Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Library Günther Uecker

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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Library, old building

The Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Library Günther Uecker in Schwerin is the regional library for the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

history

In 1779 the ducal government library was founded. After the dissolution of the federal states in 1952, it functioned since 1969 as a general academic library for the Schwerin district with a collection mandate for the Rostock and Neubrandenburg districts as well . In 1990 it was renamed the Mecklenburg State Library . Another renaming to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Library took place in 1995. On January 1, 2006, the State Library was transferred to the State Office for Culture and Monument Preservation . The name affix Günther Uecker has been used to honor the artist since March 10, 2015.

Media holdings

With 660,000 holdings, the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Library is today the third largest library in the state after the two university libraries in Rostock and Greifswald .

The focus of the collection is on all media appearing in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on the basis of a statutory deposit regulation under state law as well as the works published about the state or the associated historical territories that are recorded and indexed in the state bibliography of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The inventory of 71,000 notes is remarkable, including over 6,000 manuscripts.

All media are listed in the online catalog and registered library users can also order them from home using the online ordering system. The library is connected to the German and international interlibrary loan system.

The society "Mecklenburgica" promotes the cultural (e.g. exhibitions, readings, publications) and scientific (measures of preservation , acquisition of autographs) activities of the library.

building

State library, new building

After several moves, parts of the library have been located since 2002 and since 2004 completely in a building complex at Johannes-Stelling-Straße 29. This consists of a listed old building and a new building built between 2002 and 2004. Both buildings are connected by a bridge.

literature

  • Rolf-Jürgen Wegener (Ed.): Memory of the state: 225 years of the state library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Schwerin 2004. ISBN 3-86062-025-8 .

Web links

Commons : Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Library  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Chronicle of the library ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the State Library, accessed on August 19, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kulturwerte-mv.de
  2. ↑ § 2 of the state ordinance for the establishment of the state office for culture and monument preservation of June 15, 2005, GVOBl. MV 2005, p. 258 .
  3. ↑ World artist Günther Uecker becomes the namesake of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Library. (pdf) press release. Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, January 26, 2014, accessed March 31, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Schwerin State Library is now called "Günther Uecker". Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany, March 11, 2015, accessed on March 31, 2018 .
  5. ↑ List of monuments of the state capital Schwerin (PDF; 265 kB), p. 14.
  6. ↑ Information on the building ( Memento of the original dated February 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the State Library, accessed on August 19, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kulturwerte-mv.de

Coordinates: 53 ° 36 ′ 57.9 "  N , 11 ° 24 ′ 52.4"  E