University Library Oldenburg
| University Library Oldenburg | |
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| founding | 1973 |
| Library type | University library |
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Oldenburg (Oldb) 
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| Visitor address | Uhlhornsweg 49–55 (Central Library) Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 11 (departmental library) |
| ISIL | DE-715 (library and information system of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg) |
| management | Heike Andermann (acting) |
| Website | www.bis.uni-oldenburg.de |
The library and information system ( BIS ) of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Oldb) is a central institution of the university. The BIS performs the tasks of the university library. It covers the areas of library and media services. The library director Heike Andermann is currently provisional head of the BIS.
history
The university library came into being when the University of Oldenburg was founded in 1973. It took over holdings from the former University of Education in Oldenburg. In 1982, branch libraries were merged and the current central library on the Haarentor campus was moved to. In 1984 the science library followed on the Wechloy campus. From 2006 to 2009 the university library was part of the central facility IBIT - information, library and IT services, which arose from the merger of the university library and the university computer center. In 2009 these areas were separated again.
Current stock situation
There are currently around 1.4 million media items in the catalog. The holdings are presented in open access at the two university library locations. The much larger part is in the central library, the current scientific literature is offered in the reference library on the Wechloy campus. Approx. 31,000 e-journals are available for use in the digital library.
Special collections
- Part of the university library is the media library with an extensive collection of audiovisual materials, including an almost complete collection of DEFA film copies. It was saved from destruction in 1991 by purchasing it.
- The Oldenburg University Library looks after around 30,000 books for children and young people on permanent loan, which were and are exhibited at the annual Oldenburg children's and young people's book fairs (KIBUM). The collection is used exclusively for science and research purposes. Around 2,000 new titles are added to it on an ongoing basis. Together with acquisitions of historical holdings by the university library, they form the children's and youth book collection.
- The estate of Carl von Ossietzky is in the university library .
- The Oldenburg historical-critical complete edition of his writings is being compiled in the Kurt Tucholsky Research Center.
- The Hannah Arendt archive contains
- Copies of the manuscripts of the Hannah Arendt estate from the Library of Congress (Washington DC).
- The digitized version of the Hannah Arendt Papers (with unrestricted access).
- The Hannah Arendt estate of the University of Memphis (Tennessee) on microfilm.
- The library is owned by the private library of the medical doctor and philosopher Karl Jaspers, which comprises around 12,000 volumes. The collection is displayed in the Karl-Jaspers-Haus in Oldenburg.
Regional ORBIS plus catalog
The "ORBIS plus " catalog is a local union catalog for the academic libraries in Oldenburg (with the state library and the libraries of the Jade University ). The ORBIS plus search engine is operated by the university library. The ORBIS plus holdings are in turn recorded in the catalog of the GBV library network .
