Library and information sciences / Museology

Marie-Theres Albert, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus; Birgitta Ringbeck, Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin.

Dieses kleine Buch liefert historisch belegte Fakten ungewöhnlicher Maßnahmen und raffinierter Ideen aus der langen Leidensgeschichte der Steuern und Abgaben, die Schlaglichter auch auf heutige Eigenwilligkeiten und empfundene Absurditäten der Steuergesetzgebung werfen. Die kurzen, leicht lesbaren Texte und ihr unterhaltsamer Charakter eignen sich perfekt, um sie als kleine Geschichten im Büro, in Reden oder in persönlichen Gesprächen aufzugreifen. Die übersichtliche, alphabetisch sortierte u

This book will contemplate the nature of our participatory digital media culture, the diversity of actors involved, and how the role of the news librarian has evolved—from information gatekeeper to knowledge networker, collaborating and facilitating content creation with print and broadcast media professionals. It will explore how information professionals assist in the newsroom, drawing on the author's experiential knowledge as an embedded research librarian in the media industry. The past d

Klaus Gantert, Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung und Rechtspflege in Bayern, München.

This book examines the development of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) in China through the angle of Chinese Theatre, xiqu. It focuses on the political and socio-economic transition period at the turn of the 21^st century, as China evolves from ‘Made in China’ to ‘Created in China’, highlighting associated class reconstruction and cultural production and consumption. There are many forms of Chinese Theatre, the most popular one throughout Chinese history to da

Curating empire explores the diverse roles played by museums and their curators in moulding and representing the British imperial experience. This collection demonstrates how individuals, their curatorial practices, and intellectual and political agendas influenced the development of a variety of museums across the globe. Taken together, these contributions suggest that museums are not just sites for accessing history but need to be considered as historical sites of significance in them

Paul Vickers is manager of the Department for Interdisciplinary and Multiscalar Area Studies (DIMAS) and the Leibniz ScienceCampus Europe and America at the University of Regensburg. His book, Making Popular Memory in Communist Poland, is forthcoming.