German working group of sports museums, sports archives and sports collections
The German Association of Sports Museums, Sports Archives and Sports Collections (DAGS) is an association of sports museums , archives and private collections in Germany. It has the legal form of a registered association with its seat in Cologne .
DAGS was founded in 2003 at the German Sport University Cologne , initiated by sports historian Karl Lennartz , among others . The association has around 70 members, including the German Rifle Museum , the Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History , but also private collectors. The current chairman is the association historian of the German Shooting Federation , Stefan Grus .
An important task of the DAGS is, among other things, advising sports organizations on archiving their documents and helping them transfer their files to public archives.
The members of the DAGS meet for symposia at irregular intervals:
- 2004 Leipzig
- 2007 Maulbronn
- 2008 Coburg
- 2010 Berlin
- 2012 Cologne
- 2013 Maulbronn
- 2014 Freyburg / Unstrut
The association also publishes the DAGS magazine .
literature
- Martin Ehlers, Markus Friedrich and Stefan Grus (eds.): Sports history networked. Archives, museums and collections for sport . Lectures of the anniversary symposium of the same name. Published on behalf of the German Association of Sports Museums, Sports Archives and Sports Collections e. V. and the Institute for Sports History Baden-Württemberg e. V. Arete Verlag, Hildesheim 2014. ISBN 978-3-942468-25-1 .
Web links
- German Association of Sports Museums, Sports Archives and Sports Collections eV dags-ev.de, accessed on October 25, 2014 .
- DAGS magazine. issuu.com, September 2012, accessed October 25, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Registered at the Cologne District Court under VR 14326.
- ^ Sabine Maas: Nationwide DAGS working group founded. idw, June 5, 2003, accessed October 25, 2014 .
- ↑ DAGS helps sports organizations with archiving. In: DAGS. Retrieved July 26, 2015 .