Birgit Böhme, born 1963, studied at the library school in Leipzig
from 1986 to 1989. After working as a librarian at the Bertolt-Brecht-Bibliothek,
Berlin (1989-91) and the Phillip-Schaeffer-Bibliothek, Berlin (1991-95),
she moved to the Berlin Central Library in 1995, where she is now managing
new media projects.