Newsletter 06.2025
1. Social participation and accessibility: starting a new literature collection on classism
The glass shelf opposite from the university library service desk has been redone and now – as of June 2025 – literature on social participation and accessibility. This literature collection was compiled by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar diversity department as a part of its thematic focus on classism in 2025. You’re invited to read up on topics like social justice, education justice, social origins, solidarity, ableism, handicaps and chronic illnesses and to include them in your teaching, research and art. We’re looking forward to expand the collection together with you and welcome any suggestions for acquisition you may have. All books on the shelf may be viewed in the library, borrowed or reserved. E-books contained in the digital literature collection may be read online or downloaded.
2. Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten@Bauhaus: new AI related materials
The self study course »Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten@Bauhaus« now contains new materials on using AI in research, writing and citation. The course is directed at students and doctoral candidates of all subject areas and can be done at your own pace. Teaching staff also have the opportunity to integrate course materials into their lectures. Sign up in Moodle now!
3. »Der Bauingenieur: Die richtungweisende Zeitschrift im Bauingenieurwesen« - now available online
The journal »Der Bauingenieur« with current information and expert contributions from the field of civil engineering is now available online under a campus license and can be viewed from within the university network. The new campus license grants access not only to the digital edition of this significant journal, but also to the following e-journals:
»HLH Heizung, Lüftung, Klima«
»Wasserwirtschaft, Wassertechnik wwt: Praxismagazin für Trink- und Abwassermanagement«
»Technische Textilien: Innovation, Technik, Anwendung«
»Bausubstanz: Zeitschrift für nachhaltiges Bauen, Bauwerkserhaltung und Denkmalpflege«
4. Website: Publishing at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar website now features a new info page on university publishing services in the »research and art« section, gathering the many services and options for publishing at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar for the first time. The page features information on the library’s consultation and support services as well as services offered by the Bauhaus-Universitätsverlag and the LUCIA-Verlags. You’ll also find information on the affiliation guideline, on the special role persistent identifiers (PID) play, on publishing research data and on the currently under development university bibliography.
5. OA-supported book »Respiration Essays« on the Stiftung Buchkunst shortlist
The book »Respiration Essays« by Edith Kollath, graduate of the Fine ART Ph.D. program at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, was put on the Stiftung Buchkunst Shortlist in the research literature category.
The book was supported by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Open Access publication fund and was published as a thesis in Digitale Bibliothek Thüringen.
Every year, Stiftung Buchkunst awards the best designs of books published in Germany.
6. New university library website
We’ve been working hard on a new accessible website with a clearer structure and revised content and are happy to be able to present it. We’re planning to switch over on July 10th – please be patient if you can‘t reach our website, or can reach it only partly, that day. Our catalogue BibSearch will remain available throughout the day as will the carrel reservation system.
7. Ephemeral Encounters – Queer ephemera archive in the library
As part of Campus Pride Week and summaery 2025, the University Library presents the exhibition »Ephemeral Encounters«. This exhibition was developed in the seminar Queering Spaces under the direction of Carsten Saeger. Drawing on José Esteban Muñoz’s concept of Ephemera as Evidence, several works are displayed in transparent acrylic boxes and enter into a direct dialogue with the library’s collection. The exhibition brings together artistic contributions that make queer knowledge and personal experiences visible.
An exhibition leaflet is available at the entrance of the University Library. A guided tour of the exhibition with Carsten Saeger will take place on Friday, July 11, at 4 PM. Meeting point: Entrance of the University Library.
8. Exhibition Opening: Photographs of Artists‘ Books
»RE-PROCESS« is a visual approach to different forms of documentation. In what ways can photography offer a renewed perspective on publications that have already undergone a process of creation? What are the standards for documentation? Where do they originate? As we took on a haptic approach and getting to know the material in a different way our process was shaped by curiosity and intuition. Following all qualities present in the visual material, we created this reproduction collaboratively. The content refers to the special collection of artists‘ books at the library of the Bauhaus University in Weimar and were realsied during a course. The photographs were taken by three participants of the course.
Opening of the Exhibition: Wednesday, 9.7., 5pm, Steubenstr. 6, Upper foyer of the University Library (near BibLounge)
9. »Charlotte Sehmisch. Meisterin der Filzkunst« exhibition finissage
Until July 13th the current exhibition in the library honors the exceptional work of the artist Charlotte Sehmisch, an internationally renowned pioneer of innovitative felting techniquest, who died in 2024. We invite you to attend the finissage on Friday, July 11 at 5pm in the university library entrance area (lower floor).
Stefanie Röhl
Sachgebietsleiterin
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