Thomas Bürger

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Thomas Bürger (born July 24, 1953 in Arnsberg / Westf. ) Is a German philologist and librarian and honorary professor at the Technical University of Dresden . From 2003 to 2018 he was General Director of the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library (SLUB).

Thomas Bürger (2010)

Life

After graduating from high school Marianum in Warburg / Westf. In 1972, Bürger completed his studies in German, history and philosophy at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster in 1978 with the state examination. From 1979 to 1981 he was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation , since 1981 research assistant at the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel . Participation in exhibitions in Wolfenbüttel, Zurich, Berlin and Weimar. He completed his training as a higher library service in 1984/85 in Wolfenbüttel, Braunschweig, Berlin and Cologne. In 1990 he received his doctorate with the thesis "Enlightenment in Zurich. The literary life of the city as reflected in the publishing house production by Orell, Geßner, Füßli & Comp." Since 1990, Bürger has been in charge of the "Collection of Historical Prints" department at the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel.

In 1998 he took up the position of Deputy General Director at the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library. From 2003 to July 31, 2018 he was its general manager.

In 2009 Bürger was appointed honorary professor at the Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies at the Technical University of Dresden. The main focus of work is media and library history. From 2014 to 2018 he was a member of the Council for Information Infrastructures , until 2020 a member of the University Council of the TU Dresden . He is chairman of the board of trustees of the Anna Amalia Library Weimar eV and of the Saxon Library Association, founded in March 2019

Works

  • German prints of the Baroque period 1600-1720 in the Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel. 47 vols. Arrangement by Martin Bircher (10 vols.) And Thomas Bürger (37 vols.). Munich u. a .: Saur 1977-1996. ISBN 3-598-32099-X
  • Enlightenment in Zurich. The Orell, Gessner, Füssli & Comp. in the second half of the 18th century. With a bibliography of the publishing works 1761–1798. Frankfurt am Main: Booksellers Association 1997. 278 S., Ill. ISBN 3-7657-2033-X
  • Manage and develop libraries. Festschrift for Jürgen Hering on his 65th birthday. Edited by Thomas Bürger and Ekkehard Henschke. Munich: Saur 2002. 355 pp., Ill. ISBN 3-598-11616-0
  • The ABC of the SLUB. Lexicon of the Saxon State Library - State and University Library Dresden. Edited by Thomas Bürger u. Constantine Hermann. Dresden: Sandstein 2006. 264 pp., Ill. ISBN 3-937602-69-0

bibliography

Bibliography in: Cooperative information infrastructures as an opportunity and a challenge. Thomas Bürger on his 65th birthday. Edited by Achim Bonte and Juliane Rehnolt. Berlin / Boston: de Gruyter / Saur 2018, pp. 471–481 ISBN 978-3-11-058493-6 , doi : 10.1515 / 9783110587524-047

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ SLUB Dresden: Solemn farewell to Thomas Bürger and handover to Achim Bonte . ( slub-dresden.de [accessed on August 1, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Citizen, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian, general director of SLUB Dresden and honorary professor at TU Dresden
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnsberg / Westphalia