European Sinological Libraries

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address	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Universitätsbibliothek/Zweigbibliothek Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften Luisenstr. 54/55 D-10117 Berlin
fax	+49 30/28485666
telephone	+49 30/28485691
e-mail	uta=freiburger@unibib.hu-berlin.de
foundation	ca. 1850
professor(s)	professor(s) Prof. Dr. Kaden (language, linguistics) Prof. Dr. Müller (Chinese literature) Prof. Dr. Reiter (pre-modern Chinese culture)
catalogue/library system	BIS-LOK
special focus	Local gazetteers (difangzhi); Daoist literature (daozang-editions); Dunhuang reprints (Tripitaka)
library staff	(for the whole department Asia and Africa): 4 full time librarians, 5 part- time assistants (40h/month)
computer equipment	6 PC workstations
internet/www	connected
others	projects: Studies in Daoist rituals (Dr. P. Andersen); Studies in Chinese encyclopaedias (leishu) (C. Koerbs); Cult and culture in regional history and its effects in contemporary China (Prof. Dr. Reiter), Gesellschaftliche und politische Bedingugen von Systemkrise und Systemwandel in der Volksrepublik China und der Republik China auf Taiwan (finished, Prof. Dr. Felber); Chinesische Deutschlandbilder. Deutschland in den Auffassungen chinesischer Intellektueller in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jh.s (finished, Prof. Dr. Felber)

address	Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst/Bibliothek Takustr. 40 D-14195 Berlin
fax	+49 30/8316384
telephone	+49 30/8301-1 or 030/8301-382(367)(394)
foundation	1906, total loss 1945, re-establiched 1950, unification East- and West- Berlin 1992
catalogue/library system	alphabatic and systematic card cataloguing, modified RAK
special focus	art, archaeology and crafts of China, Japan, Korea
library stuff	1 (10h/week): Yoko Hintz
computer equipment	no
internet/www	no

address	Landesspracheninstitut Nordrhein-Westfalen - Sinicum Stiepeler Str. 129 D-44801 Bochum
fax	+49 234/7094-119
telephone	+49 234/7094-119
e-mail	lsi@lsi.nrw.de
foundation	1980, since 1993 togethter with Japonicum, Arabicum, Russicum as LSI
professor(s)	director of LSI: Dr. Pleines, head of Sinicum: Dr. Frühauf
library holdings	10 000 titles (in part duplicates for classroom use); 320 journals, 3 daily newspapers, 31 periodicals
catalogue/library system	according to Preussische Instruktionen and Pinyin, computer cataloguing on allegro-C and RAK-WB (according to ISBD)
special focus	manuals and accompanying materials (cassettes, video-tapes, character flash-cards, etc.) of Modern Chinese languge (incl. some books on Cantonese, Hakka, Taiwnese); dictionaries; translations from and into German; „Landeskundliche Literatur" (such as guides to economy, law, social conditions, history manners and customs, tourist guides)
computer equipment	1 PC (together with Arabicum, Japonicum), with allegro-C, ET
internet/www	http://www.lsi-nrw.de/

address	Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bibliothek der Fakultät für Ostasienwissenschaften UB 4, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum
fax	(+49) 0234-32114584 (Dekanat)
telephone	(+49) 0234-3226188 (library); (+49) 0234-3228092 / (+49) 0234-3226092(offices)
e-mail	bib-oaw@ruhr-uni-bochum.de / or: Michael.Schuette@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
foundation	1965
professor(s)	Dr. Findeisen; Prof. Dr. Roetz; Prof. Dr. Klenner
library holdings	110.000 titles; 220 current journals; 3 newspapers; 220 periodicals (total)
catalogue/library system	since 1996 card cataloguing and computer cataloguing on Allegro-NW, RAK-WB, in Pinyin (ET, GB enc.)
special focus	Modern Chinese literature; Taiwan literature, philosophy, history and human rights, economy and politics in East Asia
library staff	Kira Rohde-Liebenau, Dipl.-Sinologin; Michael Schütte, M.A.
computer equipment	4 PCs for cataloguing and library work; 4 PCs for library users
internet/www	http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/bib-oaw/avanti/bs.html
others	Richard-Wilhelm-Übersetzungszentrum (T.C. Martin-Liao, M.A.) project since 1999: Taiwan Research Unit (Dr. Christina Neder

