Benefiting from a unique situation. Experiences within an ERASMUS Intensive Programme at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science

Abstract

The three-week ERASMUS Intensive Programme IPBib 2009 “Grimm-Zentrum – (k)ein Bibliotheksmärchen” (IPBib 2009) benefits from the historically unique situation that Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Humboldt University) is building a new central university library – the Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum (Grimm-Zentrum). This includes transforming a traditional depot library from the 19th century into a modern open access library. The restructuring includes moving twelve branch libraries from the humanities and social sciences into the new Grimm-Zentrum. With its approximately two million media items it will be one of the largest open access libraries in Europe.