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The article discusses a November 2008 further education conference at the Carl von Ossietzky Provincial and University Library in Hamburg, Germany on the theme "So That Paper Persists... Experiences With Mass Deacidification." The rationale, methodology, scope, and evaluated results of paper deacidification projects in various German libraries were reviewed.

The article introduces this issue of the journal, which documents papers presented at the ODOK (Österreiches Online-Informationstreffen and Österreichischer Dokumentartag/Austrian Online Information Resources Conference and Austrian Documentation Conference) meetings in Wels, Austria, in 2012 and in Leoben, Austria, in 2010.

400 lectures and company presentations as well as 150 exhibitors formed the technical framework for the 101st German Librarians’ Day in Hamburg in May 2012. Whether e-books, Discovery Services, Patron Driven Acquisition, or the latest offers of service partner, the rich palette of topics offered something for each of the more than 4,500 information professionals. This paper provides a summary of the professional part and let some of the participants report on what personal benefits they draw from “Librarians’ Day”. Due to the technical orientation, a summary of the rich entertainment program was intentionally left out here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on ".hist2011 - Geschichte im digitalen Wandel," a conference that focused on the use of digital media in historical studies that took place in Berlin, Germany from September 14-15, 2011. Papers presented at the conference discussed topics such as digital libraries with historical sources on World War I, how German libraries are using bibliographic data for shared cataloging, and why certain standards need to be created for historical research data.

Research and application of modern science increasingly rely upon gigabit and terabit networks, allowing sharing of supercomputer resources and collaborate authoring of multimedia documents alike. University courses are given online, students use blogs, wikis and social networking sites to create information and thus become authors themselves. This paper reports about the 29th annual IATUL conference, held in Auckland, New Zealand, discussing diverse aspects of web 2. O, national and international e-science infrastructure projects and the role of libraries therein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This report informs about the activities of the consortium of regional libraries (AG Regionalbibliotheken) within section 4 of the German Library Association (dbv) in the years 2013 and 2014. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A call for papers is presented for the 6th Congress of the Berufsverbands Information Bibliothek commission to be held in Leipzig, Germany from March 14-17, 2016.

The article focuses on a conference held by the working group "BID AG Bibliothek 2012" on October 5, 2007 in Bremen, Germany in which the social and political role of libraries was discussed. Additionally, standards and laws for libraries in Germany were considered. The working group resolved to draft a strategy paper that will focus on "Bibliothek 2007."