This competence network consists of three bodies: the General Assembly, the Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees. The Berlin office of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek supports the bodies of the competence network and is responsible for the operational business.
The General Assembly
The founding members of the competence network were nominated by mutual agreement between the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs, the Municipal Top Associations and the Federal Government and appointed by the Board of Trustees. In principle, further members can and should be included in the competence network.
The decision on the admission of new members is made by the Board of Trustees of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.
The General Assembly currently includes:
- Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Bavarian State Library)
- Bibliotheksservicezentrum Baden-Württemberg (Library Service Centre Baden-Württemberg)
- Bremer Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (Bremen State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments)
- Bundesarchiv (Federal Archive)
- Deutsches Dokumentationszentrum für Kunstgeschichte - Bildarchiv Foto Marburg / Philipps-Universität Marburg (German Documentation Center for Art History - Picture Archive Photo Marburg/ Philipps University of Marburg)
- Deutsches Filminstitut (German Film Institute)
- Deutsches Museum (German Museum)
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (German National Library)
- digiCULT-Verbund eG
- Digitales Kunst- und Kulturarchiv Düsseldorf (d:kult) / Kulturamt der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf (Digital Art and Culture Archive Düsseldorf)
- FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure
- Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (State Archives of Baden-Württemberg)
- LWL-Archivamt für Westfalen (Archive of Westphalia)
- Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science)
- Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Museum of Natural History Berlin)
- Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen,(Lower Saxony State and University Library Göttingen), here the Göttingen Digitization Center (GDZ)
- Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (Saxon State and University Library in Dresden)
- Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz(Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors represents the Competence Network and the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek to the outside world and consists of up to three persons and their deputies.
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hermann Parzinger (also Spokesman of the Board), President of Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
- Dr. Klaus Ceynowa, Director General of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Prof. Dr. Gerald Maier, President of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg
- Gero Dimter, Vice President of Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Deputy Board Member and Deputy Spokesman of the Board)
- Dr. Dorothea Sommer, Deputy Director General of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Deputy Board Member)
- Carmen Kschonsek, Deputy President of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (Deputy Board Member)
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees supervises the competence network. The Board of Trustees of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek consists of four members nominated by the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the States and the Federal Government. The Federal Association of Municipal Top Associations sends a representative of the German City Congress.
Members of the Board of Trustees are:
- Dr. Angela Göllnitz, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
- Markus Franke, Saxon State Ministry of Science, Culture and Tourism
- Dr. Justus Lentsch, Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
- Dr. Jan-Ole Püschel, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
- Dr. Udo Schäfer, Director of the State Archives of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- Sören Bergner, Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community
- Christina Stausberg, German City Congress
- Dr. Malte Welschoff, Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- Dr. Ronald Werner, Saxon State Ministry of Science, Culture and Tourism
Administrative office
The administrative office of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek Competence Network is set up at the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin.
Administrative Office Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Zimmerstraße 27
10969 Berlin
Manager Dr. Julia Spohr
Tel./ Fax: +49 30 266-411432
E-Mail: j.spohr [at] hv.spk-berlin.de (j[dot]spohr[at]hv[dot]spk-berlin[dot]de)