Since 1 September, Anna Nickel has been the new director of the Paderborn University Library, which was founded in 1972. She succeeds Dr. Dietmar Haubfleisch, who retired in July. Nickel has been working at the University Library for more than eleven years, most recently in the position of Deputy Head and Department Head of Acquisitions and Collection Development as well as the University's Open Access Officer.
Dr. Haubfleisch had been Paderborn's library director since 2002. "During his time in office, he developed the university library into a modern service centre for academics and students. He has placed great emphasis on networking and cooperation with other library institutions and external partners, without which a library could not work successfully today. I would like to express my sincere thanks for the many years of trusting cooperation," says Simone Probst, Vice-President for Finances and Human Resources.
Nickel has many years of experience in the field of acquisition, cataloguing and mediation of digital and analogue information media at the University Library. Born in Weilburg an der Lahn, she studied architecture at TU Darmstadt until 2011. She then completed a traineeship at Kassel University Library, which she completed with the "State Examination for Higher Service in Academic Libraries". In 2013, she began her career as a subject area librarian for various natural sciences, engineering and cultural studies subjects at Paderborn University Library.
"Digitisation opens up new opportunities to organise knowledge, make it accessible and support research, teaching and studies with targeted services," says Nickel. "I see the continuous digital transformation in the coming years as both the greatest challenge and opportunity for libraries."
In addition to performing traditional tasks such as providing extensive electronic and printed academic resources, the Paderborn University Library will act even more strongly as a service organisation for the university under Nickel's leadership. This includes providing advice and support for academic work and open access publishing as well as teaching information skills. This also includes the continuous development of services and research tools in line with the requirements of users and their changing learning and teaching behaviour, as well as the expansion of collaborations within the university. "The library will continue to be a strong partner for research, studies and teaching," says Nickel. "I look forward to shaping its future with the about 60 employees."
About the Paderborn University Library
The Paderborn University Library has a total collection of around 2.3 million media, including over 975,000 electronic volumes, more than 79,000 current electronic and printed journals and newspapers covering almost all fields of knowledge, over 600,000 loans and more than 22,000 registered users. It also has more than 500 workstations for students as a place to study and work.
In organisational terms, the University Library also includes the University Archive with its valuable cultural heritage of historical prints and university files. Since the University Library was founded more than 50 years ago, it has primarily served to provide literature and information for the university, but also as a public academic library for the Paderborn University region.
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