Specialised Information Service for Finno-Ugric / Uralic Languages, Literatures and Cultures

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Wolfram Horstmann
• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages ; Individual Linguistics, Historical Linguistics ; Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology ; European and American Literary and Cultural Studies ; Early Modern History ; Modern and Contemporary History
• Term: from 2017 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 325536697

Due to its exceptional position in the language continuum the subject community for the research of Finno-Ugric / Uralic languages, literatures and cultures has been developed which has formed very specific demands to information and literature supply.The geographical spread of this language family from Finland to Hungary and Siberia does not allow an attribution to other regional Specialised Information Services.Therefore a concept was prepared in close cooperation with the subject community which will focus on acquisition and licensing of highly specialized literature in original languages and provide it beyond local facilities.

• DFG Programme: Acquisition and Provision (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)
• Co-Investigator: Christine Bethge