Connecting Estonia and Lower Saxony – A virtual journey through historical maps
On the occasion of the “Deutscher Frühling Estland 2020”, the three regional libraries of Lower Saxony – Landesbibliothek Oldenburg (LBO), Herzog August Bibliothek (HAB) und Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek – Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek (GWLB) – have curated this virtual exhibition while the Head Office of the GBV Common Library Network undertook its technical realisation.
exhibition concept and texts:
Christian Heitzmann (HAB), Johannes Mangei (HAB), Anne May (GWLB), Corinna Roeder (LBO), Björn Schreier (GWLB), Christoph Valentin (GWLB) and Matthias Wehry (GWLB)
translation: Timo Kirschberger
technical support:
Frank Dührkohp
Verbundzentrale des GBV (VZG)
Platz der Göttinger Sieben 1
37073 Göttingen
Tel.: +49(0)551/39-10405
Fax: +49(0)551/39-13980
E-Mail: frank.duehrkohp@gbv.de
digitizing maps:
Landesbibliothek Oldenburg, Herzog August Bibliothek und Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek – Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek
In 2019, the three regional libraries of Lower Saxony started to catalogue and digitize their maps in a joint project – supported by the state’s Ministry of Science and Culture – which is the first component of the distributed digital regional library initiative.