Vibeke Ammundsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Danish librarian
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Place of Birth: Kerteminde, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
About Vibeke Ammundsen
- Ingrid Vibeke Ammundsen née Simonsen (1913–1988) was a Danish librarian who was active in the research library sector.
- From 1957, she headed Denmark's Technical Library (Danmarks Tekniske Bibliotek) where she introduced computerized search systems in the early 1960s.
- When the library moved to Lyngby in 1971 to serve the Technical University of Denmark, she broke new ground for research libraries by introducing open shelves for books and journals, allowing visitors direct access to the library's holdings.
- In the 1970s, she proposed and headed the DANDOK database system for scientific and technical information.
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