ドイツのドイツの日本学における日本学におけるベルリンにおけるベルリン国立図
ベルリン国立図書館の書館の役割
The role of Staatsbibliothek zu
Berlin with respect toJapanese Studies in Germany

Bridging the Gap, EAJRS Conference 2012, Berlin
21 September 2012
Ursula Flache
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, East Asia Department

The sixteen German federal states = Bundesländer
German constitution:„Cultural sovereignty ofthe German
Bundesländer“
Education, media, art(including librarymatters) are theresponsibility of theBundesländer

Source: http://www.bundesrat.de/cln_092/nn_6904/DE/struktur/laender/laendernode.html?__nnn=true| p. 2

The six German online union catalogues for books

Germany has nonationwide union
catalogue for books,
but only for periodicals(so called ZDB
http://zdb-opac.de/)Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheksverbund| p. 3

German National Library founded in 1912
 two locations: Frankfurt/Main (formerly West Germany) Leipzig (formerly East Germany)| p. 4

Distributed national library through nationwide
cooperation: The Collection of German Prints
 virtual German national library founded in 1989 by an association of six German
libraries
 divided responsibilities:
 1450–1600: Bavarian State Library (Munich) 1601–1700: Herzog August Library (Wolfenbüttel)
 1701–1800: Göttingen State and University Library 1801–1870: Frankfurt University Library 1871–1912: Berlin State Library since 1913: German National Library, Leipzig andFrankfurt/Main| p. 5

System of special collections:
nationwide cooperation of libraries
 German Research Foundation
 founded in 1949
 idea: at least one copy of each important academic
book should be available in Germany
 coordinated nationwide acquisition plan according tosubject/region
 3 national subject libraries and 23 state libraries /regional libraries / university libraries
 Website with information (sorry, available only in German):
http://webis.sub.uni-hamburg.de/webis/index.php/Webis__Sammelschwerpunkte_an_deutschen_Bibliotheken| p. 6

Three national subject libraries
 German National Library of
Science and Technology,Hannover German National Library ofMedicine, Cologne
 German National Library of
Economics , Leibnitz
Information Centre forEconomics, Kiel and Hamburg| p. 7

The remaining fields of humanities and social
sciences are distributed by subject or a
combination of subject and region
Special collections by subject: list of libraries in charge ofmedia (in general)library and information sciencephilosophy and religion
language and literature, arts, music, theatresocial sciences and politics
lawhistorysports

Special collections by subject and region:so-called “regional chart”| p. 8subjectlanguage
literaturefolklores studies

regionGerman speaking countries

history including
social history, historyof economics
prehistoric andpolitics
protohistoric
constitutionarcheology
parties andethnology
associations
human geography
regional geography

religioneducationphilosophy
academicarts
music
institutions
theatrelibrary andinformation science film
journalismradiotelevision

UB Frankfurt/M (30)

BSB München (12)FranceItaly

ULB Bonn (5)BSB München (12)ULB Bonn (5)BSB München (12)Benelux

ULB Münster (6) (Dutch, Flemish)

ULB Münster (6)ULB Bonn (5) (French)

USB Köln (38)

SUB Hamburg (18)SUB Hamburg (18)SUB Göttingen (7)SUB Göttingen (7)SUB Göttingen (7)SUB Göttingen (7)UB Kiel (8)UB Kiel (8)UB Kiel (8)SUB Göttingen (7)SUB Göttingen (7)SUB Hamburg (18)SUB Göttingen (7)SUB Göttingen (7)UB Frankfurt/M (30)SBB Berlin (1a)

BSB München (12)BSB München (12)BSB München (12)SBB Berlin (1a)

BSB München (12)BSB München (12)BSB München (12)SBB Berlin (1a)

BSB München (12)BSB München (12)BSB München (12)UB Greifswald (9)UB Greifswald (9)UB Greifswald (9)UB Greifswald (9)BSB München (12)BSB München (12)BSB München (12)BSB München (12)BSB München (12)BSB München (12)BSB München (12)BSB München (12)UB Frankfurt/M (30)UB Frankfurt/M (30)

