Knowledge Collections: University collections as researchand teachingresources

Series of lectures on the ‘Networking University Collections’ project organised by the Institute of Material Culture, the Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences and the Library and Information System at the University of Oldenburg

Summer semester 2018

10 April 2018
Dr Cornelia Weber – Coordination Office for Academic University Collections in Germany, Berlin
Making knowledge resources accessible: On the potential of university collections in research, teaching and education

24 April 2018
Dr Oliver Schönbeck and Paul Haas – Library and Information System, CvO University
Describing – Preserving – Providing. Library collection development and the holdings of the University Library

8 May 2018
Dr Bernhard von Hagen and Dr Maria Will – Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, CvO University
Collection Concepts in the Botanical Garden and OLD Herbarium

22 May 2018
Dr Roswitha Muttenthaler – Vienna Technical Museum
Carmen, Pitralon and Supermax. Insights into the household technology collection at the Vienna Technical Museum

5 June 2018
Sarah Wagner, MA – Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
Collection digitisation using the example of ‘Objekte im Netz’, a joint project between the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Germanisches Nationalmuseum

19 June 2018
Prof. Dr Karen Ellwanger with colleagues – Institute of Material Culture, CvO University
The potential of the ‘Textile Everyday Culture’ collection in teaching – approaches and formats for outreach

3 July 2018 Evening event at the Botanical Garden, 6–9 pm
Brigitte Heck, M.A. – Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe
Participatory strategies for collection development, using the exhibition ‘Leben 20.15 – Memories of Today’ as an example

17 July 2018
Carolin Krämer MA – Institute of Material Culture, University of Oldenburg
Collections of the University of Oldenburg – Initial findings from the ‘Networking University Collections’ project