Faculty of Information and Communication

P r o f . D r . W o l f g a n g R a t z e k M . A . Stuttgart Media University Faculty of Information and Communication Wolframstrasse 32 [email protected]

Present Position

Prof. of Business Administration at Stuttgart Media University

Professional experiences

1986 - 2000: Leading positions in the field of Marketing, Consulting 1985 - 2000: Self-employed journalist, instructor in the field of IT, economy, Library and Information Science

Research Interests

Marketing, esp. communication policy; LIS-politics; Information & Knowledge society

Membership of professional bodies

KIBA: Conference of Information and Education Institutions, Germany Editorial board: Information - Wissenschaft und Praxis/Frankfurt am Main/Germany Editorial board: Communication Booknote Quarterly (CBQ)/ USA Corresponding member of Bok og Bibliotek/Norway

Training

1991: Free University Berlin (FU Berlin): Ph.D. (Information Science) 1982 – 1986: Free University Berlin (FU Berlin): Master´s Degree in Information Science and Scandinavistics 1968-1965: trained as toolmaker (in Norway)

Lates Publications

Das Staatliche Zentrum für Archive, In: iwp 4/2005 The Norwegian Archive, Library and Bibliotheken und Museen - Frischer Museum Authority - A Fresh Brise Wind für Verbundprojekte for Network Projects Der Staat als Dienstleister: In: iwp 4/2005 The State as a Service Provider: Elektronische Bürgerdienste in Electronic Citizen Services in Estland (with Kaili Gold) Estonia “Spielball” Bibliotheken. Berlin 2005 Political Football Libraries "Wenn ich nur wüsste, ob meine Wiesbaden 2005 If I only knew, wether my Message Botschaft angekommen ist?" arrieved? Schwarze Löcher - Im Sog der Frankfurt am Main 2005 Black Holes - In the Drainage of Informations- und Wissensindustrie Information and Knowledge Industry Strategien zur Sicherung des In: BuB 12/2004 Strategies for the Protecting your eigenen Jobs/Die Krise in der Own Job Arbeitswelt: Zwischen Arbeitsplatzabbau und –verteidigung Informationsutopien In: R. Kuhlen; Th. Seeger; D. Information Utopia Strauch (ed.): Grundlagen der praktischen Information und Dokumentation. 2. Vol. 5. ed. München 2004

Languages

Chinese (beginner), English (almost fluently), French (fairly), Norwegian (fluently), Russian (beginner)