Paul Kaegbein

Paul Kaegbein (born June 26, 1925 in Dorpat , Estonia ) is a German librarian . In Berlin and Cologne he became one of the great library scholars of the 20th century.

Life

Kaegbein studied history , German and historical auxiliary sciences . In 1948 he was at the Humboldt University of Berlin to Dr. phil. PhD. From 1952 he worked at the university library of the Technical University of Berlin and built one of the most modern library systems. He taught library science and documentation at the TH Berlin and the Free University of Berlin . In 1974 he was chairman of the German Library Association .

In 1975 he followed the call of the University of Cologne to the chair of library science. He expanded and networked the subject as information science . With Elmar Mittler , he founded the specialist journal Bibliothek: Forschung und Praxis , the first issue of which was published in 1977. Until 1981 he also headed the Librarian Training Institute of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1990 he retired . On his 65th birthday, the University of Cologne honored him with a ceremony and an extensive commemorative publication. He celebrated his golden doctoral jubilee in 1998 at the Humboldt University in an academic ceremony. He is an honorary member of the International Association of University Libraries . He edits the Baltic Bibliography of the Herder Institute (Marburg) .

See also : Central Library of the TU and UdK Berlin

literature

• Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar
• Heinrich Bosse (Ed.): Book and Education in the Baltic States. Festschrift for Paul Kaegbein on the occasion of his 80th birthday , Münster 2005, ISBN 978-3-8258-8734-6 .
• Engelbert Plassmann (ed.): Book and library science in the information age. International commemorative publication for Paul Kaegbein on the occasion of his 65th birthday , Munich 1990, ISBN 3-598-10915-6 .
• Wolfgang Schmitz , Engelbert Plassmann (ed.): Paul Kaegbein in honor. Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-8325-1680-2 .

Web links

• Works by and about Paul Kaegbein  in the German Digital Library
• Literature by and about Paul Kaegbein in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Paul Kaegbein .  Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii . + Festschrift

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dissertation: German Council Libraries up to the Reformation .
2. ^ University library of the TU Berlin (PDF).
3. ^ Paul Kaegbein on his 90th birthday.
4. ↑ DBV
5. ↑ Michael Knoche: Paul Kaegbein on his 80th birthday (PDF).
6. ↑ IATUL ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2017 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. 
7. ^ Baltic Historical Commission