Overview of the development of teh Bavairan State Library store at Garching Dorothea Sommer, Bavarian State Library Munich

1. Titelfolie
Garching - the Storage Library of
the Bavarian State Library
Past, present and future developments
Dr. Dorothea Sommer
Bavarian State Library

2. “Storage in research libraries is under pressure for several
reasons. Despite the growing numbers of electronic
journals, the growth of print collections shows no sign of
diminishing and the prevailing academic cultures in many
disciplines are averse to disposing of paper copies. Within
libraries the use of space is becoming critical and
institutional strategies increasingly promote student-
centred approaches to the layout of the building in order
to provide favourable student experience. Extra storage
space comes low in funding priorities.“
CHEMS (2005): Optimising Storage and Access in UK Research Libraries:
A study for CURL and the British Library. CHEMS Consulting.

3. „The preservation of non-digital media needs sufficient
storage capacities and professional support... This is partly
Empfehlungen zur Weiterentwicklung der wissenschaftlichen
Informationsinfrastrukturen in Deutschland bis 2020. Wissenschaftsrat, 2012. p. 47.
http://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/download/archiv/2359-12.pdf
very expensive but absolutely
necessary to maintain the value (of
the printed media) both with regard
to the material aspect as well as for
research purposes“.

4. Federal Coordination
Office for the Preservation
of the Written Cultural
Heritage (KEK)
2015 publication with
recommendations on
preservation

5. Legal deposit right
in Bavaria
Passau
Regensburg
Bamberg
Augsburg
Würzburg
München
Nürnberg-Erlangen

6. Archival obligations
Legal Deposit Act originating from 1663
Special Collections and Specialised Information
Services funded by the German Research
Foundation (DFG)
Implied mandate to protect the collection

7. The Bavarian State Library
at the Ludwigstraße

9. Bavarian
State Library
Location

10. Bavarian
State Library
Location

11. Garching I

12. Garching I

13. Garching I

14. Garching I

15. Garching II

16. Garching II

17. Garching II

26. Proportion
Print collection / Digitized book collection
Digitized book collection:
1,2 million
Print collection:
13,5 million
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34. Dr. Dorothea Sommer
Email: sommer@bsb-muenchen.de
Phone: +49 89 28638 2205
www.bsb-muenchen.de