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The article explores the growing popularity of "Libraries of Things" in libraries, focusing on the experiences of establishing such libraries in Georgsmarienhütte and Emsdetten, in Germany, discussing their benefits and impact on library services, sustainability, and community engagement. It highlights the practicalities of setting up and managing these libraries, including selection criteria, community involvement, and the integration of such initiatives into the broader library framework.

The article focuses on the implementation of various sustainability initiatives at the City Library of Paderborn in Germany, including the establishment of a FairTeiler for food sharing, the development of a "Library of Things," and the creation of the sustainable "Eden" library space. It states that the FairTeiler provides a platform for the community to share surplus food items, while the "Library of Things" offers the lending of various household items and equipment.

Discusses the strategies adopted by German banks to address the problem of illiquidity in the issuance of a jumbo Pfandbrief covered bond in the 1990s. Reason behind the emergence of the Pfandbrief market according to Helmut Petit, head of non-Bund domestic capital markets at Bayerische Hypobank; Criticism on the features of the bond issued by Frankfurter Hypothekenbank Centralboden; Action taken by other market participants to solve the challenges facing bond issuance.

The article informs on the history of librarians in Germany in the 20th century. It mentions at the beginning of the 20th century, more and more women pushed into the working world and worked as mostly low-paid workers in professions that had previously been dominated by men, along with the film "Ist das Leben nicht schön."

Presents several letters to the editor. Translations of the work of essayist Michel Eyquem de Montaigne; Status of women at the German universities.

The Governing Commission of the Saar Basin, France and Germany, in its report to the Council of the League of Nations has taken exception to the note of the German Government, protesting against the presence of French troops in the Saar Basin. The presence of French troops in the Saar Basin is a violation of paragraph 30 of the Appendix to Section IV of the Treaty of Versailles. The Governing Commission has not organized the local gendarmerie. According to its report it has, in the space of two and a half years, appointed only 155 gendarmes, natives of the Saar district. It has therefore not executed the orders of the Council.

Features the issuers and bankers behind the jumbo Pfandbrief covered bond market in Germany. Occupational achievements of Hubert Schulte-Kemper of EssenHyp; Contributions of Gerhard Bruckermann to the jumbo Pfandbrief deal of Hypobank; Role of Arnold Fohler and Stefan Pohl in the merger between DG and DZ banks.

The article reports that Swiss banks are entering the financial markets of Frankfurt, Germany breaking decades old gentlemen's agreement by Swiss and German banks to steer clear of each other's markets. Two of the three big Swiss banks have moved into the German banking scene. There are also rumors that the Union Bank of Switzerland will also enter the market.

The article reports that the real estate company Hypo Real Estate Group (HRE) seeks to expand its securitization and asset management business in Germany. The company combines its Dublin-based Hypo Real Estate Bank International worldwide real estate business with that of Stuttgart-based Wrttembergische Hypothekenbank under the HRE Bank International group. The expansion would create more refinancing capabilities for the company.