Information Technology & Librarianship

This page attempts to provide a window on current German research in library and information science. In addition to listing some web sites, it also highlights current articles of interest to librarians.

Library Terminology: Glossaries

• Bibliotheks-Glossar
  About 90,000 terms.
• IFLA Multilingual Dictionary of Cataloguing Terms and Definitions
• Deutsch-Englisches Kompendium (für Bibliothekare in der Erwerbung)
  Focuses on Acquisitions and Collection Development

Electronic Journals

• DOBI
  Database for library science research.
• Bibliothek: Forschung und Praxis
  One of the leading German library science journals (full text).
• B. I. T.: Bibliothek, Information und Technologie
• Bibliotheksdienst
• Informationsmittel für Bibliotheken
  In-depth reviews of reference books in various subjects. For English abstracts of these reviews see: Reference Reviews Europe/IfB Abstracts.
  
• Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie
  The major German library science journal.

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Selected Articles by WESS Members

• Preserving the Written Record: Evaluation of Preservation Programs at Four Major European Libraries
  By James H. Spohrer
• Library Journals and Academic Librarianship in Germany: A Sketch.
  By Stephen Lehmann
• The Fall of the Bibliographic Wall: Libraries and Archives in Unified Germany.
  By Sem C. Sutter

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WWW Sites

• Deutsche Bibliothek
  
• Ressourcen zur Informationswissenschaft
  Resources for information scientists (Universität Konstanz)
• Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels
  Homepage focusing on electronic publishing; includes selected articles from the Börsenblatt.
• WEBIS
  Central server for Sondersammelgebiete.

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Last updated: October 29, 2003