Frank Scholze (born March 6, 1968) is a German librarian. Since January 2020 he serves as the Director General of the

German National Library The German National Library (DNB; german: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) is the central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany. It is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its task is to colle ...

Education and career

Scholze studied library and information science at the

Stuttgart Media University The Stuttgart Media University or Media University (german: ''Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart'' or ''Hochschule der Medien'', italic=unset) is a state university of media studies in Stuttgart, Germany. It was formed in 2001 by the union of the ...

, as well as art history and English literature at the

University of Stuttgart The University of Stuttgart (german: Universität Stuttgart) is a leading research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany wit ...

. He started his professional career at the University of Stuttgart Library where he worked as project manager in various projects on digital libraries. Later he also worked there as a subject specialist and Head of the Public Services Department. After serving for two years at the Ministry of Science research and The Arts Baden-Württemberg he was appointed Librarian of the

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; german: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public research university in Karlsruhe, Germany. The institute is a national research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 w ...

(KIT) in January 2010. In 2016 he was elected to the Board of the German Library Association (dbv) and re-elected for a second term of office in 2019. In April 2019 the State Minister for Culture and Media announced that Scholze will succeed

Elisabeth Niggemann Elisabeth Niggemann (born April 2, 1954) is a German librarian specializing in the digitization of cultural heritage resources. From 1999 to 2019, she served as the Director General of the German National Library. Education and career Elisabeth ...

as Director General of the German National Library in January 2020. Scholze is one of the editors of ''Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie''.

Awards

* 2008: German Library Hi Tech Award von Emerald * 2017: Oberly Award der Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)

References

1968 births Living people German librarians University of Stuttgart alumni {{Improve categories, date=August 2020