public! The City and its Libraries" at the Munich City Library. This series has promoted discourse on the role of libraries in society and provided important impulses for the library landscape. Anke Buettner emphasizes the social role of libraries as a reflection of the diversity of society, particularly in relation to feminism, gender, and diversity. The musical accompaniment was provided by Jelena Kuljic and the welcome was given by Prof. Robert Zepf. The meeting was jointly organized by EBLIDA and the IFLA Regional Division Europe Council. Thanks to EU funding, EBLIDA has created the E-Panema platform to facilitate partner search for EU projects in libraries and support sustainable library projects. Mikkel Christoffersen has assumed the position of director of EBLIDA. Hella Klauser represents the German umbrella organization in the Executive Committee of EBLIDA. There is no representation from Germany in the EBLIDA board for the term 2024-2027. Barbara Lison has completed her term as IFLA president. Dr. Christoph Müller was elected as her successor for the role of spokesperson for the BI-International commission. The BII panel consists of various members. The DeBiA program supports professional stays and conference participation for German library staff abroad. The AnD program supports foreign library staff coming to Germany. Approvals have already been granted for the first quarter of 2024. 27 international guests participated in BiblioCON in Hanover. The author thanks all participants for their cooperation and support. [Extracted from the article]

Games, play and gamification are essential for all ages because they allow players to develop useful 21st century skills such as digital literacy, critical and scientific thinking, problem solving, comprehension and communication skills, storytelling skills, etc. The new generation of digital natives requires a different approach in learning new things and libraries could take advantage of that by using gamification on learning content. In this way, libraries could become more welcoming spaces, more open to the public and much more interested in what the public wants. To find out what people think about the idea of playing games at the library, the idea of libraries using gamified activities or if the public would like to use gamified apps on the library websites, a questionnaire-based survey was administered on Facebook and WhatsApp between February 2 and February 8, 2024. Analysis of the answers obtained shows that the Romanian public is open to the idea of libraries where reading, communicating, socializing, acquiring knowledge in various fields such as literature, history, geography can be combined in a fun and enjoyable way with play, games and gamification. Respondents would also like to use gamification on library websites such as a book lending app.

For more than three years, the City Library in Frankfurt has been offering new library users an online card application service without media discontinuity. In 2022, it was extended to include online renewing of the library card, followed by ePayment in 2023, to settle fees and overdue charges. The article includes a description of the starting position and motivations, outlines development processes and challenges, and offers a preliminary assessment after three years of practical experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) and the German Library Association (dbv) are promoting 15 libraries in rural regions of Germany as part of the project "Land.schafft.Demokratie" (Land creates democracy). These libraries will offer events on the topics of democracy, dialogue, and diversity. The goal is to strengthen democratic discourse and promote democratic values. The selected libraries have presented convincing concepts for library work that strengthens democracy and will develop tailored offers for promoting democracy in the coming months. Further information about the project can be found on the website of the German Library Association. [Extracted from the article]

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The article begins with the formulation that libraries are a fifth branch of government which emerged in the debate about a national library strategy in Sweden and examines its genesis. It notes that in the ensuing discussion this activist stance is abandoned, and libraries are once again described as passive neoliberal treasure chests. The formulation of the Fifth State Power emerged from the observation of a general crisis of democracy which is why it is examined more closely under the influence of new democratic theory. Montesquieu's concept of the separation of powers is discussed, and the popular concept of the Fourth Estate is analysed in more detail. Both provide distinctions that help to reposition library practice. Finally, four aspects are presented that can be related to the impetus of the Swedish position, suggesting that libraries should actively respond to societal changes. However, libraries do not emerge from this analysis as an independent force. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

That the library system can be observed and described as a social functional system considering the systems theoretical instruments, some basics terms must be explained briefly. Afterwards, information society is determined in detail as a social framework of the current development. Furthermore, it will be discussed which contours has a library system in a systems theoretical sense and which findings are able to produce such an approach. Of course, the subsequent outline offers no more than an impulse that should be proceeded by a thorough elaboration of a theory of the library system which would uncover the potential of a systems theoretical view of the library reality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A library of Ukrainian literature (BUL) was established in Moscow as early as 1918 and remained open until the end of the 1930s. With perestroika, enthusiasts of Ukrainian nationality reinvented this idea. With the support of librarians and the Moscow city administration, a vibrant special library for Ukrainian literature developed. It was initially able to develop well depending on good official relations between the governments of both countries. As intergovernmental relations deteriorated, the BUL became a pawn in big politics. The article sheds light on this development and illustrates the influence of political and legal decisions on the work of public libraries in Russia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Without considering the background to the changed reading behaviour, political demands and decisions regarding the development of reading culture and therefore the development of libraries remain undetermined. This essay attempts to determine the most important influencing factors and control variables in a tour d'horizon. Due to the deep roots of Western democracies in the reading culture, things get very political. But isn't it one of the librarians' tasks to reflect on these dependencies, to draw public attention to them, and adjust the services offered by their institutions? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

More than ten years ago, the German Libraries Association/Deutscher Bibliotheksverband e. V. (dbv) established a position for Political Advocacy at its Secretary. In this article, Jacqueline Breidlid, the holder of the position (2019‒2024), explains why political advocacy is so important for libraries. She reflects its on its specificities and – using the example of the election of the German Bundestag in 2021 – delves into current themes and methods of Political Advocacy through the dbv-Secretary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In changing to Open Access, important and prestigious pillars of regional and cultural research are at risk of being ignored and excluded from digital publication channels. It is the task of regional state libraries to represent the interests of this specific target group and provide solutions. With RegionaliaOpen, the Baden State Library is offering an efficient Open Access publication service, which neatly integrates into the whole range of library services adding full texts to the State's regional bibliography and strengthening ties with key players involved in the regional history of Baden. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Barcamp Open Science celebrated its tenth anniversary in Potsdam. Representatives from various disciplines discussed Open Science, new approaches, and tools. The goal is to make science more accessible, fairer, and of higher quality. Sessions covered topics such as Shadow Libraries, multilingualism in science, and best practices for promoting Open Science practices. The Barcamp is planned to continue in the future. [Extracted from the article]

The renowned economic scientific journal "Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte" will be open access from January 1, 2024. The ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and the Franz Steiner Verlag have implemented the "Subscribe to Open" model to enable free access to economic-historical articles. The Bavarian State Library is digitizing its image archive and providing the images free of charge for reporting purposes. The Klassik Stiftung Weimar has restituted 41 autographs that were identified as Nazi-looted art to the heirs. [Extracted from the article]

A museum internship is the starting point for many future museum employees. The training is intended to provide insight into relevant areas of museum work and offers opportunities to gain work experience. An in-house library can thus be included as one stop on the training tour for volunteers. The experience might be both rewarding and challenging. The suggestions made in the article might help to successfully organize this training stage for the benefit of all participating parties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Living Labs have been gaining in importance in recent years, and libraries have jumped on the bandwagon. The article sees the issue of living labs in the wider context of innovation management and shows the various options for participation they offer for libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Academic libraries operate in the digital world in a multitude of globally acting information infrastructures. The new ways of use and demands associated with digitization entail a comprehensive development of their tasks and services. As infrastructure and innovation partners, libraries play an important role in the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The questions of how and why projects fail in library settings and how such failures can be dealt with productivity are raised repeatedly in specialized publications. The article describes why it is not so easy to find the answers to these questions in literature databases and which search strategies were, nevertheless, used to retrieve numerous relevant results. The results of the research are presented as a bibliography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mistakes in professional contexts are always made and everywhere. If we manage to learn from our mistakes in our libraries and in other organisations, we will be able to optimise working processes in the long term. Then, we can enhance the quality of our service and we will work more innovatively. In this way, we increase the unique selling point of our library in the competition with digital offers and services and are perceived more strongly as a competent service partner by our users. This article deals with the improvement of the error culture in libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The GO:AL project was developed to introduce the cloud-based library system Alma in North Rhine-Westphalian universities. From 2019–2023, it successfully migrated 45 libraries to Alma without any delay, thus laying the ground for a modernized library network system. Workflow, challenges, problems and results of this wide-ranging project are presented here from the perspective of a participating library, along with experiences gained in the course of the project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Disposal has always been a source of conflict in academic and scientific libraries. Amid the increasing relevance of electronic resources, the disposal of e-books is becoming pertinent as well. Weighing up the pros and cons, every academic library should consider carefully whether it sides with the "Das frisst kein Brot/It doesn't consume space" team or the "Need to weed" team. The paper makes a proposal where to start the negotiation process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Der Beitrag beschreibt das Konzept und die Genese des Hörbilds „The Sound of Libraries – ein Hörbild der Stadt Wien – Büchereien,“ das im Rahmen einer Abschlussarbeit der Autorin entstanden ist.

