Heidelberg University Library

The University Library is the central library of the Library System of the Ruprecht -Karls- University of Heidelberg. As an academic library as its object the extensive literature and information for the members of the University of Heidelberg ( Baden- Württemberg). At the same time it provides literature and information for other universities in Heidelberg ( College of Education, College of Jewish Studies ) and for the inhabitants of the city and the region ready. It participates in the German and international lending.

History

The University Library of Heidelberg is the oldest university library in Germany. Their origin dates back to the founding years of the University of Heidelberg in 1386. Already in the late 14th and early 15th centuries originated in the university three libraries: the library of the Faculty of Arts, the higher faculties and the Collegiate Church ( Holy Spirit Church ). The core of the faculty libraries made up almost exclusively of professors discounts. The library of the Collegiate Church stood for scientific studies. Your ultimate expansion they owed ​​Elector Otto Heinrich ( 1556-1559 ). He let the set up in the castle books bring in the Holy Ghost Church and provisions in his will the final union of the stocks in this place. Thus he laid the foundation stone of the Bibliotheca Palatina, the - complemented by the rich library of Ulrich Fugger - obtained within a few decades worldwide fame.

After the capture of Heidelberg by Tilly in September 1622 during the Thirty Years' War, the victorious Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria gave the Bibliotheca Palatina Pope Gregory XV. More than 3,500 manuscripts and 13,000 pamphlets were brought to the Vatican in Rome. The resurgence of the University Library began with the reorganization of the University at the beginning of the 19th century. The allocation of libraries secularized monasteries (Salem and Peter Hausen ) laid the foundation for this. Efforts to the recovery of the Bibliotheca Palatina 1816 led to a partial success: 847 German manuscripts from the Vatican and some in the meantime delivered from there to Paris Latin and Greek works came back to Heidelberg. 1888 returned in a swap also came in a roundabout way to the Royal Library in Paris Manesse back to Heidelberg.

End of the 19th century, the library was the first time under the guidance of a professional librarian: Karl Zangemeister ( 1837-1902 ). During his tenure, also the new library building was begun. The building was opened in 1905 and is used to this day. Architect was the chief architect Joseph Durm Karlsruhe ( 1837-1919 ). The figurative and ornamental work on the facades of the Karlsruhe sculptors Hermann Volz (1847-1941) and Hermann Binz (1876-1946) carried out with the participation of Conrad Keller from Wiesloch and other sculptors. The large, enclosing an open courtyard, four -leaf plant was provided with richly articulated facades made ​​of sandstone. Due to the amount of space required divided Durm the system into two separate functional units, the magazine tract with relatively simple mounted facades and architectural richly designed, castle-like administration wing. This refers to the smallness of Heidelberg's Old Town architecture with its Renaissance-like decoration. The mighty, once covered with a copper helmet round corner tower at the southeast corner is a quote from the lying above the City Palace. The building is characterized by stylistic pluralism of late historicism. Elements of German and French Renaissance are connected with the formal language of Art Nouveau.

Since 1978, serving a branch of the University Library on the campus, the local scientific and medical institutions. It was extended in the 1990s. 1988 was a partial renovation of the Main Library Old Town. In the 1990s, the low magazine for about 2 million books under the New University was built.

The upper librarians and ( since 1912 ) Directors of the University Library of Heidelberg:

• Friedrich Wilken (1808-1817)
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• Joseph Eiselein (1827-1833)
• Johann Christian Felix Bähr 1833-1872
• Karl Zangemeister (1873-1902)
• Jacob Wille (1902-1922)
• Rudolf Sillib (1922-1934)
• Karl PREISENDANZ (1934-1945)
• Eduard Wahl (1945-1947, Acting Director )
• Joseph German (1947-1952)

• Walter Bauhuis (1952-1953, Acting Director )
• Carl Wehmer (1953-1965)
• Walter Koschorreck (1965-1978)
• Walter Henß (1977-1979, Acting Director )
• Elmar Mittler (1979-1990)
• Wilfried Werner (1990-1991, Acting Director )
• Hermann Josef Dörpinghaus (1991-2001)
• Gisela Weber (2001-2002, Acting Director )
• Veit Probst (since 2002)

Library system

The library system includes the Heidelberg University Library ( Main Library Old Town and branch on the campus ) and the decentralized libraries a total of 65 libraries and approximately 175 staff positions. The system is structured according to the principle of the functional Einschichtigkeit. The coordination and organization of decentralized libraries located in the University Library as the central library. The total holdings of the library system comprising approximately 6 million media; of which about 10,000 currently held printed newspapers and magazines, about 90,100 e-journals in full text databases and approximately 2,820 398,900 e-books in the university network.

Inventory and usage

The University Library has a stock of 3.09 million items, of which about 980,000 printed volumes old stock with Year up to 1900, 6,800 manuscripts and about 490,000 non-book materials. The annual input is about 75,000 media. In 2012, a total of approximately 40,000 active users have made over 1.7 million borrowing from the holdings of the University Library of Heidelberg. The University Library provides more than 675 for reading and working in the Main Library Old Town and over 270 reading and working in the branch office on the campus ready; including many PCs equipped with computer work or research courses. It is a nationwide free WIFI.

The University Library has a rare books collection with 6,800 manuscripts, 1,800 incunabula, 110,500 autographs, and a collection of old maps, graphic prints, drawings and photographs. The origins of the Bibliotheca Palatina with manuscripts from the 9th - 17th Century date back to the founding year of university in 1386. Among the manuscripts, the Codex Manesseplatz lifts ( Cod Pal. Germanisches 848 ) out. The Great Songs Heidelberg manuscript was 1300-1340 in Zurich and is the most comprehensive collection of Middle High German song and verses. On 426 parchment leaves of the Codex contains nearly 6000 verses of 140 poets. 137 singers devoted a full-page miniature.

Furthermore, in its portfolio, predominantly Latin manuscripts of the 10th are - 18th century from the monastic libraries Salem and Peter Hausen, the so-called Heidelberg manuscripts ( mainly modern manuscripts as well as a wide variety of autographs and discounts ), manuscripts from the legacy of the London bookseller Nicholas Trübner ( collection Trübner ) as well as documents, incunabula and old prints. The Graphic Collection contains views and portraits in drawings, woodcuts, copper and steel engravings, etchings and photographs.

The special collections are accessible through detailed descriptions in specialty catalogs. In addition, many manuscripts, incunabula and rare books available in digital form over the Internet.

Electronic Library

The electronic library includes over 90,100 e-journals in full text databases and approximately 2,820 398,900 e-books. A large portion of the approximately 6 million media library system is recorded in the online catalog HEIDI. HEIDI is based on the open source Lucene Framework and is specifically tailored to the needs of a library catalog.

Heidelberg University Library operates a digitization center. In specially-made book tables ( Graz book table ) parts of the historical collections are digitized. The focus is on the digitization of the Bibliotheca Palatina. All 848 German Palatinahandschriften are available as an online digital versions freely on the Internet. The project was funded by the Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation.

The Heidelberg Dokument Document Server is an open- access platform that offers the members of the University and the College of Education the opportunity to publish for free on the Web. The multimedia archive that is based on the EPrints system is DINI - certified. Based on the Open Journal Systems software, it is employees of the University of Heidelberg also possible to create and manage e-journals. With HeidICON, the University Library a central image database for the University of Heidelberg ready. It serves as a "virtual slide collection " for the institutes and facilities of the University.

The Electronic Course Reserve ESEM to teaching materials, presentations and electronic experiments with differentiated access rights can be put. Together with the computing center of the University of Heidelberg and Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University Library operates the e-learning center with the electronic learning platform Moodle.

Special Collections

The University Library serves as part of the of the German Research Foundation ( DFG), cooperative system of national literature and information for the special collections ( SSG) Egyptology, Classical Archeology, Art History to 1945 and Art Studies and South Asia. The library has to open up to the task, if possible, to collect the German and foreign scientific literature for the supervised departments, and to make available through interlibrary loan. The goal is that of any scientific publication ( print, e - media and microforms ) at least one copy is available in Germany.

For their special collections Heidelberg University Library provides DFG-funded Virtual Libraries. Goal is the detection of scientific technical information without media - and, if possible, the direct access to it. An element is the meta-search professional specialty catalogs and databases represents the Subject Guide tap into relevant technical and high-quality Internet resources. Past collections are gradually digitized and available free over the internet portals. All three virtual libraries offer expert publishing platforms. The University Library is a member of Vasco.

• Arthistoricum.net, the Virtual Library for Art History, is a modular Internet portal for art historical research and teaching. arthistoricum.net is a cooperative project of the Library of the Central Institute for Art History in Munich and the University Library in collaboration with the Institute of Art History at the Ludwig- Maximilians- University Munich ( LMU) and other partners.
• Propylaeum - Virtual Library Classical Studies, provides technical information in the field of classical studies; currently available for the Interdisciplinary Egyptology, Ancient Near Eastern Studies Ancient History, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Pre-and Early History, Byzantine Studies, and Central and Latin Philology. Propylaeum is a joint project of the Bavarian State Library in Munich, the University Library and the Institute of Classical Studies at the Humboldt University Berlin. Other partners are the German Archaeological Institute (DAI ) and the Department of Ancient History at the Catholic University of Eichstätt.
• Savifa, the Virtual Library South Asia is based on the pooling of scientific and South Asia of library skills. Savifa created in cooperation of the library of the South Asia Institute of the University and the University Library.

Exhibitions

Current exhibitions:

• Scriptorium: The working techniques in medieval scriptoria ( writing rooms ), the extraction of color and binders, writing instruments used and the production of parchment are shown in vividly designed showcases and display boards.

Virtual exhibition:

• The Codex Manesseplatz and the discovery of love
• Lion, lovage and Lying Stones. Illustrated nature books since Konrad von Megenberg
• " The construction of a new University Library on ... " Josef Durm and the Heidelberg University Library 1905-2005