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The German National Library of Economics ((ドイツ語:Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften)), abbreviated ZBW, is the world's largest library for economics.〔(DataCite ) retrieved 28-May-2012〕〔Dagmar Giersberg: ''Wherever the User Is – The ZBW.'' (Munich: Goethe-Institut, 2011) (online ) retrieved 28-May-2012〕 It also bears the suffix "Leibniz Information Centre for Economics" and is part of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community (WGL). The headquarters of the ZBW is in Kiel, Germany with additional offices in Hamburg.〔German National Library of Economics: (Facts and Figures ) retrieved 24-June-2015〕 The ZBW is jointly funded by the German Federal Government and States of Germany. Its mission is to procure, index, archive and provide literature on economics and business fields to researchers and the general public. It is a depositary library of the World Trade Organization and maintains a European Union Documentation Centre at both locations.〔''Innovations Report'': The German National Library Economics (online summary ) retrieved 02-Jun-2012〕 It also collects all official publications of the United Nations, OECD, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.〔German National Library of Economics: (Collection Criteria ) retrieved 24-June-2015〕 The ZBW is headed by Klaus Tochtermann. ==History== The ZBW has its roots in a library established in 1919 at the "Royal Institute for Maritime Traffic and World Economy" ((ドイツ語:Königliches Institut für Seeverkehr und Weltwirtschaft)), which later became the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The institute’s founder, Bernhard Harms, intended for the library to contribute to research in economic geography, trade politics, colonial economics and transport policy. By 1924, the collection had already reached 70,000 volumes.〔German National Library of Economics: (History ) retrieved 28-May-2012〕 After the Nazi Seizure of Power in 1933, "Jewish" and social democratic workers were expelled from the Institute under the "Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service." The National Socialist regime did permit the library to keep its collections and even continue the procurement of foreign literature.〔Ash Working Group: ''Antifaschistische Stadtführungen: Kiel 1933-1945. Stations in the History of National Socialism in Kiel.'' Kiel 1998, p. 38f〕 Unlike many libraries during World War II, it did not suffer any losses thanks to the books being moved to safety into the Cathedral of Ratzeburg. As a result, in postwar-torn Germany it had a uniquely comprehensive and valuable collection. In 1966 the German Research Foundation (DFG) designated the ZBW as the central library for economics in the Federal Republic of Germany. Since 1980 it has been a member of the Leibniz Association.〔 In 2007 the library of the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA) merged with the ZBW, creating the largest economics library and information provider in the world.〔''Weltweit größte Zentralbibliothek jetzt noch größer. Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften integriert die Bibliothek des Hamburgischen-Welt-Wirtschafts-Archivs'', in: Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie, 54, 2007, 3, p. 143 〕 At the same time, the ZBW was incorporated as a foundation under public law independent of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Since then, the ZBW is additionally known as the "Leibniz Information Centre for Economics".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「German National Library of Economics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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