Elisabeth Niggemann
- January 5, 2024
- Librarian
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Elisabeth Niggemann |
| Occupation | Librarian |
| Date Of Birth | Apr 2, 1954(1954-04-02) |
| Age | 70 |
| Birthplace | Dortmund |
| Country | Germany |
| Birth City | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Horoscope | Aries |
Elisabeth Niggemann Biography
| Name | Elisabeth Niggemann |
| Birthday | Apr 2 |
| Birth Year | 1954 |
| Place Of Birth | Dortmund |
| Home Town | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Birth Country | Germany |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
Elisabeth Niggemann is one of the most popular and richest Librarian who was born on April 2, 1954 in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Elisabeth Niggemann was born in Dortmund on the 2nd of April 1954. She was a student at the college of biology and English as well as obtaining the Ph.D. in Biology from Ruhr University Bochum.
In the year 2010, Niggemann was a part of the Comite des Sages, the European Union’s high-level reflection committee that examines digitization process of Europe’s heritage. She was the chairperson of the Conference of European National Librarians the European Union’s network of national libraries between 2005 and 2011.
In March 2018, Niggeman was awarded Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.
Niggemann became the Director General of the German National Library in 1999. In 2019 she announced her retirement, with Frank Scholze taking her place as Director General as of January 1, 2020.
She was the inaugural chairman of the Europeana Foundation, from 2007 until 2011, contributing to establish and strengthen the online platform to preserve cultural heritage. She was reelected chair in September 2017 as well as leading the Board of the Foundation to ensure the long-term sustainability of Europeana.
Elisabeth Niggemann Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Librarian |
| House | Living in own house. |
Elisabeth Niggemann is one of the richest Librarian from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Elisabeth Niggemann 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Elisabeth Niggemann (born April 2 1954) is an German librarian who specializes in digitization and preservation of heritage cultural assets. From 1999 until 2019, she was the Director General for the German National Library.
Niggemann began her career as a librarian in 1987 in her first library, the German National Library of Medicine as the head of the department of acquisitions. In 1989, she was appointed the head of cataloguing and subjects indexing for the University and State Library at Heinrich Heine Universität Dusseldorf and in 1994, she was appointed director of the library. From 1990 to 1995 , she taught the fields of information and library sciences as a professor at Heinrich Heine University.
Niggemann is one of the editors of Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie. She has also written or co-written a number of reports on cultural heritage strategies, including The New Renaissance (2011) and Fachinformationsdienste statt Sondersammelgebiete (2014).
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