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Since 2019, the web portal "Archive Guide to German Colonial History" has provided access to metadata on colonial history holdings from over 450 archives. It has been updated with new indexing data, a thesaurus, maps and the Kurrent typewriter to promote research into colonial history.

The Master's programme in Digital Data Management celebrates new graduates and honours all involved colleagues, current students and graduates for four years of DDM!

Accessibility at universities is of central importance in order to provide all students, staff and visitors with equal access to the campus and to education. This starts with good orientation on campus.

Call for Participation! Planned Job Shadowing by Alumnae/Alumni for Students shows Career Prospects at close Quarters.

What about the gender balance at BiblioCON, until a year ago still called Bibliothekartag, in 2024? A report by Heidi Frey.

Sustainability is an important social issue and concerns everyone. More and more companies are therefore also focussing on sustainable development within their management. Job applicants with the relevant qualifications can increase their chances through further training programmes such as those…

Germany is a country of immigration! On the 14th and 15th of June 2024, representatives from archives, schools and other educational institutions met in Duisburg for the 35th Archive Pedagogy Conference on the topic of "Archive Pedagogy in Migration Society"!

ISI2023 provided a stimulating platform for dialogue on current developments and challenges in information sciences. The discussions and presentations reflected the broad spectrum of topics and the need for a comprehensive examination of these issues for the further development of the discipline.

BiblioCon, one of Germany's largest professional events for the library sector, took place in Hamburg this year under the title 112th BiblioCon2024 "open.local.global". The Department of Information Science of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam was also well represented at BiblioCon.

It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to Honorary Professor Dr. Gabriele Beger, who was appointed the first female honorary professor in the degree programme Library Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam in May 2005. A few days after her 72nd birthday, Dr. Beger passed away…

Job qualification next level: The Work@Heart certificate programme increases students' chances of successfully starting a career – flexibly, sustainably and parallel to their studies. Interested parties can ask their questions in an online information session on the 9th of July from 12 to 1 pm.

"Why stop when it's at its best?" Sharon Hundehege and Paula Weyrauch visit the artists' archive at the Berlinische Galerie.