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    Onleihe: The Pocket Library

    (13 September 2012) Libraries are great, but when you need them they are often closed – or too far away. This is not true for Onleihe (an artificial word that literally translates as OnLoan). Onleihe is a digital library that can be accessed almost any time and anywhere, a feature greatly appreciated by Erdem Üngür and Nurittin Yildiran. By Anna EsserMore ...
    Heilbronn mobile library; © Stadtbibliothek Heilbronn

    Books on Wheels: Mobile Libraries

    More than 100 buses and lorries can be seen chugging around suburbs and rural areas throughout Germany, bringing library services to people living far away from the nearest city or local library.More ...
    Kinder sollen für das Lesen begeistert werden; © Stiftung Lesen

    Helping Children Discover the Fascination of Reading: Promoting Reading

    As a current study shows: picking up a book to read for pleasure is not a matter of course for everyone. In many cases, children are not encouraged to read in the home. There is thus an urgent need to promote reading in children. Numerous projects all over Germany have set themselves the task of helping children become keen readers.More ...