Otto-Rudolf Rothbart

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Otto-Rudolf Rothbart (born March 15, 1928 in Stralsund ; † October 6, 2019 in Eningen and others ) was a German librarian.

Life

Rothbart grew up in Stralsund, in 1945 he fled to Denmark via the Baltic Sea. In 1947 he returned to Germany and began training as a qualified librarian in Stuttgart . From 1950 he studied German in Tübingen and Stuttgart. From 1951 to 1954 he built the library of the America House in Tübingen and became chief librarian there. He then went to the Stuttgart City Library as a librarian , where he was chief editor and head of the center for inventory creation and indexing. He then spent the longest period of service from 1964 to 1991 at the ekz (purchasing center) in Reutlingen . Initially he was a lecturer and editor there, and from 1974 librarian director. In 1969 he founded the ekz information service, in 1976 he helped set up the cooperation between the German library association , the professional association for information library and the ekz. He succeeded in centralizing the viewing of the book market and the creation of meetings for the public libraries at the ekz. In 1991 he retired. He was one of the central figures in the post-war library system.

Fonts (selection)

  • Schiller. Life - work - appreciation. A selection of books for the 200th anniversary of his birthday on November 10, 1959 . City library, Stuttgart 1959.
  • Library book review. Inventory and location determination . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1992 (Scientific articles from the German Book Archive Munich; 38), ISBN 3447033045 .
  • Editing cooperation. Idea and reality. Harrassowitz , Wiesbaden 1995 (book scholarly contributions; 52), ISBN 3447037431 .
  • Library book review after 1945. Between pedagogy, propaganda and practicality . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1996 (book scholarly contributions; 55), ISBN 3447035048 .
  • German library centers as a library service instance. Design and development of central facilities in the state structure . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2002 (book scholarly contributions; 69), ISBN 9783447045230 .
  • Just got away. Documentation of a youth in dangerous times (1938–1948) . Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2008, ISBN 9783833472923 .

literature

  • Johannes Neuer: Books and libraries were his calling and his profession. Obituary for Otto-Rudolf Rothbart (March 15, 1928– October 6, 2019) . In: BuB. Library and Information Forum, Vol. 71 (2019), Issue 12, p. 713.

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personal data
SURNAME Rothbart, Otto-Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 2019
Place of death Eningen et al. A.