Abstract
Objective.The article informs about Göttingen State and University Library (Germany) as about a place, where specific features of public and scientific library are taken into account. Methods. The article is based on personal impressions of a visit to the library of one of the authors. Results. The library keeps its centuries-old traditions and is modern space for individual and group work. Conclusions. The article was an attempt to describe the library's digital and paper resources as an accumulation of experience that could be embodied in the university libraries of Ukraine.
Highlights
Göttingen is a medieval town located in the south of Lower Saxony
The Göttingen State and University Library (German Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen) is the central scientific library of Göttingen University, one of the largest universal libraries in Germany. In this library there are more than 7 million copies, 3,100 incunabula and, most importantly, it was formed on an innovative principle: on content, as opposed to picking by the rarity or value of the cover. (“Göttingen State and University Library”, 2019; Kind-Doerne, 1986)
The library consists of several buildings, namely: - Central Library; - forestry library; - cultural library; - medical library; - Library of the Faculty of Physics; - Faculty of Economics and Sociology; - Waldweg Library; - and the Reading Room in the Faculty of History
Summary
Göttingen is a medieval town located in the south of Lower Saxony. The city is considered to be the fifth largest city and is a university city, with Göttingen having a total population of 320,000. The university was founded in 1734 and at the same time a library was founded. The University has allocated money to buy new books, and the entire historical part of the fund is stored in the Pauline Church. The second director of the library, Christian Heine, organized an interlibrary loan for scientists, a catalog system for orientation in the fund and during his time the collection increased from 60 thousand storage units to 200 thousand units.
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