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The Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Kunst- und Museumsbibliotheken (AKMB): a strong alliance of art and museum libraries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2021

Nicole Döll*
Affiliation:
President of the Managing Board, AKMB (2019-2021), Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig, Karl-Tauchnitz-Str. 9-11, 04107LeipzigSaxonyGermany Email: books@gfzk.de
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Abstract

More than 25 years after the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Kunst- und Museumsbibliotheken (AKMB) was founded – an eternity in the digital age – libraries and museums as institutions of public life are more than ever subject to fundamental transformation.

The AKMB has set itself the task of offering its affiliated institutions a platform for knowledge exchange and networking. Questions about standardization in librarianship, technical equipment, formal and subject indexing as well as possibilities of exchange and support in answering these questions are in focus. It is not - in the classic sense of a library - a physical place. Nevertheless, it forms simultaneously the basis and the opportunity for art and museum libraries to orient themselves to a digital future. In this regard, it also deals itself with structural changes and its challenges.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of ARLIS

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