According to the Schleswig-Holstein Library Act (Bibliotheksgesetz Schleswig-Holstein (BiblG)), the Schleswig-Holstein State Library is a higher state authority based in Kiel in the portfolio of the Ministry responsible for culture and a publicly accessible institution for the whole state. "Its jurisdiction extends to the whole state". It is a scientific regional library and has the task of collecting, archiving, indexing, sustainably preserving, bibliographically referencing and making accessible to the public media works as well as other cultural assets related to the history and regional studies of the state of Schleswig-Holstein and its neighbouring areas, especially Denmark. The State Library is a first-rate cultural memory site of Schleswig-Holstein and enables and promotes interdisciplinary work.
The collection of the State Library includes, among others.
- Auxiliary collections and manuscript collections
- The State History Collection (pictorial documents)
- Coins, medals, banknotes and emergency money
- Music collection
- The Schleswig-Holstein Bibliography
The holdings currently comprise around 230.000 books, 8,000 maps, 250 bequests, 25,000 printed music scores, 3,000 music manuscripts, 37,000 pictorial documents, 3,400 coins and medals and 13,000 pieces of emergency money.
The Centre for Digitisation and Culture at the Schleswig-Holstein State Library, which is currently being established, performs various tasks in the sense of cultural mediation and digital development in the cultural infrastructure of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. One of the fundamental tasks of a Centre for Digitisation and Culture is to recognise, pick up on and follow current developments in culture and society. The Centre for Digitisation is a digital hub for the state's cultural infrastructure and offers space for digital innovations. With educational offers, meeting places, projects, consultations, publications and the initiation of research projects for the cultural infrastructure, the Centre for Digitisation and Culture discusses issues and presents approaches to solutions.
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