Working group of archives and libraries in the Protestant Church

Working Group of Archives and Libraries in the Protestant Church ; (AABevK)
legal form	legally dependent
founding	1990 in Bebra
Office	Lessingstrasse 15a Kassel
precursor	since 1936 working group of regional church archivists (ALA), working group for archives and libraries (in the GDR)
purpose	Cooperation between archives and libraries in the EKD
Action space	Evangelical Church in Germany
Chair	Dr. Bettina Wischhöfer
people	Anja Emmerich, Dr. Rainer Rausch, Dr. Udo Wennemuth
Members	62 archives and approx. 100 libraries
Website	aabevk.wordpress.com

The Working Group of Archives and Libraries in the Evangelical Church (AABevK) is a legally not independent institution of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD). The founding assembly passed a statute on November 22, 1979 in Hanover. The working group consists of 62 archives and around 100 evangelical libraries. The chair of the working group is Bettina Wischhöfer , Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel .

tasks

One of the tasks of the working group is to clarify fundamental questions, to publish scientifically, to provide expert opinions and to maintain an exchange of experiences. Church archives and ecclesiastical libraries are to be presented to the public across the region; connections to other institutions and associations of the same nature are to be maintained.

structure

The working group is an association of institutions. It is divided into the Association of Church Archives and the Association of Church Scientific Libraries , in which the technical work takes place. The member institutions are usually legally dependent. The representatives of the carriers of the archives and libraries form the department and speaker group in the working group. They advise the associations on legal issues. The board leads the working group and draws up the budget. It consists of the chairperson, the head of the Association of Church Archives and two deputies, the head of the Association of Church-Academic Libraries and two deputies, as well as the spokesperson for the legal departments and speakers and two representatives.

history

In August 1936, the first meeting of the “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Landeskirchlicher Archivare” (ALA) took place in Bonn. In 1956 there was a breakdown into the sections of archivists and librarians. In 1961, the "Working Group for Archives and Libraries in the Protestant Church" was formed - initially as a personal association within the EKD. After the foundation of the Federation of Evangelical Churches (BEK) in the GDR , the East German members came together in 1970 to form the “Working Group for Church Archives and Libraries”. At the end of 1990 the two institutions were united in an extraordinary general meeting in Bebra.

Chair of the working group

1978 / 1980-2004	Helmut Baier
2004	Walter Schulz
2004-2007	Hans Otte
2007-2016	Michael Häusler
since 2016	Bettina Wischhöfer

literature

Hans Otte: A blessing with few resources. The establishment of the working group of regional church archivists (ALA) and the creation of church archives 1933-1946 . In: From Protestant archives (new series of "Allgemeine Mitteilungen") No. 51 (2011), on behalf of the Association of Church Archives in the Working Group of Archives and Libraries in the Protestant Church, edited by Stefan Flesch and Udo Wennemuth, p. 7 -46.
Stefan Flesch: Has everything been there already? Déjà-Vu experiences when comparing the Bonn conference in 1936 with current topics in church archival maintenance . In: From Protestant archives (new series of “Allgemeine Mitteilungen”) No. 51 (2011), on behalf of the Association of Church Archives in the Working Group of Archives and Libraries in the Protestant Church, edited by Stefan Flesch and Udo Wennemuth, p. 47 -61.
Gerhard Schwinge: 60 years of church library work. The central regional church library in Karlsruhe 1936-1996 and national association work since 1956 . In: From Protestant archives (new series of "Allgemeine Mitteilungen") No. 51 (2011), on behalf of the Association of Church Archives in the Working Group of Archives and Libraries in the Protestant Church, edited by Stefan Flesch and Udo Wennemuth, p. 62– 74.
Henning Pahl, Bettina Wischhöfer: 40 years AABevK 1979 - 2019. Start-up situation - resources and services - future challenges . In: From Protestant archives (new series of "Allgemeine Mitteilungen") No. 59 (2019), on behalf of the Association of Church Archives in the Working Group of Archives and Libraries in the Protestant Church, edited by Holger Bogs and Udo Wennemuth, p. 98 -122.

Web links

References and comments

^ Statute of the Working Group of Archives and Libraries in the Protestant Church of July 15, 1991 in the version valid from March 1, 1995 (published in the EKD Official Journal, issue 5/1995, pp. 216-218) ( Memento of August 27 2006 in the Internet Archive ).

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[1] Statute of the Working Group of Archives and Libraries in the Protestant Church of July 15, 1991 in the version valid from March 1, 1995 (published in the EKD Official Journal, issue 5/1995, pp. 216-218) ( Memento of August 27 2006 in the Internet Archive ).