Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg

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Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg
Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg

The Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg is the central library of the

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. As a regional library of Lower Franconia, it collects Lower Franconian literature. The Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg is maintained by the Free State of Bavaria
. With 3.6 million media, it is one of the largest libraries in Bavaria.

History

In 1619, the prince bishop Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen founded the Bibliotheca Academica Godefridiana. Until 1981, it was housed in the Renaissance building of the Old University at Domerschulstraße 16.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the book holdings grew through the purchase of private book collections, e.g. of the canons of Augsburg and Eichstätt

Juliusspital, and the physician Johann Lukas Schönlein.[2] Through donations and purchases – for example the Fürstlich Leiningen's Library Amorbach [de] – the total stock grew to 370,000 volumes in the following 100 years. At the last census before the Bombing of Würzburg in World War II
, the total number of volumes was 462,000.

The fire destroyed 80% of the stock. The restoration of the library rooms in Domerschulgasse[3] was completed in 1957. In 1981, the new building (architect: Alexander von Branca [de]) was occupied on the extension site Am Hubland. The building also housed the Institut für Hochschulkunde [de] until June 2014.

Among the important librarians of the Würzburg University Library are Peter von Richarz [de] and Anton Ruland [de]. In 2019, the University Library celebrated its 400th anniversary with a varied and extensive anniversary programme.[4] One of the highlights of the anniversary year was the exhibition "Ivory & Eternity", in which over 70 top pieces from the special collections were presented in a unique compilation.

Library system and holdings

The analogue holdings of the UB comprise about 3.6 million media, including about 8000 current periodicals. In addition to the printed holdings, users have access to an extensive electronic offering (

e-book
's, e-journals, e-newspapers). All electronic resources are listed in the catalogue of the University Library. Members of the University of Würzburg (students, lecturers, staff) can also use most of the resources from home. The holdings are divided roughly equally between the central library and some 70 departmental, institute and hospital libraries. The numerous locations are the result of the varied history of the university and its library. The cultural-historical significance of the University Library is reflected in its special collections of important historical manuscripts and prints.

UB Würzburg in numbers (2019)

Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg
Hall of the Central Library filled with people at the ceremony of Würzburg University Library
Ceremony for the 400th Anniversary of Würzburg University Library
Total print media: 3,547,423
Total digital stocks: 214,589
New acquisitions (print + digital): 64,523
Users: 23,643
Opening days/week: 7
Information

(Central Library and

partial libraries):

37,501
Tours and courses: 620
1 central library:
Visits: 884,710
Borrow: 567,326
workplaces: 850
16 sub-libraries:
Visits: 1,117,244
workplaces: 1,789

Service

The University Library offers introductory courses for special target groups, e.g. for students, pupils and teachers, as well as events aimed at a wider audience. These include guided tours of the Special Collections Department under a specific theme. For its intensive and exemplary cooperation with schools, the University Library has repeatedly received the Bavarian seal of approval Libraries – Partners of Schools. In addition, numerous information literacy courses are offered, which are integrated into the curricula of almost all courses of study at the University of Würzburg. Throughout the opening hours of the central library, library users can obtain advice by telephone or in person at the information desk. An information management system is available for enquiries, requests, acquisition suggestions and criticism (Ask the UB, based on

Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
can publish their research findings in Würzburg University Press (WUP). In accordance with the Open Access idea, the research results published by the publishing house of the University of Würzburg are freely available on the Internet worldwide, free of charge.

Special collections

The special collections of the UB are managed by two departments, each of which has a special area of responsibility:

The Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books catalogues and administers the valuable old and special holdings of the University Library. The collection, which has been growing for more than 400 years, experienced its greatest growth during the years of secularisation, when numerous books and manuscripts from the monasteries and foundations in and around Würzburg reached the University Library. Today, the holdings looked after by the department include not only the approx. 2300 manuscripts and approx. 3000 incunabula but also numerous prints from the years before 1801, as well as papyri, autographs, estates, original

Julius Echter
.

The Franconian Department Regional Studies [de] is in charge of the most extensive collection of Franconian literature or literature about Franconia, its culture and history in a scientific library. Since 1962, the Lower Franconian Bibliography has also been compiled here as a regional bibliography for the Bavarian administrative district Lower Franconia, today as part of the Bayerische Bibliographie [de]. Spatially seen the main focus of the collection is Lower Franconia, but literature about Middle and Upper Franconia as well as Henneberger Land [de], Hohenlohe [de], Württembergisch and Badisches Franken is also collected.[6]

Further reading

References

  1. ISBN 3-923959-14-1
    , here p. 6 f.
  2. ^ Gottfried Mälzer: Würzburg as a city of books. In Karl H. Pressler (ed.): From the antiquarian bookshop. Vol. 8, 1990 (Börsenblatt for the German Book Trade – Frankfurt Edition.) No. 70, 31 August 1990), p. A 317 – A 329, here: p. A 326 and A 329.
  3. ^ Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg under Georg Keller, senior state librarian and deputy director of the University Library: Lecture directory for the summer semester 1948. Universitätsdruckerei H. Stürtz, Würzburg 1948, p. 16.
  4. ^ "400 Years University Library of Würzburg" (in German). Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  5. ^ Gottfried Mälzer: Würzburg as a city of books, written in France in the 6th century. In Karl H. Pressler (ed.): From the antiquarian bookshop. Vol. 8, 1990 (Börsenblatt for the German Book Trade – Frankfurt Edition.) No. 70, 31 August 1990), p. A 317 – A 329, here p. A 321 f.
  6. ^ "Virtuelle Bibliothek Würzburg". vb.uni-wuerzburg.de. Retrieved 2023-02-05.

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