Background: Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease with an exceptionally high burden for women. Objective: Sex-dependent differences in disease manifestation, severity, treatment choices, subjective disease perception, and the impact on quality of life and risk factors are described and comprehensively discussed. Methods: A literature search was conducted using MEDLINE (PubMed) and the Cochrane Library for systematic reviews to investigate the challenges in treating women with psoriasis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent decades, book archaeological studies have shown that Early Modern book move-ments in the Baltic region were particularly pronounced at the time of the Lutheran Refor-mation. In view of the movements of a Melchior Hofmann, a Johannes Block, a Nikolaus Russ or a Sveno Jakobi, their handwritten entries point fragmentarily to the confessional affinities of their owners, but above all to the connections of former networks that had ex-isted between the merchants, craftsmen and clergymen of the Hanseatic cities, and that de-termined the ruling, scientific and economic-political interrelationships of that time. Books of the sixteenth century testify not only to an enormous mobility of their owners, but also to forms of cultural appropriation between individual appreciation, tradition, or an-tiquarian interest which emerged from the beginning of the Early Modern period and which brought books from different printing places, binding places and contexts of use into the libraries of the Hanseatic cities. Provided that this is the case, one can certainly speak of a book transfer culture and make it a topic within Early Modern cultural history research, which concerns regions of East Central Europe in particular.

The Bibliography of Bremen, a regional bibliography for the state of Bremen, went online on 1 June 2023: www.bremische-bibliographie.de. As a subsection of the Bibliography of Lower Saxony maintained by the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library (GWLB) in Hanover, it benefits from using their infrastructure. The article introduces the services of the database Bibliography of Bremen focusing on the benefits of a regional databased bibliography for Bremen for users. The compilation of the Bibliography of Bremen is part of the task profile of the Bremen State and University Library (SuUB) on behalf of the State of Bremen. Responsibility and coordination of the implementation process lies with the GWLB in Hanover. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It took Neuss City Library (in North Rhine-Westphalia) ten years to be able to fulfil the criteria for the „Neuss barrier-free" label. The library pursues a holistic approach incorporating information and media services, special events, staff training and qualified contact persons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Academic and scientific libraries are going to have an increased need in specialised staff at the third qualification level in coming years. A shortage of skilled staff at this level has already made it difficult to fill vacancies today. Libraries need to break new ground to create a greater variety of access options. Using the example of the Baden State Library (BLB) and the Library Centre of Rhineland-Palatinate (LBZ), various targeted advanced training models for media and information service specialists (FaMI) will be described and discussed, including recruitment of staff for BA degree courses and internal trainee programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The German Library Association (dbv) and the Deutsche Telekom Foundation will award the "Library of the Year" prize in two categories on October 24, 2024: "Library of the Year" and "Library of the Year in small municipalities and regions". The award recognizes exemplary and innovative library work using digital offerings and services. The prize is endowed with 20,000 euros and 7,000 euros, respectively. Applications can be submitted until March 31, 2024. An independent jury will select the winners. [Extracted from the article]

The library associations BIB, dbv, and VDB have launched the web portal meinjob-bibliothek.de to provide insights into the various fields of work in academic and public libraries and to inform about training and qualification opportunities. The goal is to inspire young people, university graduates, and career changers to work in libraries. Libraries have undergone significant changes in recent years and now offer diverse offerings and services for all generations. The associations' personnel recruitment commission deals with questions of personnel recruitment and the public perception of the professional image. [Extracted from the article]

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