UB Tübingen (21)UB Frankfurt/M (30)UB Frankfurt/M (30)

IAI Berlin (204)

IAI Berlin (204)

IAI Berlin (204)

IAI Berlin (204)

IAI Berlin (204)ULB Sachsen-Anhalt (3)ULB Sachsen-Anhalt (3)ULB Sachsen-Anhalt (3)ULB Sachsen-Anhalt (3)ULB Sachsen-Anhalt (3)SpaninPortugal
Great Britain
IrelandFinland
Hungary
Scandinavia (without Finland)
North America (USA, Canada)
Australia, New ZealandCommonwealth of
Independent States
Eastern Europe
Southeastern Europe
Baltic states
GreeceRomania , Albania
Israel
Ibero-America (includingCaribbean)
Middle East (including Africa
North of the Sahara)
Afrika South of the Sahara(including RSA)
OceaniaSouth AsiaUB Frankfurt/M (30)UB Frankfurt/M (30)UB Frankfurt/M (30)UB Frankfurt/M (30)UB Frankfurt/M (30)UB Heidelberg (16)
Südasien-Institut (77)UB Heidelberg (16)
Südasien-Institut (77)UB Heidelberg (16)
Südasien-Institut (77)UB Heidelberg (16)
Südasien-Institut (77)UB Heidelberg (16)
Südasien-Institut (77)

SBB Berlin (1a)SBB Berlin (1a) SBB Berlin (1a) SBB Berlin (1a)East and Southeast
SBB Berlin (1a)Asia| p. 9

Features of a special collection library (German:
Sondersammelgebiets-Bibliothek, SSG-Bibliothek)e.g. Berlin State Library extra budget from the German Research Foundation(annual application procedure, annual report)
conditions: nationwide access to special collection
 acquisition according to regulations (only approvedsubjects, only modern books)
 acquisition according to user request
 maintenance of virtual subject library: CrossAsia| p. 10

Services of Berlin State Library with respect
to Japanese Studies in Germany special ILL system (so-called „Blue ILL“) for materials in East
Asian languages between East Asia Department and institutes ofJapanese studies in Germany (and Europe) loan period: 1 year (renewal possible)

direct link from the OPAC
to the online order formof the Blue ILL| p. 11

Empty online order form available on the website
https://crossasia.org/en/info/kontakt/blv.html| p. 12

Digital collections of copyright free material
https://crossasia.org/en/digital historical Mongolian maps
 Chinese „battle copperplates“ ofthe Qianlong 乾隆 (1736-1795)
Emperor (乾隆得勝図)
 dictionary of Japanese exchange
students in Germany of the Meiji
and Taishô period Lao manuscripts
 collections of premodern
Japanese, Chinese, Manchurian,Tibetan materials and Western
language books on East Asia|

Further duties of Berlin State Library exchange of official publications with the National
Diet Library, Tokyo ZDB = German union catalogue of periodicals:
responsibility for Japanese title authority headings
 GND = German authority database
responsibility for names of Japanese persons| p. 14

Features of the virtual subject library: CrossAsia
http://crossasia.org
 licenced databases
 usage limited to registered users of German
institutes of East Asian Studies| p. 15

CrossAsia discussion forum on electronic
resources for East Asian studies

e.g. announcements ofdatabase trials,discussion of problems| p. 16File hosting system: xCampus (CrossAsia Campus)
storage or exchange of files among registered
CrossAsia users| p. 17

Metasearch of online catalogues anddatabases related to East Asia

| p. 18

Online guide East Asia (OGEA): collection oflinks related to East Asian studies| p. 19

xNewsletter (CrossAsia Newsletter):
twice a year, each issue about a special topic| p. 20

Introductions for users:
in Berlin and throughout Germany

In 2012 introductions in:
Hamburg
Leipzig
CologneTrier
TübingenFrankfurt/Main
Duisburg
Berlin…

| p. 21

Outlook:
evaluation of special collection system in2011 will lead to significant changes

 more emphasis on exchange with academic
community and service for academic community
 emphasis on electronic resources new condition for the acquisition of electronic
resources: permanent usage rights| p. 22