On January 11, 2016, the officer of the Chancellor of the Giant Mountains University(Karkonoska Państwowa Szkoła Wyższa, Jelenia Góra) Ms. Kamila Biniek and Mr. Kazimierz Stapór, Director of the Library, visited the University Library in Zittau. Dr. Falk Maiwald, Mr. Ralf Schwarzbach and Mr. Kazimierz Jarema, as well as Ms. Cornelia Müller, our university librarian, took part on behalf of our University Library. The process of mutual exchange of experience and cooperation initiated in previous years was thus continued.
Dr. Maiwald, Director of the Centre for Communication and Information, first made it clear that a solid foundation for cooperation is important for the Zittau/Görlitz University Library and acknowledged the recent degree of a Letter of Intent on strategic cooperation between the two academic libraries.
The meeting then focused on discussing possible project content for the submission of a funding application. The work packages proposed by the Polish side correspond to the guidelines for the promotion of cooperation between the Free State of Saxony and the Republic of Poland. In the constructive discussion, both sides discussed the contents of the packages and reflected on them with questions of mutual benefit and feasibility.
As a result, both sides confirmed the further development of the idea of a joint EU funding project. It was also agreed to take advantage of opportunities to submit small project proposals from both University Libraries. The mutual exchange of experience will play a central role in this.
Contact:
Ralf Schwarzbach
Head Librarian