address	Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bibliothek Sinologie Institut für Außereuropäische Sprachen und Kulturen, Bismarckstr. 1, 91054 Erlangen
fax	+49 9131 85 26374
telephone	+49 9131 85 22449
e-mail	ajkeiper@phil.uni-erlangen.de
foundation	1960
professor(s)	Prof. Dr. Klaus Flessel (Traditional China), Prof. Dr. Michael Lackner (Modern China)
library holdings	35.000 vols; 150 periodicals (ca. 60 current)
catalogue/library system	Card catalogue (Wade-Giles); since 1993 allegro-C + ET (GB, pinyin)
special focus	Linguistics, history of modern China (since 1800), 20th-century Chinese literature, history of science and thought in China
library staff	1 librarian: Andrej Keiper, M.A.; 4 students
computer equipment	2 PCs for cataloguing and library work, 2 PCs for library users, 1 Linux server
internet/www	http://www.lssin.uni-erlangen.de/biblio.htm
others	The private collection of the sinologist Hans Steininger is now held in this library.

added: 31.8.2001

address	Seminar für Sprache und Kultur Chinas, Universität Hamburg Von-Melle-Park 6 D-20146 Hamburg
fax	+49 40/42838-3106
telephone	+49 40/42838-6782
e-mail	dzimmann@uni-hamburg.de
foundation	1909 as part of the German Colonial Institute, 1967 split into Sinology I (Language and Literature) and Sinology II (State and Society)
professor(s)	Prof. Dr. Friedrich (Sinology I) Prof. Dr. Stumpfeldt (Sinology II) Prof. Dr. Eberstein (present China studies)
library holdings	85 000 volumes (oldest established sinological library in Germany); 200 periodicals
catalogue/library system	alphabetical author and titles card catalogue; computer cataloguing planned: Pica for Western titles, for Chinese titles not yet decided. Access database catalogue (in progress).
special focus	Siku quanshu, congshu concerning Ming- ang Qing-history; difang zhi
library staff	1 full time librarian for Chinese titles (Mr. Weng-Onn Loke), 1 part-time librarian (19,5h/week) for Western titles, 2 students
computer equipment
internet/www	http://www.uni-hamburg.de/Wiss/FB/10/ChinaS/dsino/seminar/bib/

Name	Monumenta Serica
address	Arnold-Janssen-Str. 20, 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany
fax	49-2241-237486
telephone	49-2241-237431
e-mail	bibliothek@monumenta-serica.de
foundation	1934
Professor(s)	P. Prof. Dr. Roman Malek SVD (Director)
library holdings	ca. 76,000 vols. (Chinese, Japanese, Western langs.)
catalogue/library system	Harvard-Yenching
special focus	Chinese philosopy and religion; mission history
library staff / contact	Alek Stypa, Tel.: 49-2241-237431
internet/www	http://www.monumenta-serica.de

address	Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst der Stadt Köln Universitätsstr. 100 D-50674 Köln
fax	+49 221/407290
telephone	+49 221/94051826
foundation	1909 (Fischer collection: 1870)
library holdings	20 000 vol. (35% CJK), periodicals: 50 current
catalogue/library system	system card cataloguing + computer cataloguing since 1992 (allegro-C + ET), before 1992 only author catalogued
special focus	art catalogues, Chinese and Japanese painting, Chinese bronzes, Ukiyo-e, buddhist sculputre and painting, ceramics, jade; collection of pre-war periodicals
library staff	1 librarian (29h/week): Imke Mees
others	opening hours: mon-fri: 9-13, open access, no borrowing

