In the year 2030, Chemnitz University Library has turned into a “5D-Library”

Why we are a „5D-Library in the year 2030? Because:

• digital collections and services will become more and more important to its users,
• it wants to make use of the opportunities and chances of digitization,
• increasingly complex demands and the effective use of resources require a wide-spread network of strong partners,
• the importance of internationalization with regard to globalization and digitization could hardly be over-estimated and Chemnitz as “European Capital of Culture” 2025 offers outstanding conditions for further enhancement in this respect,
• it would like to make use of the new digital opportunities also for the conservation of the cultural heritage in the way of long-term-archiving, particularly of unique publications and documents,
• it would like to engage as “green library” in ecological sustainability and achieve a role model effect on this field,
• it would like to be attentive with the humans working for and making use of her,
• it would like to be aware of the increasing individualization, differentiation and diversification of the society,
• it would like to stay to be a key player within the development and design of the “knowledge society of tomorrow”
• and to go on even more intensively to engage for the “openness of science” and the “freedom of science” within a free and democratic order.

The way to achieve to be a “5D-Library” in the year 2030

The „5D's“ will be processed autonomously as thematic fields by respectively responsible groups of library staff members who report their results to the other groups within periodic plenaries. Those results will then be assessed on their compliance with the Library strategy and further steps jointly determined. At mid-term of the period, an interim assessment of the state of implementation will take place.

The five thematic fields in detail

Roadmap