Studies/Professional Training

Studies of history, German language and literature and social studies at the University of Wuerzburg
Scholarship holder of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
State examination for grammar-school teachers
Doctorate Dr. phil.
Library traineeship for senior service at academic libraries at the University Library of Regensburg and the Bavarian School of Library and Information Science Munich

Previous Positions

Executive division and subject divisions in social sciences at the University Library of Bamberg
Head of the Department of Acquisition and Vice Director of the University Library of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Head of the Department of Acquisition of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Director of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek as Deputy Director General

Current Panel Activities

Chairman of the Directors' Conference of the Bavarian University Libraries
Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Libraries of Bavarian Universities of Applied Science
Chairman of the Conference of Regional State Libraries in Bavaria
Chairman of the Bavarian Committee on IT Planning
Member of the Committee for Academic Libraries and Information Systems of the German Research Foundation
Member of the Standardisation Committee
Member of the Advisory Board of the Deutsche Bibliothek
Member of the Advisory Board of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Member of the Steering Committee of the Competency Network for Libraries

Representative of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in the German alliance for the preservation of the written cultural heritage

Member of the Standing Committee of the Section on Acquisition and Collection Development of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

Publications
(selection)

Griebel, Rolf: Etatbedarf universitärer Bibliothekssysteme. Ein Modell zur Sicherung der Literatur- und Informationsversorgung an den Universitäten. Frankfurt/M. 2002.

Griebel, Rolf/Werner, Andreas/Hornei, Sigrid: Bestandsaufbau und Erwerbungspolitik in universitären Bibliothekssystemen. Versuch einer Standortbestimmung. Berlin 1994.

Numerous publications on the topics:
literature production, collection development and acquisition policy,
acquisition methodology and supplier policy, budgeting and budget allocation, budget situation of the academic libraries (1987-1999), literature and information supply, consortium policy, cost- and quality management, Bavarian Library Network

Editor of the professional journals BFB (Bibliotheksforum Bayern) and ÖBIB (Oeffentliche Bibliotheken n Bayern)

Co-editor of ZfBB (Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie)