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Collecting to the Core — Gegenwartsromane, Contemporary German-Language Novels Against the Grain Manuscript 8447 Collecting to the Core — Gegenwartsromane, Contemporary German-Language Novels Heidi Madden Anne Doherty Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/atg Part of the Library and Information Science Commons This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact [email protected] for additional information. Interview — Theodore Pappas from page 46 Collecting to the Core — seconds. That’s why verified, reliable, curated Gegenwartsromane, Contemporary content like that offered by Britannica is only growing in importance in an age of fake news German-Language Novels and misinformation. That’s why an increasing number of companies (and the ministries of ed- by Heidi Madden (Librarian for Western European Studies, Duke University; ucation of countries around the world) want to Germanic Languages and Literature Subject Editor, Resources for College Libraries) partner with Britannica, because they realize <[email protected]> the importance of reliable information and the companies that produce it. Column Editor: Anne Doherty (Resources for College Libraries Project Editor, ATG: However, you still do some print CHOICE/ACRL) <[email protected]> publishing. We noticed that Britannica’s 250th anniversary collector’s edition — your final yearbook — is a print product. In fact, Column Editor’s Note: The “Collecting popular attention with her book Feuchtgebiete / you are listed as the author. Can you tell us to the Core” column highlights monographic Wetlands (2008), but she is not (yet) considered about that project? works that are essential to the academic li- a core author. Similarly, Jenny Erpenbeck (b. brary within a particular discipline, inspired 1967) had international success with Gehen, TP: We produce an occasional print by the Resources for College Libraries bib- ging, gegangen / Go, Went, Gone (2015), but product, here and there, but for all intents and liography (online at http://www.rclweb.net). has not (yet) received the volume of critical purposes we’re a 100 percent-digital company In each essay, subject specialists introduce attention that suggests a core author. There are today. Our special one-volume collector’s and explain the classic titles and topics that many metrics for ranking authors to help sift edition of Britannica — the Encyclopaedia continue to remain relevant to the undergrad- through the considerable number of candidates Britannica Anniversary Edition: 250 Years of uate curriculum and library collection. Dis- and some tools for researching authors and Excellence, 1768-2018 — was a print product their critical reception are discussed below. because it was the final edition of the print ciplinary trends may shift, but some classics never go out of style. — AD The third challenge is discovery. What yearbooks that we’ve published since 1938. tools can librarians use to get an overview of It was a pleasure and an honor to edit the final potential works and authors? Catalog search- edition in this hallowed tradition. uilding a core collection of contem- es in Worldcat are not helpful in identifying ATG: As you look into the future, what porary German-language novels, or contemporary novels and catalog records adjustments do you anticipate Encyclopaedia BGegenwartsromane, comes with unique certainly do not denote “this is a core author.” Britannica having to make going forward? challenges. There is a mismatch between a Take, for example, the translation of Arno Do you envision any new services or prod- library’s budget and the huge publication out- Geiger’s novel Der alte König in seinem Exil ucts? Where do you see Encyclopaedia put, so libraries often use core author lists as a / The Old King in His Exile (2011); it is cat- Britannica in the next few years? collection development tool. The term “core” aloged with subjects including Geiger, Arno; is a value judgement and any claims about TP: Britannica is thriving today, with Dementia; Older people — Germany. The the canon are debatable. How can a librarian products sold and used in 88 countries and con- Worldcat search German literature — 21st gain confidence in creating such an author list? tracts with companies and countries on every century — History and criticism can be used This article offers some context unique continent save Antarctica. And we’re moving to find literary histories, but to German studies, together with into the realm of voice-activated games and authoritative literary histo- a well-reasoned, sample core appliances, powered by artificial intelligence. ries, as we know them for author list. As Britannica has proven over 250 years, it’s established periods, have not the medium (print) that made our products One of the first chal- not yet been written for special, but rather our message and manner of lenges in building a col- the contemporary period. producing and delivering reliable, verifiable, lection profile is defining Literary historians struggle expert content. Our methods of publishing a time frame. What period with the tension between may