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Nachruf auf Dr. Eveline Pipp (12.12.1956-05.05.2017) samt einer Bibliographie ihrer Veröffentlichungen.

In this 10-question interview Christian Enichlmayr tells us about the start of his career in the publishing business, his library employment at the University Linz and his job change to the Federal Study Library Linz. He was the head of the descendent organization from 1999 to 2015 and therefore responsible for the transformation and modernisation of the former study library into the Upper Austrian State Library. During this time the library building had a major refurbishment and got outstanding annexe. The interview covers important topics at the Upper Austrian State Library from the last 17 years, including NS provenance research, the advancement of the digital library and the promotion of the library in order to become a substantial part of the Upper Austrian cultural live. Furthermore Mr. Enichlmayr explains the significance of cooperation among libraries and gives a summary of the meeting of the Austrian Librarian Association in Linz in 2004. In a final point he mentions possible prospects of libraries.

On February 21st, 2015 Manfred Lube will celebrate his 70th birthday. He started his career as a librarian in 1971, as subject librarian for German Studies at Graz University Library. In the 17 years as director of Klagenfurt University Library he was the driving force behind its modernisation and increasing user-friendliness. Retirement hasn't lessened his devotion to the library – since October 2008 Manfred Lube is in charge of the Karl-Popper-Copyright Office. In his honour, the Karl-Popper-Foundation Klagenfurt is holding a symposium on the topic of "The Written Word" from February 18–21, 2015: http://webmagazine.unitn.it/evento/sociologia/1548/the-written-word

Eleven years front man of the Association of Austrian Librarians: Harald Weigel, 2003-2013 president of the AAL answers 10 questions to Bruno Bauer (translation of the title). Harald Weigel answers questions about assignments and roles of the Association of Austrian Librarians and talks about the tasks of its committees and conferences as well as its publications. Also discussed are national and international cooperations of LIS-associations and reasons for why one should be a member of the Association of Austrian Librarians. With a background of eleven years presidency he refers to highlights and disappointments, to prospects for and his future personal dedication to the AAL.

"No Austrian library history of the past 40 years": a very personal résumé (translation of the title). A short autobiographical résumé, abridged version of a speech held at the Austria Verbundtag in Graz at 14.05.2014.

Speech by Sigrid Jalkotzy-Deger, delivered in honor of Edith Stumpf on the occasion of her being awarded the Austrian Cross of Merit for Scholarship and the Arts in Vienna in May 2013.

Obituary about Dr. Eva Irblich, a longtime employee of the Austrian National Library