*DIGITIZATION of library materials, *PUBLIC libraries, *LIBRARIES
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Der Aufsatz thematisiert die spezifischen Strategien Öffentlicher Bibliotheken bei der Lizenzierung digitaler Inhalte vor dem Hintergrund einer fehlenden Konsortialinfrastruktur für Öffentliche Bibliotheken. The paper discusses public libraries' strategies for licensing digital content against the background that a consortium infrastructure for public libraries is still lacking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
*LIBRARIES, *PRESERVATION of library materials, *PETITIONS, *TRANSLATIONS, *FORECASTING, *DIGITIZATION of library materials, *COMPUTER network resources
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The article presents news briefs pertaining to libraries. An online petition at http://www.klassik-stiftung.de/einrichtungen/herzogin-annaamalia-bibliothek/weimarer-appell/ against the conservation and protection of library materials against destruction via fires and flooding is discussed, the publication of an English translation of a Dutch paper on the future of libraries available online at http://www.siob.nl/media/documents/Library_of_ the_Future_12082014_DEF.pdf is announced, and the launch of the "Landesdigitalisierungsprogramm Wissenschaft und Kultur" library material digitization program in Saxony, Germany is also announced.