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    “Not Cloud-Cuckoo-Land” – The German Digital Library

    The cultural heritage of German archives, libraries and museums should be available to everyone anywhere and any time. That is the vision behind the German Digital Library.More ...
    Gabriele Beger; © Universität Hamburg

    EU-Wide Copyright Laws: “We Must Embrace the New Technologies”

    The EU Green Paper entitled “Copyright in the Knowledge Economy” has unleashed a debate on intellectual property in an age of digital data processing. In an interview, Gabriele Beger explains the position of the German Library Association.More ...
    Kinder sollen für das Lesen begeistert werden; © Stiftung Lesen

    Helping Children Discover the Fascination of Reading: Promoting Reading

    As a current study shows: picking up a book to read for pleasure is not a matter of course for everyone. In many cases, children are not encouraged to read in the home. There is thus an urgent need to promote reading in children. Numerous projects all over Germany have set themselves the task of helping children become keen readers.More ...
    Web portal of the Intercultural Library; © German Library Association

    Online Integration: The Intercultural Library

    Librarians will now enjoy faster access to learning aids for migrants in their mother tongue, information about life in Germany and foreign-language literature thanks to a new intercultural web portal launched by the German Library Association (Deutscher Bibliotheksverband).More ...