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Ministers from Hesse und Baden-Württemberg discuss the unique project - Invitation to press conference on 23 March 2012
Press Release
Heidelberg, 13 March 2012
Lorsch Monastic Library Holdings Being Compiled into Virtual Library
Ministers from Hesse und Baden-Württemberg discuss the unique project
The unique holdings from the medieval library at the Abbey of Lorsch, now scattered around the world, are being re-compiled into a virtual library. In cooperation with the Administration of State Houses and Gardens in Hesse Heidelberg University Library has been working since March of 2010 to publish all the Lorsch manuscripts and manuscript fragments online. A press conference on the “Bibliotheca Laureshamensis – digital“ project, which is being funded by the State of Hesse and continues through the end of 2013, will be held on March 23 with Eva Kühne-Hörmann, Hessian Minister of Higher Education, Research and the Arts, and her counterpart from Baden-Württemberg, Theresia Bauer, Minister of Science, Research and the Arts, as well as representatives of the institutions involved.
The press conference will be held on:
Friday, 23 March 2012, 11 am
Heidelberg University Library, Plöck 107-109
Manuscript Reading Room (ground floor, east wing)
Speakers include:
Theresia Bauer, Minister of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
Eva Kühne-Hörmann, Hessian Minister of Higher Education, Research and the Arts
Prof. Dr. Thomas Rausch, Vice Rector for Research and Structure at Heidelberg University
Karl Weber, Director of the Administration of State Houses and Gardens in Hesse
Dr. Veit Probst, Director of Heidelberg University Library
Registration for the press conference:
To participate in the press conference, we request that media representatives
register by 21 March 2012 with
Heidelberg University Library, Dr. Sabine Gehrlein
Phone +49 6221 54-2581, gehrlein@ub.uni-heidelberg.de
Contact:
Heidelberg University
Communications and Marketing
Press Office, phone +49 06221 54-2311
presse@rektorat.uni-heidelberg.de
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