Ute Schwens

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Ute Schwens on “Shaping Access! “2017 in the German National Library Frankfurt am Main

Ute Schwens (born January 5, 1959 in Offenbach ) is a German librarian. She is the deputy general director of the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main .

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After graduating from high school, Ute Schwens attended the University of Applied Sciences for Libraries in Frankfurt from 1977 to 1980. She has been working at the German National Library in Frankfurt since 1980. Until 1999, Schwens was the assistant to General Director Günther Pflug , head of the Bibliographic Services department, head of the digital library and head of the services and archiving department. In 1999 she was appointed director of the Frankfurt House of the German National Library. In this function she is also the permanent representative of the General Director.

Ute Schwens set up the “Digital Services” department at the German National Library in Frankfurt. For the National Library, it is significantly involved in the establishment and operation of the German Digital Library and takes part in all committee meetings in an advisory capacity.

On November 7, 2016, the German National Library changed the user regulations under the motto “digital instead of printed”. Since then, the digital version has been given preference over the printed version in making a work available to readers. In an interview, Schwens took the view that online versions could completely replace printed books and were also superior to them. When the library's user survey in November 2016 came to the conclusion that 82.7% of readers preferred printed editions and only 7.1% preferred digital editions, the library reverted to unrestricted online ordering of printed works.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of Ute Schwens In: wipo.int .
  2. ↑ Michael Fernau, Elisabeth Niggemann, Ute Schwens: Library without books? Digital usage protects paper editions. Dialogue with Libraries (Vol. 29, 2017, No. 1: 15-17)
  3. ↑ Three questions to Ute Schwens, Director of the DNB in ​​Frankfurt , boersenblatt.net of December 2, 2016.
  4. ↑ Sebastian Götte / Selina Recke, user survey of the German National Library 2016, aproxima 2017, p. 36.
personal data
SURNAME Schwens, Ute
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian
DATE OF BIRTH 5th January 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenbach