Libraries for Law in the Federal Republic of Germany: Facts and Plans

Ralph Lansky

doi:10.1017/S0340045X00011679

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4 1 (1973) pp. 65–76. First published in a shorter version in: The Law Librarian. Bulletin of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2 (1971) pp. 39–42.Google Scholar

5 On libraries in Germany generally, see: Gisela von Busse und Horst Ernestus: Libraries in the Federal Republic of Germany. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1972. 308 pp. – German original title: Das Bibliothekswesen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (1968).Google Scholar

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7 See also Kreuzer in: International Journal of Law Libraries 1 (1973) p. 74 note 44.Google Scholar

8 Latest edition 45 (1973). Ed.: Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.Google Scholar

9 Except the Library of the “Institut für internationales und ausländisches Recht und Rechtsvergleichung der Freien Universität Berlin” (Institute for International and Foreign Law and Comparative Law of the Free University of Berlin).Google Scholar

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11 Verzeichnis der Parlaments- und Behördenbibliotheken in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland einschließlich West-Berlin. 2 ed. Karlsruhe: Bibliothek des Bundesgerichtshofs 1972. 224 pp. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Parlaments- und Behördenbibliotheken. Arbeitshefte. 25.)Google Scholar

12 Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Spezialbibliotheken. Verzeichnis der Spezialbibliotheken in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland einschließlich West-Berlin. 2 ed. Re-ed. by Fritz Meyen. Braunschweig: Vieweg 1970. 207 pp.Google Scholar

13 AjBD. German-speaking section of IALL. On AjBD see infra pp. 75–76.Google Scholar

14 Directory of members as on January 1973. In: Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für juristisches Bibliotheks- und Dokumentationswesen 3 (1973) pp. 19–29.Google Scholar

15 Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz in West Berlin (2,550,000 vols.), Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich (3,700,000 vols.). The “Staatsbibliothek” in West Berlin has extensive holdings in old materials which belonged to the former “Preußische Staatsbibliothek” and its predecessor, the “Königliche Bibliothek” (Royal Library) in Berlin. After the war, it was renamed “Westdeutsche Bibliothek” and placed in Marburg; but since 1964 it has been gradually transferred to Berlin.Google Scholar

16 On the financial reasons for this, see infra p. 66.Google Scholar

17 Statistics for law alone are not available. One therefore has to rely on those statistics in the Jahrbuch der Deutschen Bibliotheken 35–45 (1953–73) under A 2 “Ausgaben für Bestandsvermehrung nach Fächern” (Expenditure for increase in stock according to subjects) for Area 5: “Law, State, and Politics” (until 1951/52 Area 3: “Law and State Sciences”). The libraries, which from the Table on acquisitions in the Area of “Law, State, and Politics”, do not appear to be particularly favoured, can comfort themselves hat the figures given are probably in some cases not exact since apportionment of acquisitions according to subjects is usually done by persons of the acquisition department with little experience in the particular discipline. – See also Elisabeth-Helga Bloch: Aufteilung der Vermehrungsetats an deutschen Universitätsbibliotheken der Gegenwart. Ergebnis einer Fragebogenaktion und eine kritische Auswertung der Betriebsstatistiken im Jahrbuch des Vereins Deutscher Bibliothekare für die Jahre 1968 bis 1972. Cologne: Bibliothekar-Lehrinstitut 1974. 134 pp. From the acquisitions in the Area of “Law, State, and Politics”, it is likely that 75 % was for law and 25 % for politics. (Economics and the social sciences are grouped under Area 6: “Society, Economics and Statistics” as well as in Area 13–from 1968: Area 21–“Trade and Commerce”). The proportion for politics at the University Library at Heidelberg, as the special collecting library for law, will be relatively low; while at the State and University Library of Hamburg, as the special collecting library for political science, this proportion will be the highest. See also, infra, pp. 70–71.Google Scholar

18 1952/53, 1955/56, 1956/57. Meanwhile this library has reduced this expenditure to 9 %; see Table 6, infra p. 62.Google Scholar

19 Munich: 1950/51, 1951/52, 1963–67, 1969, 1972; Hamburg: 1950/51, 1957/58, 1959/60, 1965. The State and University Library in Hamburg spent in recent years 11.4 %, the Bavarian “Staatsbibliothek” spent 6.2 %; see Table 6, infra p. 62.Google Scholar

19a See Table 6, infra p. 62. In the years 1950–1959 the average was 8.5 %, in the years 1960–1969 it was 8.6 %; see Tables 4 and 5, infra pp. 60, 61.Google Scholar

20 At position 19, so far as expenditure on law books in 1950/51–1959/60 is concerned, in 1960–68 this library was at position 24, but from 1970 at position 11 among the increased number of West German university libraries; see Table 1–3, infra pp. 54–59.Google Scholar

21 Also the increase in the expenditure on law materials at the State Library in Hanover is due to the creation of a law faculty at the University of Hanover.Google Scholar

22 Over 25 %. See Table 6, this p. 62.Google Scholar

23 In the first year in Bremen under average (3.8 %), in Regensburg above average (19.4 %). In Bochum and Constance, there is a continuous development.Google Scholar

24 The situation used to be the same at the Universities of Giessen and Mannheim; see supra p. 53.Google Scholar

25 Law studies will begin at the University of Trier in the winter term, 1975/76.Google Scholar

26 See also infra p. 67.Google Scholar

41 1,930,000 vols.Google Scholar

42 See § 8 of the law on the Deutsche Bibliothek (“Gesetz über die Deutsche Bibliothek”), March 31, 1969; Ordinance on the compulsory deposition of publications (except musical notes and recordings) with the Deutsche Bibliothek, December 21, 1970, as well as the First Ordinance on the compulsory deposition of Musical Notes and Musical Recordings with the Deutsche Musikarchiv of the Deutsche Bibliothek, June 6, 1973, Bundesgesetzblatt I 1969 pp. 265–268, 1970 pp. 1782–1783, 1973 p. 519 and Lansky, Bibliotheksrechtliche Vorschriften, 2 ed. Frankfort: Klostermann 1969–74. No. I 9, I 216, II 217.Google Scholar

43 Appears as a weekly, bi-annual, and five-yearly directory. In addition, it publishes directories of journals, of official publications, of university publications and of recordings and a selected bibliography “Das Deutsche Buch” (The German Book).Google Scholar

44 “Bundesverfassungsgericht”. 125,000 vols. See also Josef Mackert: Die Bibliothek des Bundesverfassungsgerichts. In: Das Bundesverfassungsgericht 1951–1971. Karlsruhe: Müller 1971. Pp. 171–191.Google Scholar

45 “Bundesgerichtshof”. 190,000 vols.Google Scholar

46 The librarians of both libraries (Hildebert Kirchner of the Federal Supreme Court, Josef Mackert and Franz Schneider from the Federal Constitutional Court) have been editing since 1965 the most exhaustive documentation on German law: “Karlsruher Juristische Bibliographie”. Dr. Kirchner is chairman of the Association of Parliamentary and Official Libraries (“Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Parlaments- und Behördenbibliotheken”) and member of the Board of Directors of the AjBD.Google Scholar

47 “Bundesarbeitsgericht”. 40,000 vols.Google Scholar

48 “Bundessozialgericht”. 95,000 vols.Google Scholar

49 “Bundesverwaltungsgericht”. 140,000 vols.Google Scholar

50 “Bundesfinanzhof”. 82,000 vols.Google Scholar

51 Both libraries have each about 140,000 vols.Google Scholar

52 550,000 vols. Barbara Eckstein, Law Librarian at this library, has been the treasurer of the AjBD since 1973.Google Scholar

53 65,000 vols.Google Scholar

54 53,000 vols.Google Scholar

55 40,000 vols.Google Scholar

56 40,000 vols. This library is under the supervision of Knud Schlegtendal, a member of the Board of Directors of the AjBD since its foundation and its secretary since June, 1974.Google Scholar

57 In some cases many or all the ministries of a state have a common library. For example, the Library of the Senate in Berlin (180,000 vols.) serves all the senators (= ministries) in West Berlin.Google Scholar

58 125,000 vols.Google Scholar

59 The library of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has 181,000 vols., that of the Ministry of the Post has 150,000 (not including those of the local sections), that of the Ministry of Interior has 140,000 vols.Google Scholar

60 Member of the Board of Directors of the AjBD since its foundation and for 1972–74, its vice-chairman.Google Scholar

61 Except for the College of Public Administration (“Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften”) at Speyer, of which the library has 80,000 vols. This college engages in research and in the education and in post-graduate studies of graduates in the field of Public Administration.Google Scholar

62 Bonn, Erlangen, Frankfort, Freiburg, Heidelberg, Göttingen, Cologne, Marburg, Munich, Münster, Tübingen.Google Scholar

63 E. g. in Bonn, 15 for Legal Philosophy, Roman Law, German and Rhenisch Legal History, Ecclesiastical Law, Comparative Legal History, Commercial and Business Law, Labour Law and Law of Social Security, Tax Law, Criminology, Criminal Law, Public Law (with sections on Comparative Law, Administrative Law and Constitutional Law), Public International Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law, Civil Procedure, Legal Information and Automation. There is also an Institute for the Law of Water Supply attached to the University. See also, Lansky, Das Juristische Seminar der Universität Bonn. Eine Einführung in die Bibliotheksbenutzung. Bonn: Juristisches Seminar 1972. 16 pp. On the situation in Marburg, see: Vom Umgang mit juristischer Literatur. Hinweise zur Bibliotheksbenutzung und für Übungsarbeiten. Ed. by Hans G. Leser. Marburg: Elwert 1971. 48 pp.Google Scholar

64 At Heidelberg und Saarbrücken 120,000 vols., at Kiel 150,000 vols.Google Scholar

65 “Fachbereichsbibliothek”. 180,000 vols.Google Scholar

66 “Zentrales Rechtswissenschaftliches Seminar”. 160,000 vols.Google Scholar

67 The library of the “Institut für internationales und ausländisches Recht und Rechtsvergleichung” of the Free University of Berlin has 140,000 vols. and is of special importance for the legal relations with foreign countries.Google Scholar

68 “Gesamtbibliothek”. 160,000 vols.Google Scholar

69 For Civil Law and Basic Research, Civil Procedure and General Procedural Law, Labour Law, Roman Law and Comparative Legal History, German and Nordic Legal History (with sections on Legal History and Research on the Law of the East European Countries), Public Law and Theory of the State (General Section and Section on the Law of the European Community), International Relations (formerly, Research Centre for Public International Law and Foreign Public Law and Institute for Foreign Policy), Commercial, Shipping and Business Law, Insurance, Criminal Law and Criminology, Legal Philosophy, Juvenile Law and Juvenile Aid, Foreign and International Private Law and Procedural Law, Finance and Tax Law, and Public Administration.Google Scholar

70 See also the comparison by Gerhart Lohse (p. 70 of the opinion cited in note 2 above) of the expenditure in Northrhine-Westphalia for the purchase of legal materials:Google Scholar

Universities	University Library	Seminar and Institute Libraries
Bochum	100,500.– DM	874,000.– DM
Bonn	46,400.– DM	245,200.– DM
Cologne	61,400.– DM	554,200.– DM
Münster	64,900.– DM	247,100.– DM

71 Augsburg, Bielefeld, Bremen, Constance, Oldenburg, Osnabrück, Regensburg, Trier.Google Scholar

72 Up to now, university libraries have been organized and directed by librarians; libraries of institutes and seminars mostly by professors and assistants. In recent times, frequently this work has been done in seminar libraries by jurists employed for this purpose. On passing the examination for entry into the academic library service, the candidates are designated as “Bibliotheksräte” (“-oberräte”, “-direktoren”; in Bonn, Frankfort, Göttingen, Hanover, Tübingen), “Akademische Räte” (“– Oberräte”, “– Direktoren”; in Freiburg, Heidelberg, Mannheim and Würzburg) or “Wissenschaftliche Räte” (“– Oberräte”, in Kiel). Additionally, the librarians who have passed the diploma examination also play an important role in the administration of many seminar and institute libraries.Google Scholar

73 About 1,400,000.– DM.Google Scholar

74 See also, MPG. Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft und ihre Institute. Porträt einer Forschungsorganisation. Ed.: Gerwin, Robert. München: Generalverwaltung der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft 1972. 88 pp.Google Scholar

75 Riegert, Robert A.: The Max Planck Association's institutes for research and advanced training in foreign law. Some comparisons of legal research in the United States and West Germany. In: Journal of Legal Education 25 (1973) pp. 312–341. See also, des Coudres: The juridical institutes of the Max-Planck-Society for the Promotion of Learning and their libraries. In: International Association of Law Libraries. Bulletin No. 17 (1966) pp. 6–9.Google Scholar

76 Founded in 1924 in Berlin. 185,000 vols. See also, Riegert: The Max Planck Institute for Foreign Public Law and International Law. In: The International Lawyer 3 (1968/69) pp. 506–524.Google Scholar

77 Founded in 1926 in Berlin. 163,000 vols. See also, Riegert: The Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law. In: Alabama Law Review 21 (1969) pp. 475–499; des Coudres: The Library of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law. In: International Association of Law Libraries. Bulletin No. 28 (1972) pp. 13–16; des Coudres: Die Bibliothek des Instituts 1952–1972. In: Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 37 (1973) pp. 555–564.Google Scholar

78 Founded in 1964. 60,000 vols. See also, Riegert: The Max Planck Institute for European Legal History. In: Southwestern Law Journal 22 (1968) pp. 397–403.Google Scholar

79 Founded in 1966. 90,000 vols. See also, Riegert: The Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. In: The American Journal of Comparative Law 16 (1968/69) pp. 247–257.Google Scholar

80 Founded in 1966. 43,000 vols. See also, Riegert: The Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright, and Unfair Competition Law. In: The International Lawyer 3 (1968/69) pp. 797–809.Google Scholar

81 Once or twice in a year a working group of the libraries of the Max-Planck-Institutes specialising in law meets to discuss common problems.Google Scholar

82 Munich: Max Planck Gesellschaft 1969. 365 pp. Ed. by the Library of the Max Planck Institute, Hamburg.Google Scholar

83 Including cross-references. The ZVJM lists 6,700 periodicals.Google Scholar

84 Unlike the ZVJM, the VRZS will contain only legal periodicals. At least the first editions will not comprehend journals published in West Germany.Google Scholar

85 See also the report of Helmut Dau in “Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für juristisches Bibliotheks- und Dokumentationswesen” 4 (1974) pp. 110–115. Dr. Dau is responsible for the law section at the “Staatsbibliothek” in Berlin and since June 1974, a member of the Board of Directors of the AjBD. Since November 1974 he is interim chairman of the AjBD.Google Scholar

86 See, “Gesamtverzeichnis ausländischer Zeitschriften und Serien (GAZS)”, “Gesamtverzeichnis deutscher Zeitschriften und Serien (GDZS)” and “Gesamtverzeichnis der Zeitschriften und Serien in Bibliotheken der Bundesrepublik Deutschland einschließlich Berlin (West). Neue und geänderte Titel seit 1971 (GZS)”.Google Scholar

87 It was first called “Notgemeinschaft der deutschen Wissenschaft” as the corresponding organization in Berlin between 1927–45 was called.Google Scholar

88 This support is realised through the Library Committee and the Library Section of the German Research Association.Google Scholar

89 See, Jahrbuch der Deutschen Bibliotheken 45 (1973) pp. 275–276; v. Busse/Ernestus: Libraries, pp. 34–35.Google Scholar

90 Each library provides for the books on German Law as well as for basic Foreign law books needed at all big libraries out of its own budget.Google Scholar

