Hannsjörg Kowark

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Hannsjörg Kowark (born August 3, 1951 in Stuttgart ; † June 14, 2018 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German historian and librarian . From 1999 to 2018 he was head of the Württemberg State Library in Stuttgart.

Life

After attending grammar school in Stuttgart and graduating from Reuchlin grammar school in Pforzheim , Hannsjörg Kowark joined the armed forces , which he left as a lieutenant in the reserve . From 1970 he studied history and German at the universities in Paris , then in Stuttgart, where he received his doctorate in 1978 on French Naval Policy 1919–1924 and the Washington Conference . From 1978 to 1980 he completed his training as an academic library service in the University Library of Tübingen and in the librarian training institute of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in Cologne . He wrote his thesis on Georg Leyh , who headed the Tübingen university library from 1921 to 1947.

After completing his training as a librarian, Hannsjörg Kowark moved to the Freiburg University Library in April 1980 , where he was head of the Department of Geography and Ethnology and then worked in the New Media department. In 1984 he was appointed Head of Users, in 1991 Acquisitions Manager and in 1994 Deputy Director. He left Freiburg in 1999 and moved to the Württemberg State Library, which he headed until his death in 2018.

Hannsjörg Kowark was married and had three sons and a daughter.

Act

In his work on naval history, Hannsjörg Kowark focused on French naval history, to which he wrote in 1998 with the title The End of the French Fleet in World War II. Toulon 1940–1944 wrote a fundamental paper on the self-sinking of the French fleet in 1942 in German-speaking countries.

In Freiburg, the activity as a librarian came to the fore, leaving less time for historical research. Since he took over the management of the Württemberg State Library, the promotion and further development of this house has become the focus of his work. The focus here was the transition of the library into the digital age including modernization of the IT, digitization workshop, multimedia workstations and, as a second focus, starting with the first planning from 2004, the spatial expansion of the state library, including additional space for books, new user workstations - especially group work and Multimedia spaces - and the increased switch from magazine lending to open-access lending.

In addition to his professional activity in the libraries, Hannsjörg Kowark was a member of the International Commission for Military History and a long-time employee of the Marine-Rundschau , where he headed the specialist department for the foreign navies and published in particular on French naval history. He was involved in the commission for historical regional studies in Baden-Württemberg and in the advisory board of the Baden-Württemberg Cultural Heritage Foundation. Furthermore, he supported and promoted international cooperation with the National and University Library of Strasbourg and the National and University Library of Zagreb . He opened the Württemberg State Library for events in the state capital of Stuttgart and took part in state garden shows or the Night of the Museums with the house, and supported the Antiquarian Prize for the promotion of book culture as a jury member .

Publications by Hannsjörg Kowark (selection)

  • French Naval Policy 1919–1924 and the Washington Conference . Hochschulverlag, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-8107-2022-4 .
  • 'Amoco-Cadiz': causes and consequences of the biggest oil disaster to date. In: Marine-Rundschau. Vol. 75, 1978, pp. 460-463.
  • Launch of the first French GRP mine hunter 'Eridan'. In: Marine-Rundschau. Vol. 76, 1979, pp. 450-452.
  • The new guided missile frigates of the Belgian Navy. In: Marine-Rundschau. Vol. 77, 1980, pp. 262-269.
  • Georg Leyh and the University Library of Tübingen (1921–1947) . Mohr Siebeck Verlag, Tübingen 1981, ISBN 3-16-444071-5 .
  • France's 'Georges Leygues' anti-submarine destroyer. In: Marine-Rundschau. Vol. 78, 1981, pp. 537-543.
  • On board the 'Niedersachsen'. In: Marine-Rundschau. Vol. 80, 1983, pp. 325-327.
  • Consilium: Festschrift for Erich Will on his 65th birthday. Edited by Hannsjörg Kowark. Publishing house of the Freiburg University Library, Freiburg 1984.
  • Methods of inventory evaluation: Evaluation of passive interlibrary loan. In: Library Service. Vol. 29, 1995, pp. 1955-1959.
  • Medical journals in interlibrary loan. An investigation by the Freiburg University Library. In: Library Service. Issue 1, 1997. ( online version ).
  • The end of the French fleet in World War II. Toulon 1940-1944 . ES Mittler & Sohn, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-8132-0548-7 .
  • Württemberg State Library . In: Bernd Hagenau (Ed.): Regional libraries in Germany. With an outlook on Austria and Switzerland , Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2000 (Journal of Libraries and Bibliography. Special Issues; 78), [364] –372.
  • Wilhelm Hoffmann: After the disaster / Wilhelm Hoffmann . [After the first edition published in 1946. new ed. on the 100 birthday of the author by Hannsjörg Kowark]. Lithos-Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-88480-029-9 .
  • The library for contemporary history in the Württemberg State Library. Stations of an integration. In: Thomas Bürger, Ekkehard Henschke (Hrsg.): Libraries manage and develop: Festschrift for Jürgen Hering . KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11616-0 .
  • The Württemberg State Library. From incunabula and bibles to the hybrid library. In: library. Information. Technology. Issue 1, 2003. ( online version ).
  • The new Württemberg State Library - Tradition and Future. In: Axel Halle, Harald Pilzer, Julia Hiller von Gaertringen, Joachim Eberhardt (Hrsg.): The historical heritage in the region. Festschrift for Detlev Hellfaier. Aisthesis Verlag, Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-89528-880-7 , pp. 103-112.
  • The Württemberg State Library and the Stuttgart University Library: Example of a cooperation. In: Konstanze Söllner, Wilfried Sühl-Strohmenger (Ed.): Handbook of University Library Systems . de Gruyter, Berlin [a. a.] 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-030991-1 , pp. [315] -323.
  • together with Martina Lüll: The new Württemberg State Library: the architectural and library concept. In: Vera Trost, Hans-Christian Pust (Ed.): 250 Years of the Württemberg State Library of Carl Eugen's legacy . Württemberg State Library, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-88282-079-9 , pp. 126–135.

literature

  • Barbara Czimmer: Mourning for Hannsjörg Kowark. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung. June 19, 2018 ( online view ).
  • Marianne Dörr: On the death of Hannsjörg Kowark (1951–2018), director of the Württemberg State Library. In: O-Bib. The open library journal. Volume 5, No. 4, 2018, pp. 315-316 ( online view ).
  • Wulf D. von Lucius : In memory of Hannsjörg Kowark (August 3, 1951 - June 14, 2018). In: Journal of Librarianship and Bibliography. Issue 4, year 65, Vittorio-Klostermann-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2018, E-ISSN 1864-2950, ​​P-ISSN 0044-2380, pp. 220–222 ( online version ).
  • Association of German Librarians: Yearbook of the German Libraries: 2009/2010, Volume 63. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-447-06080-6 ( limited preview in the Google book search ).
  • Ministry of Science, Research and Art Baden-Württemberg: On the death of Dr. Hannsjörg Kowark, the executive director of the Württemberg State Library. Press release from June 19, 2018 ( online version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the Reuchlin-Gymnasium Pforzheim
  2. ↑ Publishing information on the author, In: Hannsjörg Kowark: The end of the French fleet in World War II. Toulon 1940-1944. Cover page
  3. ↑ a b c d by Lucius: In memory of Hannsjörg Kowark. P. 220f.
  4. ^ Dörr: On the death of Hannsjörg Kowark
  5. ^ Obituary by the Ministry of Science in Baden-Württemberg
  6. ↑ Barbara Czimmer: Mourning for Hannsjörg Kowark
  7. ↑ Marine Review. Directory of all articles from 1890 to 1989 at historisches-marinearchiv.de
  8. ↑ Brief information on the antiquarian price at Kulturpreise.de
personal data
SURNAME Kowark, Hannsjörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, librarian and library manager
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 2018
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau