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German Studies Resources at the University of Manitoba Libraries

Learn about the development of German Studies collections at UML, including rare books, online editions, and resources available to faculty and students.

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German Studies Resources at the University of Manitoba Libraries

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  1. German StudiesResourcesat theUniversityofManitoba Libraries by Gaby DivayACRL/WESS ConferenceChicago, Sunday, July 12, 2009

  2. German Studies Collections at the UML • The UM German Department Programs were for a long time of the typical "Philology" (Language & Literature) type • In the mid-1990s, the Dept. united with the Slavic Section • But it still took nearly 10 years & new, dynamic faculty members to adopt the "German Studies" concept ACRL/WESS, 12 July 2009 gd

  3. German Studies Collections at the UML • With this expansion, I saw the previous PT & PF subjects explode in all directions • I am a bit odd, being a combination bibliographer & cataloguer (rather than the usual subject reference liaison) • Around 2004 I started to "acquire" online texts by cataloguing them… • …or by providing links from existing records ACRL/WESS, 12 July 2009 gd

  4. German Studies Collections at the UML • One of my earliest attempts was an online version of Rudolf Steiner's "Introduction" to Goethe's scientific works • We hold his original 4 v. edition of Goethe's Naturwissenschaftliche Schriften in the DNL, ca. 1890 • The Farbenlehre in v. 3+4 is particularly important for Steiner's influential "Anthroposophie" ACRL/WESS, 12 July 2009 gd

  5. BISON Record: Rudolf Steiner

  6. Rudolf Steiner's e-Einleitung (Engl)

  7. BISON: Goethe, DNL v.114-117

  8. Rudolf Steiner's e-Einleitung (German)

  9. German Studies Collections at the UML • When I moved to Archives & Special Collections, my cataloguing was devoted to Rare Books of all kinds. • But I continued to improve lousy German recon records by adding lost contents notes • The best example is Goethe's Sophien-Ausgabe in 143 volumes • This treasure went from some 15 full printed LC cards to a a 6-line MARC record in 1994 ACRL/WESS, 12 July 2009 gd

  10. BISON: Goethes WerkeAbt. IV: Briefe(50v.)

  11. German Studies Collections at the UML • The MARC record indicates that I repaired this mishap in 1997 • At that time, I had to type the information in manually • Today, it is a pleasure to do a quick check in WorldCat, & "cut + paste" long notes, & often find an online ed. to link to in the process as well • Here a recent example: Simrock's Werke, incl. Nibelungenlied (Bd. 5) ACRL/WESS, 12 July 2009 gd

  12. BISON: Simrock's Werke(incl. Nibelungenlied (Bd. 5)

  13. Simrock's WerkeFacsim Ed. at www.archive.org

  14. Simrock's Werkee-Ed., Bibliotheca Germanica

  15. German Studies Collections at the UML • I also started to "harvest" rare book e-editions, like the 2000 Gutenberg Bible, or… • … to link to the MDZ's Adelung e-WB which I had catalogued back in 1995 when such pretty enhancement were not available ACRL/WESS, 12 July 2009 gd

  16. BISON Record: 2000 Gutenberg Bible

  17. 2000 Gutenberg Anniversary Project

  18. 2000 e-Gutenberg Bible

  19. BISON Record: Adelung Dictionary

  20. Adelung’s Dictionary Online (BSB)

  21. About Adelung’s WB (wikipedia.de)

  22. German Studies Collections at the UML • A recent assessment of the German Collections reported poor holdings of pre-1700 titles • Knowing better, I upgraded our extensive "Baroque Literature" microfilm holdings (Faber/Yale, Jantz/Duke, Scherer/Cleveland) • Here is Duke University's Jantz Collection, with links to online Gale texts ACRL/WESS, 12 July 2009 gd

  23. BISON Record: Jantz MFilm Collection

  24. Gale OL Access: Jantz, Faber, Scherer

  25. German Studies Collections at the UML • But it was really in preparation for a looming Graduate Studies Review that I went on a tunnel-vision hunting spree of FREE German Internet Resources • I enrolled in Diane Kovac's ACRL course "Collection Development for the Academic E-Library" in late 2006, with the sole purpose of enriching "my" collections in mind ACRL/WESS, 12 July 2009 gd

  26. German Studies Collections at the UML • After the intensive 3-week online course, I had a thorough grasp of what was available "out there" • The result was an unusually detailed German Studies Reference webpage, with an initial 150 links • It was meant to replace the grossly outdated paper "Reference Guide" which sits today, unrevised, on the Dafoe Library e-Reference website ACRL/WESS, 12 July 2009 gd

  27. Dafoe Library German Internet Resources

  28. Dafoe Library German Reference Guide (1991)

  29. German Studies Collections at the UML • This new link collection of online German Studies Resources is far from being original • It DOES have the advantage of providing UM faculty- & student researchers with direct access via BISON catalogue searches • It also cashes in nicely on a vast array of high quality, freely available Open Access research sites ACRL/WESS, 12 July 2009 gd

  30. German Studies Collections at the UML • One of my favourite is Ulrich Harsch’s Bibliotheca Augustana • It includes a large collection of online German e-Texts • Another one is the GHDI database, here illustrated with the Wilhelmine Empire, 1890-1918 • A third one is the Leo Baeck Institute/Jewish Study Center, NY ACRL/WESS, 12 July 2009 gd

  31. BISON Record: Bibliotheca Germanica

  32. Bibliotheca Augustana

  33. Bibliotheca Germanica, Chronology

  34. Bibliotheca Germanica, Alphabetical

  35. Bison: German Documents+Images

  36. German Documents+Images (GHDI)

  37. GHDI: Bildarchiv, Berlin

  38. GHDI: Wilhelmine Empire

  39. BISON: Leo Baeck Institute, NY

  40. Leo Baeck+ Center for Jewish History

  41. German Studies Collections at the UML • When the Graduate Studies Review rolled around with some delay in January 2009, it was a gratifying experience • I pointed to our 16 Incunabula from the Dysart Collection of Rare Books • And I argued that German language components in the FPG (Greve/Grove) manuscript collections were real program assets ACRL/WESS, 12 July 2009 gd

  42. Dafoe, German Internet Resources: Dysart

  43. Dafoe, German Internet Resources: FPG

  44. German Studies Collections at the UML • The Dysart pre-1500 imprints clearly demonstrate that Germany, deprived of a proper Renaissance of its own, held an actual printing monopoly at the time • Very few titles are in the German vernacular, most are in Latin • They include Schedel's Weltchronik (1493), and Konrad Botho's Saxon Chronicle (1492) ACRL/WESS, 12 July 2009 gd

  45. Dysart Exhibition 1973 e-Edition

  46. BISON: Schedel's Weltchronik(Dys 21)

  47. BISON: Botho's Sachsenschronik(Dys 11)

  48. German Studies Collections at the UML • My favourite, however, is Sebastian Brant's Stultifera Navis(1498, Dysart 22), with its many Dürer woodcuts • This Latin translation by Poet Laureat Locher of the orig. 1494 German ed. is complemented in the UML collections by six learned reprint editions of Brant's book • An e-Edition of the 1973 Dysart Exhibition Catalogue is underway ACRL/WESS, 12 July 2009 gd

  49. BISON: Brant's Narrenschiff(Latin, Dys 22)

  50. Webpage of Narrenschiff Woodcut

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