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Organisational Structure

On this page you will find all heads of departments, units and administrative departments as well as an organisational chart of the SUB Göttingen.

Finding the Right Contact Person

Llisted below, as well as in our organisational chart, you will quickly find the right contact persons in the respective departments, groups and administrative departments.

Do you have general questions, feedback or would you like to donate books to the SUB Göttingen? On this page you will find further central contacts. Under Locations and Opening Hours you will find all contact information for our locations.

For general inquiries you can contact our information team

Ask a Librarian

Directorate

The Directorate of the Lower Saxony State and University Library consists of four members.

Subjects

You can find the contact persons for the respective subjects on the overview page subjects A–Z and the relevant subject pages. 

Departments, Units and Administrative Departments

The administrative departments and central services of the SUB Göttingen support the library management and departments in organisational, administrative and strategic tasks.

The Department Benutzung (BE) − User Services – operates the lending and information desks, looks after the Divisional Libraries and the Learning and Study Building. It takes care of loans and book returns, advises on research questions, offers training courses, supervises study rooms and organizes services such asinter-library loans and document delivery.

The Department Digitale Bibliothek (DB) – Digital Library – operates and develops the SUB Göttingen's digital services. It is responsible for both ongoing operations and the production of digital content. Some tasks are carried out in cooperation with partners such as the GWDG, the IT departments of the University and University Medical Center Göttingen and the GBV-Verbundzentrale. The main users are the departments of the SUB, university staff and students as well as institutions on the Göttingen Campus.

The Department Forschung und Entwicklung (FE) –Research and Development – develops digital research infrastructures for scientific data and services and researches aspects of research data management.

  • Unit Digital Humanities

  • Unit Research Data 

  • Unit Research Infrastructures 

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  • Subjects

The Department Informationsversorgung (IV) – Information Provision – provides access to printed and digital media. It procures and licenses content, manages holdings, organizes access to electronic resources and provides support for open access and publication services.

The Department Spezialsammlungen und Bestandserhaltung (SP) – Special Collections and Conservation – is responsible for the acquisition, cataloging and preservation of historical holdings and special collections of the SUB Göttingen.

The Department Publikations- und Datendienste (PD) – Publication and Data Services –supports researchers in publishing texts and data and promotes Open Access and Open Science. It operates the Göttingen University Press, a journal service, repositories for documents, theses and research data as well as platforms for digital editions. PD also develops metadata applications, networks knowledge resources worldwide and analyzes developments in scientific communication and the publication market on the basis of open data.