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Library

Innenansicht einer modernen Bibliothek mit mehreren Regalreihen voller Bücher im Vordergrund. Links im Bild befinden sich Zeitschriftenständer mit Broschüren. Im Hintergrund stehen Schreibtische mit Bürostühlen vor großen Fenstern mit heruntergelassenen Jalousien. Die Atmosphäre wirkt ruhig und gut strukturiert.

The ARL headquarters in Hannover maintains a specialised library, which today contains over 9,000 media units from spatial science subject areas and their peripheral areas.

Here, both in-house academic staff and external visitors (including those from the ARL network) are offered advisory services and literature searches. 

The ARL Library has been a member of the Gemeinsamer Bibliotheksverbund (GBV) since 2015. Interested members of the public can access the library's holdings via its own online catalogue (ARL-OPAC), which is part of the Gemeinsamer Verbundkatalog (GVK). 

The collection development of our specialised library is oriented towards the ARL's four research fields.

  • Society and Economy in Transformation
  • Climate and Natural Resources
  • Theories and Practice of Spatial Planning
  • Reflection on Spatial Research and Development

A particular focus is placed on the following sub-collections: 

  • ARL publications
  • Collection focus on planning literature of the federal states
  • Collection focus on "Gender & Planning"
  • Spatial and planning science journals 

The library can be used by prior arrangement. However, the collection is not available for loan. 

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