Library at Guisanplatz
The library on Guisanplatz (BiG, formerly the Swiss Federal Military Library , EMB) is a specialist library founded in 1848 , today in the Spitalacker district in the city of Bern , Switzerland .
Located on Guisanplatz between the Bern barracks and the Stade de Suisse, it belongs to the General Secretariat of the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) and is open to the public. It is the specialist information center of the Swiss Federal Administration for topics such as history , politics , society , law , economics , the armed forces and others.
The library is responsible for the Alexandria network (library network of the Swiss Federal Administration ), coordinates all libraries of the federal administration, ensures close cooperation in the area of information and documentation, and leads the Federal Documentation Conference (DKB).
The director is Daniel Kohler. His predecessor was Jürg Stüssi-Lauterburg from 1984 to 2016 .
Duration
The library has over half a million books and around 7,000 current journals in its inventory. The collection focuses on:
- Politics , geopolitics and security politics
- society
- Economy , financial market and management
- History and military history
- Military and army
- Civil Protection and Civil Defense
- Law
- Agriculture
- Environment , transport and energy
- Architecture , building management and logistics
- migration
The library also looks after a collection of historical maps as well as several military-historical special collections and archive holdings and manages the integrated Korea Collection. The Heberlein autograph collection , the military postcard collection and the Albert von Escher collection have been digitized and can be accessed on the Internet .
use
The holdings are available to the public. The library is open Monday to Friday from 8.30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 2.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., with work being allowed throughout midday. Workplaces equipped with PCs are available to customers in the library, and WLAN is available. The Library Am Guisanplatz also offers a search service to which compiles on various topics documentation and research performs. This offer is open to both the federal administration and private customers of the library.
Occasions
The library invites you to various occasions such as vernissages, lectures and guided tours and has been participating in the Museum Night in Bern since 2007.
Exhibitions
The library holds exhibitions on selected topics in order to bring itself and its holdings closer to the public. The topics focus on Swiss history.
Publications
The library supports historical and cultural research with its own series of publications. Last but not least, it is ideal for young scientists to publish their work. The series is the continuation of the series of the Federal Military Library and the Historical Service. It has been appearing in a new layout since spring 2013 and offers a broader range of topics. The numbers in the series are supplemented in loose order by articles in numéro S.
See also
Web links
- Official website
- Online catalog of the Alexandria network
- The military postcard collection of the library at Guisanplatz has been digitized
- Autograph collection Dr. Georg Heberlein digitized into military history
- Albert von Escher Collection
- Series of publications from the library at Guisanplatz
Coordinates: 46 ° 57 '33.5 " N , 7 ° 27' 47" E ; CH1903: 601859 / 200914