91 “Leihverkehrsordnung für die deutschen Bibliotheken” of 1965/66. In: Lansky, 2 ed., No. 510.Google Scholar

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94 Then known as “Westdeutsche Bibliothek” in Marburg.Google Scholar

95 See e. g. Jahrbuch der Deutschen Bibliotheken 40 (1963) p. 203.Google Scholar

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98 See Jahrbuch der Deutschen Bibliotheken 43 (1969) p. 257.Google Scholar

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100 Since 1962 it is financed by the Foundation Prussian Cultural Property (“Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz”). See also, law for the establishment of a Foundation “Preußischer Kulturbesitz” and for the transfer of property of the former State of Prussia to the Foundation, Juli 25, 1957. In: Bundesgesetzblatt I 1957 pp. 841–843 and Lansky, 2 ed., No. 6.Google Scholar

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102 The collection of foreign gazettes and official publications has been for a long time one of the tasks of the “Staatsbibliothek”, see supra, p. 70.Google Scholar

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104 See Jahrbuch der Deutschen Bibliotheken 44 (1971) p. 481 and 45 (1973) p. 282.Google Scholar

105 There will still remain the special collecting areas of Maritime Law and Public Administration (Local Administration at the Library of the Senate in Berlin) of the State and University Library of Hamburg and the supra-regional centers for criminology at the Institute of Criminology, University of Tübingen, and for the Law of Atomic Energy at the Institute for Public International Law, University of Göttingen; see also, Jahrbuch der Deutschen Bibliotheken 45 (1973) pp. 276–283. From January 1, 1975, the Ibero-American Institute Prussian Cultural Property (“Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preußischer Kulturbesitz”) in Berlin will take charge of the supra-regional supply of law literature from Ibero-America according to an agreement with the “Staatsbibliothek” in Berlin; see Helmut Dau: Sondersammelgebiet Rechtswissenschaft. In: Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Mitteilungen 6 (1974) pp. 73–74; Mitteilungen der AjBD 4 (1974) pp. 123–124.Google Scholar

106 See, supra pp. 65–67.Google Scholar

107 Extensive literature on this is listed in Gisela Boberg and Kirsten Ebeling: Crganisationsreform der Hochschulbibliothek. Eine Bibliographie. Pullach bei München: Verlag Dokumentation 1974. VII, 58 pp.Google Scholar

108 See, Lansky, 2 ed., No. I 17, I 22, I 33, I 36, II 12, II 20, II 39 and II 40.Google Scholar

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110 Empfehlungen für die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Hochschulbibliothek und Institutsbibliotheken. Bonn: Forschungsgemeinschaft 1970. 32 pp. – Published also in: Vom Strukturwandel deutscher Hochschulbibliotheken. 1973. (Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie. Special issue 14.) Pp. 13–29.Google Scholar

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118 There is a project to develop a uniform system of classification for all libraries in West Germany. It is supported by the Federal Ministry for Education and Science. On October 3 and 4, 1974, there was a colloquium on “Uniform System of Classification” in the “Deutsche Bibliothek” in Frankfort. See also, Gutachten zur Frage einer Einheitsklassifikation für die Bibliotheken der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Berlin 1972. (Bibliotheksdienst. Beiheft 78/79); Einheitsklassifikation. In: Bibliothekarische Kooperation pp. 207–221.Google Scholar

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122 The “Bibliotheksplan” (Library Plan) 1973 represents a revised version of the “Bibliotheksplan I” (1969) which dealt mainly with public libraries. The project was supervised by the “Arbeitsstelle für das Bibliothekswesen” (D-l Berlin 31, Fehrbelliner Platz 3) which will send free copies on request. See also, supra note 2.Google Scholar

123 There has been an association with the same name in the German Democratic Republic since 1964.Google Scholar

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127 Members of the Board of Directors at the foundation of the Association were: Hermann Havekost (Bremen, now Oldenburg), Dr. Georg Hum (Frankfort, now Cologne), Dr. Ralph Lansky (Chairman, Bonn, now Hamburg), Knud Schlegtendal (Berlin), Otto Steiner (Heidelberg), Dr. Wolfgang Steinmann (Mainz) and Heinz Waldner (Göttingen, now Bonn).Google Scholar

