Tasks:

• Head of the department
• Coordinating the work and assignments of the department, such as:
  
  • library and new media
  • information acquisition and dissemination
  • provision of specialized information
  • publications and journals of the JKI
  • internet
  • intranet
  • chairmanship in working groups and expert talks

Memberships and board:

• Deutsche Phytomedizinische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPG) - Communications committee
• American Phytopathological Society (APS)
• Representative of the Senate of Federal Research Institute for library matters
• Steering commitee VITIS-VEA
• European Association of Science Editors
• Bundesverband der Hochschulabsolventen / Ingenieure Gartenbau und Landschaftsarchitektur e.V. (BHGL)
• Gesellschaft für Bibliothekswesen und Dokumentation des Landbaues (GBDL)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Informationswissenschaft und Informationspraxis e.V. (DGI)

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut