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State Museums in Berlin) Kunstbibliothek (Art Library) / Museum Für Asiatische Kunst (Asian Art Museum) Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (State Museums in Berlin) Kunstbibliothek (Art Library) / Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Asian Art Museum) Cordula Treimer* My name is Cordula Treimer, I am The Art Library, I am working for, is one working for the Kunstbibliothek (Art of these 15 museums and one of Library) at the Museum für Asiatische Germany's leading art libraries. It is a Kunst (Asian Art Museum) of the combination of a research library and a Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (State museum. Although it seems a little Museums in Berlin). I graduated from unusual, the Museum für Fotografie Heidelberg University with a master in (Museum of Photography) is also part of East Asian art history. The topic of my the Art Library. Founded in 1867, the Art thesis was the “Story of the Crane“ from Library now has 64 full-time positions. the Kyôto National Museum. After that I Apart from the main library specializing also graduated from the Berlin School of on Western art, there is also one Library and Information Science at specializing in archeology. The libraries of Humboldt-Universität (Humboldt the museums in Dahlem will form the University). library for non-European art and culture. This includes the library of the Asian Art Before my current position as a librarian, Museum I am working at. I have worked as an intern at the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture and The main building at the Kulturforum the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst (cultural forum) near Potsdamer Platz (Museum of East Asian Art) of the State houses the special library for Western art. Museums in Berlin, and as an assistant At the end of 2014 it housed 545782 books, professor at the Institute of East Asian Art had made 10327 new acquisitions that History, Heidelberg University. year and held 1438 current periodicals. The acquisition budget was 496948 EUR Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (about 6560000 JPN). 28572 users lend (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) 94298 volumes in 2014. The archaeological Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (State library and the future library for non- Museums in Berlin) European art and culture are situated close the famous Museumsinsel Berlin The State Museums in Berlin is one of (Museum Island Berlin. the 5 cultural institutions within the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. HumboldtHumboldt----ForumForum You probably already know the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Humboldt-Forum is the name for the Library). The State Museums in Berlin are cultural institutions which will be housed comprised of 15 museums and 4 scientific in the newly reconstructed castle in the research institutes. Together they form center of Berlin. The awarding authority Germany‘s largest universal museum. of the construction is the Berlin Palace – Humboldt-forum. Users are the Prussian Kunstbibliothek (Art Library) Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Humboldt University, and the Federal * Cordula Treimer (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, State Museums in Berlin, State Museums in Berlin, Art Library / Asian Art Museum, Librarian) State of Berlin. that system, and reduce duplicate holdings. Of the Prussian Cultural Heritage The holdings are included in the OPAC of Foundation the Museum of Asian Art, the the Art library (opac.smb.spk-berlin.de, Ethnological Museum and the Art Library without kanJi), the database of the will move into the Humboldt-forum. In museum libraries within the GBV 2006 the Asian Art Museum was formed (Gemeinsamer Bibliotheksverbund) the by merging the museum of East Asian Art common library network of northern and the Museum of Indian Art, and their German states libraries with them. (http://gso.gbv.de/DB=2.914/, with kanJi), the general GBV OPAC (http://gso.gbv.de/, The library of the Museum of Asian Art with kanJi) and others. owns about 39000 volumes. It is mainly used by the curators, the staff of the Future pplanslans of the Art Library in general museum, and students of East Asian art history. It is not open to the general public Long term proJects of the Art Library in and not a lending library. The collection general are to complete the focuses on Asian art, archeology and crafts. implementation of a central library system at the State Museums (since 2009), finish The library of the Ethnological Museum retro cataloging and digitization for is about 4 times as big as the Asian art research purposes. The results of library. It is a public, non-lending library digitization and public access proJects can with 577 external users in 2014. The focus be found, for example, at europeana of its collection is non-European (http://www.europeana.eu/portal/) and the anthropology, ethnomusicology and old homepage of the State Museums (SMB- travel accounts. digtal, online collection database http://smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus). One In 2019 the libraries of the Ethnological proJect is to digitized the auction catalogs Museum and the Asian Art Museum are published in Germany, Austria and due to be merged to form the special Switzerland between 1901 and 1945 library of non-European art and culture, (http://www.arthistoricum.net/en/subJects/t covering the arts and culture of Africa, hematic-portals/german-sales/). Asia, America and Oceania. Since 2012 There are also digitization proJects for both libraries have strengthened their archival material (EMA - Erich collection of books on contemporary non- Mendelssohn Archive, Correspondence of European art. Altogether there will be Erich and Luis Mendelsohn 1910-1953, about 180 000 volumes in the open stacks (http://ema.smb.museum/en/home) and for of the new library, which is planned to be data aggregation and refinement opened on the second floor of the (http://artlibraries.worldcat.org/). Humboldt-forum in November 2019. JAJAJALJA L ProJect Our proJects before moving to the new premises are finishing retro cataloging of Thanks to the JAL ProJect I was able to material in Asian languages, extend get to know great research material at relevant parts of RVK (Regensburger amazing research institutions and art Verbundklassifikation, a call number museum libraries as well as people system widely used in scientific libraries working enthusiastically at very in Germany), change the call numbers to interesting proJects. What I learned I will use myself and show to researchers in Germany. Finally I am looking forward to staying in contact with the members of the JAL Program. コルドゥラ・トライマー 学歴学歴学歴 Academic background ° 東洋美術史学 / East Asian Art History: ‒ ハイデルベルク⼤学、⽂学修⼠、東洋美術史学、⽇本学、⺠俗学 /卒業 ベルリン国立博物館 Heidelberg University, Magister (M.A.), East Asian Art History, Japanology, Anthropology 美術図書館 / アジア美術館 ° 図書館情報学 / Library and Information Science: 司書司書司書 ‒ ベルリン フンボルト⼤学、⽂学修⼠、図書館情報学 Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (State Museums in Berlin , Humboldt University, MA, Library and Information Science Berlin) Kunstbibliothek (Art Library) / Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Asian Art Museum) Librarian コルドゥラ・コルドゥラ・トライマトライマ 俵屋宗達、本阿弥光悦「四季草花下絵和歌色紙帖」 Tawaraya Sôtatsu, Hon‘ami Kôetsu, Album mit Waka-Gedichten auf Bildern von Blumen und Cordula Treimer Gräsern der Vier Jahreszeiten, Ident. Nr.: 0243 a, b, Geschenk von Gustav Jacoby © Foto: Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Fotograf: Jürgen Liepe ベルリン国立博物館、美術図書館 / アジア美術館 2015-11-27 2 職職職歴歴歴 プロイセン文化財団 Work experience Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation ° 美術館 / Museum: ‒ カルフォルニア州のクラーク⽇本美術・⽂化研究センター、インターン Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, Intern ‒ ベルリン国⽴博物館、東洋美術館、インターン State Museums in Berlin, Museum of (East) Asian Art, Intern ベルリン国立博物館 National Museums in Berlin ° 大学 / University: ‒ ハイデルベルク⼤学、東洋美術史学室、助教 Heidelberg University, Institute of East Asian Art History, Assistant Professor ° 図書館 / Library: ベルリン国立図書館 Berlin State Library 国立音楽研究所 State Institute for Music Research ‒ プロイセン⽂化財団、ベルリン国⽴博物館美術図書館 / アジア美術館、司書 Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, State Museums in Berlin, Art Library / Asian Art Museum, Librarian イベロアメリカ研究所 Ibero-American Institut プロイセン秘密文書館 Prussian Secret State Archives ベルリン国立博物館、美術図書館 / アジア美術館 2015-11-27 3 ベルリン国立博物館、美術図書館 / アジア美術館 2015-11-27 4 プロイセン文化財団 プロイセン文化財団 ベルリン国立博物館 ベルリン国立博物館 Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation State Museums in Berlin State Museums in Berlin ° ベルリン国⽴博物館 State Museums in Berlin ‒ プロイセン⽂化財団の一部 Part of the Prussian Heritage Foundation ‒ 15 の博物館と 4つの研究所からなる 15 Museums, 4 Institutes ‒ ユニバーサルな美術館 Universal Museum of Art ‒ ドイツ最⼤の博物館 Germany‘s largest Museum http://www.smb.museum/en/museums-and-institutions.html accessed 2016-01-29 ベルリン国立博物館、美術図書館 / アジア美術館 2015-11-27 5 ベルリン国立博物館、美術図書館 / アジア美術館 2015-11-27 6 コルドゥラ・トライマー ベルリン国立博物館 プロイセン文化財団 美術図書館 ベルリン国立博物館 State Museums in Berlin Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Art Library State Museums in Berlin 西洋美術特別館 （本館） Special Library – Western Art (main building) ° 美術図書館 Art Library ‒ ベルリン国⽴博物館の一部 Part of the State Museums in Berlin ‒ ドイツ国内で一流の美術図書館 One of Germanys leading art libraries 考古学特別館 ‒ 研究図書館と博物館が組み合わさっている Special Library – Archaeology Combination of Research Library and Museum Kunstbibliothek und Kupferstichkabinett. Kulturforum. Berlin-Tiergarten, Archäologisches Zentrum. Berlin-Mitte, Geschwister-Scholl- Matthäikirchplatz. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Maximilian Meisse Straße 6. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Thomas Meyer ‒ 1867 年設⽴ Founded in 1867 ‒ 職員 64 人 64 full-time positions 3 (4) Museum für Fotografie und Helmut ‒ ベルリンの現場 Newton Stiftung. Berlin-Charlottenburg, 3 (4) different locations in Berlin Jebensstraße 2. © Stefan Müller Museen Dahlem. Berlin-Dahlem, Lansstraße 8 / Arnimallee 25. ダーレムでの美術館・博物館 © Staatliche
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