The Goethe-Institut Library

In Hong Kong, there are three major non‐profit European cultural organizations pecializing in the fostering of international educational and cultural opportunities, namely, Te British Council, Alliance française, and the Goethe‐Institut. Amongst these three institutions, the Goethe‐Institut Hongkong is the most active organization in the promotion of knowledge and cultural exchange. Currently, there are totally 149 Goethe‐Institutes throughout the world. Founded in the early 1960s, the Goethe‐Institut Hongkong aims at promoting the German language and cultural as ell as academic cooperation with different partner organizations throughout the Pearl River Delta in South China. In addition to offering German language courses and organizing a great variety of cultural programmes, exhibitions, workshops, seminars, and conferences, the Goethe‐Institut Hongkong is also equipped with a small library, with the aim of meeting the German‐related information needs of the local users. Gabriele Sander is currently serving as the Head of Library and Information Service at the Goethe‐Institut in Hong Kong. In the following interview, Gabriele Sander discusses her joy of being a librarian who gets to travel around the world, as well as the challenges of her dual roles: being the Head of a small German‐language library and a cultural ambassador of Germany