Hydraulic engineering information center
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 Hydraulic engineering information center
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| Duration | 100,000 media units (as of 2011) |
| Library type | Specialized scientific library |
| place | Karlsruhe |
| ISIL | DE-Ka74 |
| operator | Federal Institute for Hydraulic Engineering |
| management | Marguerite Schnell |
| Website | izw.baw.de |
The Info Center Hydraulic Engineering is the scientific library of the Federal Institute for Hydraulic Engineering in Karlsruhe . For the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV) it is the literature, information and documentation center, and it also houses the specialist library of the Board of Trustees for Research in Coastal Engineering and the Historical Image Archive of the Federal Waterways .
Duration
The IZW's inventory comprises over 100,000 media units. In addition to books, this includes maps, standards and magazines. The main collection areas are hydraulic engineering , civil engineering and geotechnical engineering , but also information technology . In addition to the analogue offers in the library on the Karlsruhe site , the IZW is also continuously digitizing its holdings. A growing number of publications are freely available to everyone in his electronic library portal. In addition, this offer enables digital access to the technical regulations for waterways .
Historical picture archive of the federal waterways
A special facility of the IZW is the historical picture archive of the federal waterways. It shows recordings from the development of German waterways over the past 150 years and currently comprises around 10,000 image files.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau, BAWAktuell: In conversation: Marguerite Schnelle, Head of the IZW ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file)
Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 13.6 ″ N , 8 ° 22 ′ 7.9 ″ E