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Adelheid Madden

Adjunct Professor in the Department of German Studies
German Studies
Box 90195, Durham, NC 27708-0195
232 Bostock Library, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours By appointment

  

Service to the Profession


Chair - German-North American Resources Partnership (GNARP) · 2020 - 2022 Committee Service Center for Research Libraries (CRL),
Chair - European Studies Section · 2019 - 2020 Committee Service Association for College and Research Libraries,
Co-Chair - New Directions for Libraries, Scholars, and Partnerships: an International Symposium · October 13, 2017 Event/Organization Administration Center for Research Libraires, German National Library

What challenges confront 21st- century research libraries in Europe and North America? How can libraries more deeply engage and support scholars throughout the full life cycle of learning, digital scholarship, and interdisciplinary research partnerships? How can libraries maintain excellence in both services and collections across a multiplicity of formats? How might regional or transnational institutional and professional alliances forge agile, sustainable collaborations to aid in this work?

These questions will be addressed at a Symposium, New Directions for Libraries, Scholars, and Partnerships, to take place on Friday, October 13, 2017, at the German National Library during the Frankfurt Book Fair. Anticipated session topics include: collections and collaboration; digital scholarship; the publishing revolution; new dimensions of service to scholars and students; and new strategies for services and partnerships.

Since France will be the Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2017, this is a unique opportunity for librarians and information professionals from France, Germany, North America and beyond to come together, share perspectives, and learn from leaders and colleagues. Symposium organizers are planning other activities in collaboration with local cultural institutions, universities, and libraries. In coordination with the Book Fair (October 11-15) there will be many additional events in Frankfurt celebrating France, French culture, and publishing.

The Symposium is sponsored by the Collaborative Initiative for French Language Collections (CIFNAL) and the German-North American Resources Partnership (GNARP), both working projects of the Center for Research Libraries (Chicago, USA), with support from the German National Library and other French, German, and international partners.

Member - IRC Europe Subcommittee · June 2017 - July 2019 Committee Service American Library Association,

Exchange Grant between the American Library Association (ALA) and the German library association Bibliothek & Information Deutschland (BID), establishing a collaboration between the two organizations through 2019.

Editor - Resources for College Libraries · 2017 Editorial Activities Proquest,

Resources for College Libraries (RCL) is the essential bibliography for four-year undergraduate institutions. It covers over 80,000 works across 61 curriculum-specific subject headings, offering a recommended core collection for all academic libraries.
RCL is the successor to Books for College Libraries, third edition (BCL3), and concentrates on the traditional liberal arts and sciences college curriculum. RCL’s carefully considered selections are works identified as most necessary for teaching undergraduates, including both print and electronic resources.essential for academic study.

Board - Laertes. A Press forLiterary Translation · 2016 Editorial Activities
Translator - Reference Review Europe · 2007 Editorial Activities Casalini Libri,

Service to Duke


Duke Libraries Copyright Consultant · 2017 Consulting Duke University Libraries,