About Walter Schürmeyer
Lived 1889 – 1976 (aged 86–87). Walter Schürmeyer was a German librarian.
Walter Schürmeyer (1889–1976) was a German librarian who spearheaded the usage of microfilms for materials in libraries. He served as Library Director at the Bibliothek für Kunst und Technik ("Library of Arts and Technology"), in Frankfurt.
Works “Aufgaben und Methoden der Dokumentation”, in: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen 52 (1935), S. 533–543. (31. Versammlung deutscher Bibliothekare, Tübingen 1935) Holzschnitt und Linolschnitt. 9th edition. Ravensburg: Maier, 1973.
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Who was Walter Schürmeyer?
librarian (1889–1976)
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Walter Schürmeyer was born in 1889 in German Empire.
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Walter Schürmeyer died in 1976 in West Germany.
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Walter Schürmeyer was a librarian.
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Walter Schürmeyer was German.
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