We are happy to announce the keynote lecture “The Politics of the Library” at the kick-off meeting of our workshop “Critical Library Perspectives. A Digital Scholar’s Lab” on May 4th, 2022, 3 p.m. (CET). Speakers: Emily Drabinski (CUNY Graduate Center, New York City) Emily Drabinski is Critical Pedagogy Librarian and Interim Chief Librarian at the […]
From May 4 to June 21, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and the Universitätsbibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin jointly organize the interdisciplinary digital workshop “Critical Library Perspectives. A Digital Scholar’s Lab”. Contrary to a widespread perception, libraries are by no means neutral places where knowledge is “only” collected and made accessible. For daily library work such […]
Project description The Berlin State Library has systematically built up an internationally renowned collection of pop-ups, paper stages and other gamebooks dating from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. Their characteristic moveable elements invite to play and interact with these books. Said collection constitutes the basis for a concept study – funded by Germany’s Federal […]
This project was developed during the hackathon Coding Precarity and was awarded by the jury in the category “Most Political”. Concept Precarious working and living conditions have many faces. In this memory game it is your task to discover the similarities in diversity. Click on the symbols and get to know historical and contemporary […]
A digital crowd sourcing project for medieval theological manuscripts In spring 2021, the Berlin State Library and the Leipzig University Library will organize a digital transcribathon. Further information can be found on the event website.
This project was developed during the hackathon Coding Precarity and was awarded by the jury in the category “Most Educational”. Concept The digital exhibition “Precarious Spaces”, created during the hackathon “Coding Precarity” at the Berlin State Library, focuses on street as a public space in which precarity is debated and performed. Those who live […]
This project was developed during the hackathon Coding Precarity and was awarded by the jury in the category “Most Innovative”. „Historical Memes For German Teens“ uses the meme format to provide insights into economic and socio-political questions of the late 19th and early 20th century for a young generateion with an affinity for the Internet. […]
This project was developed during the hackathon Coding Precarity and was awarded by the jury in the category “Best Metaphor”. Idea and Concept In the Housing Shortage Tetris game, players are requested to place a certain amount of tenants inside a given living space. What comes across as a colourful and popular classic game […]