address	Sinologisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg Akademiestr. 4-8 60117 Heidelberg
fax	+49 6221/547639
telephone	+49 6221/547634
e-mail	library@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de
foundation	1965
professor(s)	Prof. Dr. Wagner, Prof. Dr. Weigeing-Schwiedrzik, Prof. Dr. ter Haar
library holdings	120 000 vols.; 3000 periodical (468 current); 600 videos; several fulltext-databases (25 dynastic histories, 13 classics, Chinese Ancient Text Series, Mingru xuean etc.)
catalogue/library system	allegro-C + ET
special focus	history of Chinese newspapers (late 19th to early 20th cent.); social and cultural history of Shanghai; party history and historiography; modern Chinese music
library staff	2.5 librarians; ca. 12 students
computer equipment	4 Pcs for cataloguing and library work, 4 Pcs for library users, Unix-server for online-searches
internet/www	http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de

address	Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Seminar für Orientalistik, Sinologische Abteilung Leibnitzstr. 10 D-24118 Kiel
fax	+49 431/880-1598
telephone	+49 431/880-2249
e-mail	sino@sino.uni-kiel.de
foundation	1990
professor(s)	Prof. Dr. Linck
library holdings	11000 titles, 220 journals and newspapers (65 current journals)
catalogue/library system	allegro-c & ET (Gb encoded)
special focus	gender studies
library staff	Prof. Linck and Dr. Kurz: aquisition of books; 1.5 library clerks for Allegro cataloguing
computer equipment	5 Pcs for library use, connected by a Novell-Network (10 Pcs in all)
internet/www	http://www.uni-kiel.de/sino; access to catalogue:http://doc.ub.uni-kiel.de:8080/
others	EASL webpage

address	Moderne China-Studien, Ostasiatisches Seminar Universität Köln Albertus-Magnus-Platz D-50923 Köln
fax	+49 221/4705406
telephone	+49 221/4705405, 4705451
e-mail	amao rsl.rrz.uni-koeln.de
foundation	1989
professor(s)	Prof. Dr. Lutz Bieg (philosphy, 20. cent. literature) Prof. Dr. Robert Heusser (Law) Prof. Dr. Thomas Scharping (economy, politics, sociology)
library holdings	20 000 titles
catalogue/library system	Lidos-Hupo
special focus	economy, politics, population, law, 20. cent. literature
library staff	1 librarian: Dr. Li-yun Banck-Hsiehy, 8 students
computer equipment	5 PCs for cataloguing and library work, 1 PC for library users
internet/www	http://www.rrz.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/ostas/moderne/

address	Ostasiatisches Institut, Universität Leipzig, Schillerstr. 6 D-04109 Leipzig
fax	+49 341/9605187
telephone	+49 341/9737150
foundation	1878, closed 1968, reopened as Sinology 1990
professor(s)	Prof. Dr. Moritz (Chinese history, philosophy, new confucianism) Prof. Dr. von Franz (Modern China, language, environmental problems)
library holdings	12 000 titles
catalogue/library system	allegro-C + ET, only a limited number of titles catalogued so far
special focus	Siku quanshu, large number of western language titles from the 17. to 19. century
library staff	25h/week, students for cataloguing; the library is part of the University Library
computer equipment	1 computer
internet/www	http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~jps/sino/

address	Fachgebiet Sinologie, Fachbereich 11, Philipps-Universität Marburg Wilhelm-Röpke-Str. 6 E D-35032 Marburg
fax	+49 4621/28913
telephone	+49 4621/28913
e-mail	riemann@mailer.uni-marburg.de
foundation	1988
professor(s)	Prof. Dr. Monika Übelhör
catalogue/library system	computer cataloguing with allegro-C
special focus	late Qing and early republican political, social and cultural history; gender studies; education; Minguo congshu; material on the history of the co-operative movement i nChinaa
library staff	none
internet/www	connected