have changed since 1768, but our mission is designated as “contempo- understanding the unfin- hasn’t. rary”? Some might interpret ished, evolving nature of contemporary literature as all a writer’s output and the living writers, others as new and desire to present an author’s emerging authors. The term may oeuvre and its organizing also refer to recently published novels on the principles within intellectual genealogies. market. In terms of building a collection pro- Another problem with literary histories and Interview — Dewland and Mery file, contemporary can also represent novels dictionaries is that critical reception and from page 45 that contextualize our understanding of the appreciation changes over time. The history present, the Gegenwart, and, as the sample list of the Kindlers Literatur Lexikon is a case in below will show, this means that the author 1 taking my dogs out for long walks. I also try to point. Its three editions illustrate the difficulty list may extend back in time. travel abroad as much as possible. Of course, with defining the “canon”: the first edition was even when traveling I seem to be working! The second challenge in collecting contem- seven volumes, the second edition was twenty porary literature is that it represents 25% of the volumes, and the third edition was seventeen ATG: Jason and Yvonne, thank you so publishing market in any given year, which volumes. The third edition of the print Kindler much for taking the time to talk to us. It’s makes it difficult to rightsize a library budget was published in 2009 and actually contains great to see librarians pursuing entrepreneur- for the overall German studies collection. The fewer entries than the second edition because ial efforts like Sidecar Learning. We wish you bestseller list is not useful because both the it focused on a canon wherein entries comply the best of luck. German literary scene and German studies with editors’ criteria for world literature. The JD: Thank you! We hope that your readers programs in the United States favor “serious” Kindler is an essential tool for literary research, will find our platform useful and we can’t wait literature — literature recognized through but the print publication is now ten years old to hear their feedback. prestigious literary prizes — over bestselling and while the online version is updated every YM: Thanks so much for the opportuni- “entertainment,” Unterhaltungsliteratur. For year, it is not expanded with new entries. ty! example, Charlotte Roche (b. 1978) gained continued on page 48 Against the Grain / September 2019 <http://www.against-the-grain.com> 47 one of these author lists is different from the (1950), establishing himself as an important Collecting to the Core next one and the author list speaks to the insti- expressionist. Hermann Broch (1886-1951) from page 47 tution that created it as much as the canon. A never returned to Europe, but his novel Der librarian should feel empowered to create their Tod des Vergil / The Death of Virgil (1945) The best resources for identifying au- own list based on the RCL author headings, was published simultaneously in German and thors (and also for understanding the area’s on a Harrassowitz list, or other resources, but English at a key moment of history, right after scope) are two specialized databases usually scale it to their institutions’ research and cur- the war. Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970) only available at PhD-granting institutions: ricular goals. What follows is a sample author wrote the enduring bestseller Im Westen nichts Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach und Lit- list and accompanying narrative for collecting Neues / All Quiet on the Western Front (1929) eraturwissenschaft / Bibliography of German core contemporary German-language novels. and then reemerged with Arc de Triomphe / Linguistics and Literary Studies (BDSL) and Period concepts have a special significance Arch of Triumph (1946), although he never the Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen for German and European literature because returned to Germany. Anna Seghers (1900- Gegenwartsliteratur / Critical Encyclopedia of the Nazi years, which restricted free artis- 1983) achieved fame in exile with her novel of Contemporary German-language Literature tic expression from 1933-1945 in Germany Das siebte Kreuz / The Seventh Cross (1942) 2-3 (KLG). The BDSL is an index of literary and occupied territories. For Germany, the and returned to communist East Berlin in 1947. criticism published from 1957 to the present, immediate post-war period was distinct from Her long writing career and critical attitude covering literature from the medieval to current the turbulent 1960s and the division of Ger- toward East Germany attributed to her work’s eras. For the recent past, the BDSL uses the many into the Federal Republic of Germany import beyond German reunification. A full periodization of 1914-1945; 1945-1989; and / Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD) and the overview of the literary generation marked by 1990 to the present.
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