Background
Niggeman, Elisabeth was born on April 2, 1954 in Dortmund, Germany.
Niggeman, Elisabeth was born on April 2, 1954 in Dortmund, Germany.
Diploma in biology, Ruhr University, Bochum, 1978. Diploma in English, Ruhr University, Bochum, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Ruhr University, Bochum, 1982.
Head acquisition department German Central Library. for Medicine, Cologne, 1987-1989. Head cataloguing and subject indexing department, subject special University and State Library. of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, 1989-1994, director, 1994-1999. Director general The National Library Germany, Frankfurt, since 1999.
Chair union conference of university library center of North Rhine Westfalia, Cologne, 1995-1999, member library committee Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, since 1998. Initiator book sponsorship campaign, North Rhine Westfalia. Board trustees Online Library.
Computer Center, since 2005.
Member Conference European National Libraries, Conference Directors National Libraries, Library. Advisory Board Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz.