Eugen Sulz

Eugen Sulz (born May 6, 1884 in Olnhausen ; † October 29, 1965 in Schwenningen ) was a German library director.

Life

Eugen Sulz received his doctorate in 1909 at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen with the topic: Hegel's philosophical justification of criminal law and at that time was already a volunteer at the Freiherr C. von Rothschild public library in Frankfurt a. M.

He was then initially assistant librarian in Essen and was later elected assistant in the municipal book and reading hall .

From 1915 to 1933 and from 1946 to 1952 he was director of the Essen city library.

Sulz, along with Erwin Ackerknecht and Paul Ladewig, was one of the representatives of the old or Essen direction in the dispute over the direction of libraries in the Weimar Republic .

They had the motto "The library must not do without a reader" (Ladewig). In order to achieve their goal, entertainment literature was also offered - Karl May and the Marlitt were often mentioned . The New Direction refused. Their main representative, Walter Hofmann, wanted to advise an educable elite and opposed lending shallow literature.

After 1949 Sulz was the first chairman of the German Library Association, a forerunner of the German Library Association .

Honors

A street is named after him in the center of Essen.
Honorary member of the Association of German People's Librarians.

Fonts

Hegel's philosophical justification of criminal law and its expansion in German criminal law . Berlin: W. Rothschild, 1910. Reprinted in 1968.
The new direction: a dispute on principle . From: Zentralblatt für Volksbildungswesen Vol. 12-13, 1913. pp. 175-189.
Progress and Reaction in the German Book Hall Movement . In: Library questions. Essays on the educational task and organization of the modern library . Edited by Erwin Ackerknecht and G. Fritz. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1914.
A declaration of war against the modern public library . From: Sheets for public libraries and reading rooms. Vol. 18, 1917. pp. 92-96.

literature

Otto-Rudolf Rothbart: Librarian book review: inventory and location determination . Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1992. ISBN 3-447-03304-5 .

Wolfgang Thauer, Peter Vodosek: History of the public library in Germany . Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1990. ISBN 3-447-02974-9

Individual evidence

^ First page of the doctorate
^ Central Journal for Libraries. Volume 28, 1911 p. 380
↑ Small Chronicle of the Essen City Library (PDF) ( Memento from June 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
↑ It is sometimes also called the Stettiner direction , after Ackerknecht's place of work.
↑ Rothbart 1992, p. 74. See also: Bücherhallenbewegung
^ Alois Klotzbücher: Library Policy in North Rhine-Westphalia: The History of the Association of Libraries of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 1965-1995 . Klostermann, 2000. p. 51.

^ The path to becoming a critical citizen: forty years of the Association of Librarians at Public Libraries (Association of German People's Librarians), 1949 to 1989 Bock + Herchen, 1989 p. 13.

personal data
SURNAME	Sulz, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German library director
DATE OF BIRTH	May 6, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH	Olnhausen
DATE OF DEATH	October 29, 1965
Place of death	Schwenningen

[1] First page of the doctorate

[2] Central Journal for Libraries. Volume 28, 1911 p. 380

[3] Small Chronicle of the Essen City Library (PDF) ( Memento from June 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

[4] It is sometimes also called the Stettiner direction , after Ackerknecht's place of work.

[5] Rothbart 1992, p. 74. See also: Bücherhallenbewegung

[6] Alois Klotzbücher: Library Policy in North Rhine-Westphalia: The History of the Association of Libraries of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 1965-1995 . Klostermann, 2000. p. 51.

[7] The path to becoming a critical citizen: forty years of the Association of Librarians at Public Libraries (Association of German People's Librarians), 1949 to 1989 Bock + Herchen, 1989 p. 13.