Use of the BBF and its Online Services After the Cyber Attack
Update: 1.7.2024
Digital Archives, Online Platforms and Catalogs
As a result of a cyber attack, all BBF online services had to be relaunched. There are still minor functional limitations, but the data is available again. The permanent digital identifiers (URNs/DOIs) you have priviously saved or cited are already working again or will be working again shortly. Links from Wikipedia or from the German Digital Library (Deutschen Digitalen Bibliothek) to digital copies in our databases ScriptaPaedagogica and PicturaPaedagogica some times do not yet work again, due to technical problems with the resolving system. In these cases, please repeat the search directly in the corresponding databases.
Information about the individual digital services and any restrictions that may still exist:
- Archive Database
All general descriptions of archival holdings, including holdings that have not yet been indexed in detail, are searchable again in the Archive Database. In addition, about 90 fully indexed holdings and collections, including subunits, have been restored.
The digitized Prussian Elementary School Teachers' Index and the Personnel Records of the Teachers at Prussian Higher Schools are also fully available and can be called up directly from the database. In addition, you can access some digital finding aids on the open access repository PeDOCS and printed finding aids are available on site. Work is still underway to restore the database's enhanced functionality. - Library Catalog
The Library Catalog is fully functional, but a small numer of links to the digitized items in ScriptaPaedagogica or PicturaPaedagogica have yet to be updated. - bildungsgeschichte.de
The site is back online and fully functioning. - EditionenBildungsgeschichte
Our editions are fully available again. - InterlinkingPictura
The Wiki is fully functional except for the links to PicturaPaedagogica. As all pictures are directly available on the Wiki, these links will not be repaired. - PicturaPaedagogica
All approximately 130,000 digitized images are available online again, minor corrections or adjustments are still being made to the functionalities. - SchularchiveWiki
The Wiki is fully functional. - Staff Publication Database
The database is available again. - ScriptaPaedagogica
All digitized documents are available again, including the corresponding PDF files.
Not available
- Website of the project »MythErz - Educational Myths about the GDR«
The project website will not be restored to its original version, the archived content can be found in the web archive of the Wayback Machine at: https://web.archive.org/web/20220928150912/http://www.bildungsmythen-ddr.de/. You can also find information about the project on our website: Project information.
A new platform »Educational myths in the long history of the GDR« with research results of the network, many sources and a glossary was launched in June 2024.
On-site Use and Contact
We are open as usual. The BBF WLAN is available again, Eduroam unfortunately not yet. If you have any questions, please contact us.
We apologize for any inconveniences and kindly ask for your understanding.
Your BBF Team