Studies/Professional Training

Studies of the subjects philosophy, German language and literature, history and educational science at the Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster
Doctorate in philosophy
Library traineeship for senior service at academic libraries of the German land of North Rhine-Westphalia

Previous Positions

Executive division and subject division for economic science at the University and Regional Library of Muenster
Head of DFG projects on cost management and balanced scorecard for academic libraries
Head of the Department "Integrated Media Processing" at the University and Regional Library of Muenster
Vice Director of the Lower Saxon Regional and University Library of Goettingen

Current Panel Activities

Member of the Committee for Library Management of the German Library Association
Member of the Steering Committee and the Working Group "Library index for academic libraries" (BIX) of the Bertelsmann Foundation
Member of the Steering Committee of the University Library Centre of North Rhine Westphalia for the further development of the German library statistics for academic libraries
Member of the Standing Committee of the Section of University Libraries & Other General Research Libraries of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

Publications
(selection)

Ceynowa, Klaus/Coners, André: Balanced Scorecard für Wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken. Frankfurt/M. 2002 (mit Software LIBRARY-AUDIT)
Ceynowa, Klaus/Coners, André: Kostenmanagement für Hochschulbibliotheken. Frankfurt/M. 1999 (mit Software LIBRARY-MANAGER). Engl. Ausgabe: Cost Management  for Academic Libraries. München 2003.
Ceynowa, Klaus: Von der „Dreigeteilten“ zur „Fraktalen“ Bibliothek. Benutzerzentrierte Bibliotheksarbeit im  Wandel: das Beispiel der Stadtbibliothek Paderborn. Würzburg 1994.

Numerous publications on the topic balanced scorecard and on cost management for academic libraries as well as on the development of the Lower Saxon Regional and University Library of Goettingen

Further publications on the topics: public library system, library management