The following members were elected at the meeting in Mannheim on May 25, 1972, to hold office until June, 1974: Dr. Renate Bellmann (Tübingen), Dr. Georg Hum (Frankfort, now Cologne), Ingo Jäger (Giessen), Dr. Hildebert Kirchner (Karlsruhe), Dr. Ralph Lansky (Chairman, Bonn, now Hamburg), Knud Schlegtendal (Berlin), Otto Steiner (Heidelberg), Heinz Waldner (Vice-Chairman, Treasurer till 1973, Bonn), Inge Wiedemann (Secretary, Hamburg). At the meeting in Hamburg on June 13, 1973, Barbara Eckstein was elected treasurer; Dr. Bellmann was charged with editing the bulletin (“Mitteilungen”) which had till then been edited by Dr. Lansky, as Chairman of the AjBD.Google Scholar

128 Reports on the AjBD have appeared in, inter alia, International Association of Law Libraries. Bulletin 27 (1971) pp. 8–9; International Journal of Law Libraries 1 (1973) pp. 61–64; Law Librarian 2 (1972) p. 33; Law Library Journal 65 (1972) p. 275.Google Scholar

129 § 2 (1) of the Statutes of June 13, 1973. In: Mitteilungen der AjBD 3 (1973) pp. 95–98. The English version of the Statutes of May 25, 1972, in: International Journal of Law Libraries 1 (1973) pp. 62–64.Google Scholar

130 See also, the author's report at the meeting of the Association in Braunschweig on June 6, 1974, in: Mitteilungen der AjBD 4 (1974) pp. 64–69.Google Scholar

131 Apart from the members of the Association, 97 other institutions and private persons receive the bulletin.Google Scholar

132 D-74 Tübingen, Juristisches Seminar der Universität, Neue Aula.Google Scholar

133 Grundliteratur zur Rechtswissenschaft im allgemeinen und zum in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland geltenden Recht. XXXI, 105 pp. All subscribers to the “Mitteilungen” received a free copy. Extra copies can be sent by the author on behalf of the AjBD at 11.50 DM, postage inclusive (Dr. Ralph Lansky, D-2 Hamburg 13, Mittelweg 187, Bibliothek des Max-Planck-Instituts für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht). A draft of this bibliography was published for discussion in: Mitteilungen der AjBD 2 (1972) pp. 1–56 and 77–134.Google Scholar

134 Chairman: Waldner, Heinz, D-53 Bonn, Stresemannstr. 6, Bibliothek des Bundesjustizministeriums.Google Scholar

135 Chairman: Groll, Henning, D-463 Bochum-Querenburg, Im Lottental, Universitätsbibliothek. See also supra, note 119.Google Scholar

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137 Chairman: Dr. Ralph Lansky. See also supra, p. 72 and note 133.Google Scholar

138 Chairman: Dr. Renate Bellmann. See also supra, note 132.Google Scholar

139 At the meeting in Braunschweig on June 6, 1974, the following members were elected to hold office until 1976: Dr. Renate Bellmann (Managing Editor of the bulletin, Tübingen), Dr. Helmut Dau (Berlin), Barbara Eckstein (Treasurer, Bonn), Dr. Richard Hesse (Chairman, Berlin, now Munich), Dr. Hildebert Kirchner (Karlsruhe), Dr. Ralph Lansky (Vice-chairman and Representative of the AjBD to the IALL, Hamburg), Knud Schlegtendal (Secretary, Berlin), Heinz Waldner (Bonn). – In October 1974, Dr. Hesse resigned the chair of the AjBD. Dr. Dau was appointed Interim Chairman of the AjBD by the Board of Directors in November 1974 until the next meeting in spring 1975 at Constance. His address is: D-l Berlin 30, Potsdamer Str. 33, Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz.Google Scholar

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