address	Institut für Ostasienkunde - Sinologie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München Kaulbachstr. 51a D-80539 München
fax	+49 89/342666
telephone	+49 89/2180-3674
e-mail	roland.winkler@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
foundation	1939
professor(s)	Prof. Dr. Roderich Ptak (economy, literature, South China) Prof. Dr. Klaas Ruitenbeek (archaeology, art)
library holdings	30 000 titles [70 000 volumes] (Western: 9000, Chinese: 15000, other languages: 3000, congshu: 150, periodicals 1000, - current 250)
catalogue/library system	computer cataloguing since 3 years with allegro-C + ET and adapted PC-MAB, Wade-Giles (titles also in Pinyin) 24 000 title entries, almost complete (except Korean)
special focus	South China (economy)
library staff	Roland Winkler, Hilde Heindl (both part time), 6 students each 8 hours per week
computer equipment	14 DOS Windows Workstations (8 for the library), 1 server (Novell 4.1)
internet/www	http://www.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/sin
others	cataloguing of articles of main western periodicals (HJAS, JAS, TP etc.): 5000 entries; congshu: Sibubeiyao, Huangqing jingjie et al.: 3000 entries

address	Institut für Sinologie und Ostasienkunde, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster Schlaunst. 2 D-48143 Münster
fax	+49-(0)251-8329827
telephone	+49-(0)251-8324574
e-mail	sino@uni-muenster.de
foundation	1957 as part of the Library of the Institute of East Asian Studies Studies within the Department of East Asian Studies by Bruno Lewin
professor(s)	Prof. Dr. Emmerich
library holdings	30.000 monographies and 100 periodicals
catalogue/library system	Allegro, RAK
special focus	Chinese literature, history, philosophy and archeology of the premodern period
library staff	beschor@uni-muenster.de; nagelm@uni-muenster.de
computer equipment	2 computers for cataloging and 2 computers for research
internet/www	the western titles and the periodicals are to be found via University library

last update: 26/2/2000

address	Seminar für Sinologie und Koreanistik der Universität Tübingen, Abteilung Sinologie, Bibliothek ad: Wilhelmstr. 133, 72074 Tübingen
fax	+49 7071 29 5733
telephone	+49 7071 29 72708
e-mail	thomas.gaiser@uni-tuebingen.de
foundation	1960
professor(s)	Prof. H.U. Vogel, Prof. H. Kogelschatz
library holdings	ca. 40.000 Titels
catalogue/library system	Allegro-C, custom-made configuration, similar to Heidelberg's and Munich's
special focus	Modern history, literature, social and economic history, philosophy
library staff	Prof. Kogelschatz, Thomas Gaiser
internet/www	http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/sinologie/

last update: 26/2/2000

address	Institut fuer Kulturwissenschaften Ost- und Südasiens, Sinologie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland D-97074 Würzburg
fax	+49 931/8884617
telephone	+49 931/8885569 (8885570)
e-mail	i-sinologie@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de
foundation	1965
professor(s)	Prof. Dr. Kuhn, Prof.Dr. Raimund Th. Kolb
library holdings	15 000 titles, 30 000 volumes; 272 periodicals (141 current); 47 congshu (Congshu jicheng jibian: alphabetical author and title card catalogue; Sibu beiyao: alphabetical author card catalogueZhongguo xueshu mingzhu: alphabetical author card
catalogue/library system	system thematical classification; alphabetical author and title Wade-Giles and Pinyin catalogue; until 1988 card catalogue, since then computer catalogue (LARS no Chinese characters, catalogue is complete with extensive subject headings)
special focus	archaeology, material culture, technology, Song-dynasty, premodern history, cultural history, religion library
library staff	3 , each 5-10h/week; students: 40h/week computer equipment
computer equipment	7 workstations, 2 exclusively for library use; word, winword, spring, tianma, twinbridge, lars
internet/www	http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/sinologie/
others	Song tombs (finished), silk production in Ming and Qing dynasty; catloguing of periodicals (author, titles, subject headings): Kaogu, Kaogu xuebao, Kaogu yu wenwu, Wenwu, Lishi yanjiu