Libraries in Germany – Background

"Portals to the Past and to the Future"

Data, facts, figures and overviews in words and pictures: the colourful and lively publication “Portals to the Past and to the Future – Libraries in Germany” provides the most important information about Germany’s libraries, about education and careers, associations and organisations, policies for libraries, culture and education, and also about the political structure of Germany, its position in the middle of Europe with its federal principles and the implications for the library system.

Jürgen Seefeldt and Ludger Syré:
"Portals to the Past and to the Future" - Libraries in Germany.

Edited by Library and Information in Germany, Federal Union of German Library and Information Association. Translated by Janet MacKenzie. 2nd, revised English edition, Hildesheim 2007. 120 pages, 103 colour photographs, diagrams, tables, maps. Pbk.
ISBN 3-487-11713-4.

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