Stadtbibliothek Schaffhausen

LC control no.	nr 96035281
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Stadtbibliothek Schaffhausen *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Schaffhausen (Switzerland). Stadtbibliothek Bibliotheken Schaffhausen Bibliothèque municipale de Schaffhouse Town Library (Schaffhausen, Switzerland)
Beginning date	18
Associated country	Switzerland
Associated place	Schaffhausen (Switzerland : Canton)
Located	Schaffhausen (Switzerland)
Address	Münsterplatz 1 Schaffhausen Switzerland 8200 bibliothek@stsh.ch
Field of activity	Learning and scholarship Research Library resources Public services (Libraries)
Found in	Katalog der illuminierten Handschriften des 11. und 12. Jahrhunderts aus dem Benediktinerkloster Allerheiligen ... 1994: t.p. (Stadtbibliothek Schaffhausen) Handbuch der Bibliotheken, 1993: p. 444 (Stadtbibliothek, 19 Münsterpl. 1, Schaffhausen) Bibliotheken Schaffhausen website, 21 May 2018: main page (Stadtbibliotek; Bibliotheken Schaffhausen; Stadt Schaffhausen; Münsterplatz 1, 8200 Schaffhausen; E-mail: bibliothek@stsh.ch; also Bibliothek Agnesenschütte, Schwesterngasse 1, 8200 Schaffhausen) Kontakt (Bibliothek am Münsterplatz; Bibliothek Agnesenschütte) <http://www.bibliotheken-schaffhausen.ch> Picard, Jean-Michel. Adomnán's Vita Columbae and the cult of Colum Cille in continental Europe, 1998: page 4 (the Town Library at Schaffhausen) Wikipedia, die freie Enzyklopädie, 21 May 2018 (Stadtbibliothek Schaffhausen; study and educational library that looks after world-class scholarly permanent collection; because the Kanton Schaffhausen does not have its own library, the Stadtbibliothek in practice takes on the work of a cantonal library; collects literature on local and regional history, although is not supported by legal deposit like most cantonal libraries; double function divided between two libraries in different locations: (1) Bibliothek am Münsterplatz, with historical collectons, manuscripts, incunabula, specialized scholarly literature, Schaffhausen heritage (Scaphusiana), and the Ministerialbibliothek; storage library, closed stacks; (2) Freihandbibliothek Agnesenschütte, modern public library with open stacks, for popular science and entertainment literature, books for children and youth, and audiovisual media; roots in the library and scriptorium of the Benedictine monastery; Ministerialbibliothek first referred to in 1547; in 1636, some citizens of Schaffhausen founded their own library; in the early 19th century, the citizen library (Bürgerbibliothek) passed into the possession of the city, received a new legal foundation, and from then was officially called Stadtbibliothek; setled in the Münsterplatz location in 1923; in 1986, the two partial libraries were created, spatially separate but jointly administered) Wikipédia, l'encyclopedie libre, 21 May 2018 (Bibliothèque municipale de Schaffhouse; 2 libraries: bibliothèque municipale au Münsterplatz, bibliothèque en libre accès Agnesenschütte)
Associated language	ger