Specialist Libraries in Germany

There are many libraries in Germany which collect literature concerning one or more aspects of cultural exchange over and above their other specialist fields. We have therefore confined ourselves to those specialist libraries which concentrate exclusively on literature and information on international cultural relations and development co-operation. In addition we can introduce you to one of the largest European data banks in the field of international relations.

The library and records of the ifa form an specialist library. It is the official documentation centre in Germany for foreign cultural policy and international relations. The library is also the central collection and information point in Germany for research into cultural exchanges.

Books, journals, reports, official publications, articles and essays are evaluated and provided on the following themes:

foreign cultural policy and international cultural relations,

intercultural communication, intercultural management,

research into cultural exchanges,

national stereotypes,

migration and minority issues,

the German language press abroad,

regional studies.

Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations

Bibliothek und Dokumentation

Charlottenplatz 17

D-70173 Stuttgart

Fon: +49 (0)711 2225 147

Fax: +49 (0)711 2225 131

Internet: www.ifa.de/en/info/ifa-bibliothek

E-mail: bibliothek@ifa.de

This is an association of ten independent German research institutes, who have joined together to set up an information network which is now one of Europe's largest data banks and is accessible under the name "World Affairs Online". Its data base covers international relations (politics, systems, economy, security, foreign cultural policy etc.) and regional studies (social development, infrastructure, national law etc.)

Specialist Information Association for International Relations and Regional Studies

c/o Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

Ludwigkirchplatz 3-4

D-10719 Berlin

Fon: +49 (0)30 88007 302

Fax: +49 (0)30 66007 598

Internet: http://www.fiv-iblk.de/eindex.htm

E-mail: fiv@swp-berlin.org

The InWEnt Documentation Centre and Library provides information in the field of development cooperation, development countries and global structural policy. Commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Documentation Centre and Library acts as a mediator of knowledge and information for the benefit of public and private institutions and persons active in the field of German development cooperation. Furthermore, it helps to strengthen public approval of development policy objectives in Germany.

Its services in the provision of information and knowledge are:

development studies library,

information on institutions,

information via internet,

search and profile services,

publications section.

The Documentation Centre and Library is open to anyone interested and to organisations, academic institutions and firms.

InWEnt Capacity Building International

Information desk of the library

Fon: + 49 (0)228 4460 1738

Fax: + 49 (0)228 4460 1784

Internet: www.inwent.org/dokumentation_bibliothek/index.php.en

E-mail: biblio@inwent.org

The Ibero-American Institute belonging to the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation promotes the scientific and cultural exchange between Germany and Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal. The institute’s three pillars are: research centre, information centre and cultural centre, and it hosts the largest library in Europe specialized in the Ibero-American region.

The library collections include:

830,000 volumes (priority areas: social sciences, humanities and geography, economics and law),

special collections on law, parlamentaria, newspapers as well as Latino Studies, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG),

32,000 journals (therefrom 4,700 current publications),

an extensive collection of rare texts on microfiche, microfilm and online databases,

a map collection with 69,000 maps,

26,000 records, tapes or CDs as well as 2,000 videos and DVDs,

a slide and photo collection with 2,600 posters, placards and other graphic works,

a press archive with approx. 350,000 newspaper articles,

more than 300 bequests with documents and material out of the areas ethnology, archaeology, geography, history and literature.

Ibero-American Institute

Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Library/Information

Potsdamer Straße 37

D-10785 Berlin

Fon: + 49 (0)30 266 2526 or 2571

Fax: + 49 (0)30 266 2503

Library Catalogue: www.iai.spk-berlin.de/en/library.html

Internet: www.iai.spk-berlin.de

E-mail: info@iai.spk-berlin.de