Monday, 28th September 1998
2.30 p.m. Welcoming and introduction
The Institution
3.00 p.m. Dr. Werner Arnold (Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbuettel): The library as institution
3.45 p.m. Dr. Wolfgang Ernst (Kunsthochschule fuer Medien, Koeln): The interface between the logistics of libraries and the imaginary of nations: The Germanische Nationalmuseum Nuernberg and the Deutsche Buecherei Leipzig
4.30 p.m. Coffee break
The Books
5.00 p.m. Dr. Armin Schlechter (Universitaetsbibliothek Heidelberg): The library as a collection
5.45 p.m. Prof. Dr. Jochen Hoerisch (Universitaet Mannheim): Fahrenheit and electronic Omarism: the topoi of books
7.00 p.m. Reception
8.00 p.m. Dr. Joachim-Felix Leonhard (Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv, Frankfurt am Main and Berlin): Gestalt and time: libraries, archives, museums, and the the history of culture and communication
Tuesday, 29th September 1998
Beyond the Library
9.00 a.m. Dr. Roland Reuss (Editor, Heidelberg): The edition
9.45 a.m. Vittorio E. Klostermann (Klostermann-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main): Editing literature
10.30 a.m. Prof. Dr. Aleida Assmann (Universitaet Konstanz): Libraries and literature
11.15 a.m. Coffee break
The Virtual End of Libraries
11.45 a.m. Michael Reisser (Editorial Department of "Buch und Bibliothek" Reutlingen): The finite library 12.30 p.m. Dr. Peter Berz (Humboldt-Universitaet Berlin): Catalogue and event
1.15 p.m. Final Discussion
(Please note: all above mentioned lectures will be held in German, but you may of course contribute to the discussions in your native language.)