Special collection areas

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As part of a supraregional system of scientific literature supply, the special collection areas were agreed collection priorities for scientific specialist literature, which was acquired as completely as possible by the participating libraries in Germany . The funding of the special collection areas by the German Research Foundation was discontinued in stages from 2014 to 2016 depending on the respective subject.

history

Due to the history of the German nation-state , there are in Germany until 1912 - later than for example in Great Britain or France - a national library . However, it only collects the publications that have appeared in German-speaking countries as completely as possible. Works published in Germany must be submitted to them as deposit copies .

For literature published abroad, a so-called special collection area plan (SSG) of the German Research Foundation (DFG) had existed since 1949 . By creating specialist collections for the participating libraries, it should be ensured that at least one copy of every scientifically relevant work is available and available in Germany.

In coordination with the system of the central specialist libraries and together with the Collection of German Prints , the German National Library as well as the Bavarian State Library in Munich and the State Library of Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage , the special collection areas formed a distributed national library for Germany.

The “Special Collection Areas” were gradually replaced by the “ Specialized Information Services for Science ” between 2014 and 2016 , although not every special collection area has a specialized information service. In some cases, specialized information services were created with a modified specialist focus, in some cases special collection areas were completely discontinued.

WEBIS

There is an information system for all libraries with special collection areas under the name WEBIS - Collection Priorities at German Libraries , which can be searched for subjects, regions and libraries. The portal consists of a wiki, and since mid-January 2012 also a blog, which has served as an information and exchange platform for the virtual specialist libraries and special collections libraries since the vascoda portal was closed .

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