University library of the Technical University of Chemnitz
| Chemnitz University Library | |
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 Central library of the TU Chemnitz
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| founding | 1836 |
| Duration | approx. 1,000,000 (media units) |
| Library type | University library |
| place | Chemnitz , Germany |
| ISIL | DE-Ch1 (Chemnitz University of Technology, University Library) |
| operator | Chemnitz University of Technology |
| management | Angela Malt |
| Website | www.tu-chemnitz.de/ub/ |
The University Library Chemnitz is the University Library of the Technical University of Chemnitz in Saxony city of Chemnitz .
history
The university library of the TU Chemnitz has its origins in the library of the Royal Business School Chemnitz, which was founded in 1836 . Together with the library holdings of the building trade school opened in 1837 and the master craftsman's school established in 1885, as well as the trade drawing school, which was connected to the trade school from the start, the library of the Chemnitz State Technical College was established in 1878. With the move to the main building on Schillerplatz, a room was available for maps and magnificent works, a reading room, lending and the magazine. The library also became a display point for patents from the German Patent Office for Chemnitz and the surrounding area. In 1909 the library moved into new, generously planned rooms in the north building of the Uniteil Str. Der Nations, where the central library is still located today. In 1955 the expansion to the university library began. Since 1986 it has had university library status.
Facilities
Today the library consists of:
- the central library (chemistry, computer science),
- the campus library I (humanities),
- the Campus Library II (business / law / natural and engineering sciences / mathematics),
- the university publishing house and
- the university archive.
Old scientific holdings and digital collection
The old scientific inventory comprises approx. 25,000 volumes of monographs, dissertations, brochures and approx. 500 journal titles as well as maps and graphic works. In terms of content, the media are assigned to the fields of mathematics, natural and engineering sciences, botany, mining and metallurgy, bridge, rail and road construction, civil engineering and architecture, history, geography as well as economics, administration, politics and law, education and literature; their appearance after the period between the 15th and 20th centuries. The inventory is supplemented by exhibition publications: thematic exhibitions and world exhibitions, especially here in Paris and Vienna.
The oldest works in the collection include:
- Flavius Sosipater Charisius : Ars grammatica. Sosipatri Charisii Artis grammaticae libri quinque, Basileae, 1551 ( catalog entry )
- Georgius Agricola : Vom Bergkwerck, Basel, 1557 ( catalog entry )
- Johann Isaac Hollandus : Curieuse and rare chemical operations, 1714 ( catalog entry )
Since 2016, the digital collection has presented the university library's unique old scientific holdings. Numerous works from the second half of the 19th century form the basis. The digital copies were created as part of the state digitization project in Saxony and are subject to the Creative Commons license CC-BY-SA 4.0. The Goobi open source software is used for the digitization project.
Special activities
Project "Learning Room - Library Information Platform"
As part of the cooperation program to promote cross-border cooperation between the Free State of Saxony and the Czech Republic 2014-2020, the Chemnitz University Library , the University Library Zittau / Görlitz , the Scientific Library in Liberec , the University Library of the West Bohemian University of Pilsen and the Library of the Technical University Liberec jointly launched the “Learning Room - Library Information Platform” project. The aim of the project is to network the libraries involved in a cross-border learning space.
Open access service
Open Access was initiated by the “ Budapest Open Access Initiative ” (BOAI). The rector of the Technical University of Chemnitz has signed the " Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Scientific Knowledge ", which expands the definition by including cultural heritage and the options for further dissemination and processing of scientific results. The university library offers a professional advisory service and a publication service. In 2017, the university library was awarded the Open Library Badge (OLB), the reward for efforts to promote greater openness in science and society.
Chemnitz University Press
In 2009, which was Universitätsverlag founded as a self-published the Technical University of Chemnitz. The library thus supports members of the TU Chemnitz in scientific publishing in electronic and printed form.
"Regional history collection"
In September 2011, the "Regional History Collection" of the Chemnitz University Library was opened in the reading room of the central library. The collection includes the media of the “Stiftung Land Sachsen”, the private library of Karl Czok and a donation from Clemens Falser, consisting of books on the Erzgebirge region. In 2016, the library of the "font exchange" of the Chemnitzer Geschichtsverein 1990 eV was added.
outlook
With the application for the “City of Science 2011”, the idea of a central university library in the “Alte Aktienspinnerei” was born. Not only are all previous library locations to be concentrated in the old stock spinning mill, but the university archive is also to move in. Construction began in April 2014 for around 50 million euros. The construction work on the site of the "old stock spinning mill" should have been completed by autumn 2019. The current opening date is October 1, 2020. A total of 12,354 square meters of usable space with 710 work and reading spaces is to be created in the building. In the open access area, these should be available 24 hours a day and there will be a reading garden and a flexible event area in the Give building.
literature
- Angela Malz: The old stock spinning mill in Chemnitz becomes a university library. In: BIS: The magazine of the libraries in Saxony . 2016, H. 9, pp. 160-161, ISSN 1866-0665 , online edition
- Lars Meese: The control center of the university library. January 2, 2017 tu-chemnitz.de
- Mario Steinebach: On the way to Library 4.0. February 1, 2017 tu-chemnitz.de
- Mario Steinebach: Hidden Treasures of the University Library. May 12, 2017 tu-chemnitz.de
- TUCtalk 10: Library Director Angela Malz on books, digitization and the new UB of the TU Chemnitz , October 30, 2017 tu-chemnitz.de
- TUCtalk 26: Stephan Luther heads the university archive and is therefore responsible for the "memory" of the TU Chemnitz , March 1, 2019 tu-chemnitz.de
- Angela Malz: First spinning mill, then university library. May 13, 2019 bub.de
- Mario Steinebach: Gigantic: 38 kilometers of library and archive material moves , 23 January 2020 tu-chemnitz.de
- Mario Steinebach: flying visit to the future university library of the TU Chemnitz, June 30, 2020 tu-chemnitz.de
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ TU Central Library - Minister announces start of construction for 2014 , Freie Presse from August 15, 2014.
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↑ University communication : After cancellation follows expansion - Uni aktuell | Chemnitz University of Technology. Retrieved March 6, 2017 .
- ↑ University communication : Half-time mood on the large construction site - Uni aktuell | Chemnitz University of Technology. Retrieved August 23, 2017 .