ORKA (Digital Archive for the Historical Manuscript and Old Collection of the Kassel University Library/LMB)

Digital provision and archiving of the historical manuscript, music and print holdings of the UB/LMB Kassel and some cooperation partners

Researchers, teaching staff and students at the University of Kassel; general public

Kassel University Library

ORKA offers access to digitized historical manuscripts, music, prints, newspapers, journals, bequests and image material from the holdings of the Kassel University Library/LMB and various cooperation partners (including the City of Kassel, Marburg University Library, Fürstlich Waldecksche Hofbibliothek and Brehm Stiftung Bad Arolsen Library, Korbach City Archive).

German Digital Library, Europeana

• Research and view digitized old holdings
• Download digitized material
• Metadata display

• A researcher uses ORKA to search for digital copies of manuscripts from the library's historical collection.
• An early music ensemble is looking for historical sheet music for a performance.

Internet access and current web browser

• Open to the public, no registration required: https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/
• Registration required to use the Citizen Science module (see FAQs on ORKA: https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/faq-zu-citizen-science/

No training courses are currently offered.

Use within the scope of the applicable copyrights

Notes on reproduction rights for individual works