Ingrid BUSSMANN has served as director of the Stuttgart Public City Library, Germany since 2001; and is involved in the planning of the new Library 21 central library in Stuttgart. From 1991 to 2001, she served as deputy director of the Stuttgart Public Library, and prior to this post was a consultant for libraries at the National Unit for Public Librarianship, Reutlingen. Since 1995, she has been involved in several European projects and was the project coordinator of CHILIAS, the first project to create a Web forum for children. Ms. Bussmann is a member of several professional organizations and author of many professional articles in German and European magazines with a focus on the role of libraries for culture and education, especially in lifelong learning.