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The new year has come and we have a lot to offer for you: our library is waiting for you with new booksMore ...

Offer of our library:

Bild MedienBild MedienIn the library you'll find an up-to-date selection of printed and audiovisual media both in German and English to keep you informed about latest trends and current issues.

We can offer you
  • German-language books
  • Translations of German authors into English
  • Reference works and dictionaries
  • German weekly newspapers
  • German specialist journals
  • Databases
  • CDs and Audio Books
  • Videos and DVDs
The ‚ Renate Grossmann Collection’ contains app. 900 books about the Namibian history and forms part of the center.

You can request annotated catalogues and bibliographies online:
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    Authors in double yoke

    Better safe than sorry: This year the Goethe-Centre is gazing at German and African literature under the slogan “authors in double yoke” from different perspectives. Noble prize winner, the significance of the crime novel or writing about Africa – these themes all have something in common: they are sighted by two authors. Therefore the double yokes pledge exciting dialogues and an overview of questions, which are moving the world of literature. More ...
    Klaus Ulrich Werner; © privat

    Model for Other Countries. Klaus Ulrich Werner on German Libraries

    How are the activities of German libraries perceived abroad? And how has the library as a place changed? An Interview with Klaus Ulrich Werner, Director of the Philological Library at the Free University of Berlin.More ...
    Librarian at work; © dbv

    “Brokers of information services.” Job Description: Librarian

    Librarians have less and less to do with printed books: today they are most in demand as specialists for arranging and obtaining information.More ...