An international symposium behind bars: librarians from six countries came to Münster prison to discuss the limitations and future prospects of prison library work.More ...
WorldCat is the world’s largest library catalogue. This central database contains information about printed and digital publications in more than 470 languages. A portrait of an extraordinary research and cataloguing tool.More ...
B3Kat, the union catalogue of the Bavarian Library Network and the Cooperative Library Network Berlin-Brandenburg, contains descriptions of more than 23 million media and is available in the form of linked open data.More ...
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 ...
Active citizenship is becoming increasingly important in our ageing society. Libraries are also offering senior citizens a wide variety of opportunities to undertake voluntary work.More ...
Since 1991, Stiftung Lesen has awarded its “AusLese” prize in recognition of outstanding initiatives that promote reading. “AusLese 2011” prize-winners exhibit an enticing blend of wit and commitment.More ...
Five libraries and four schools in Oldenburg are taking systematic steps to improve reading skills and information literacy among pupils – accompanying them throughout their school careers.More ...
Hamburg’s University of Applied Sciences has conducted a “milieu study” of Bremen City Library users. It provides a valid basis for gearing the services and products the library offers more precisely.More ...
It has been obvious, at the very least since the first PISA study in 2000, that people who read have it easier in life. Stiftung Lesen develops projects aimed at promoting reading in our media-dominated culture.More ...
They are called “Reading Lilli” or “Antolin”. Behind these names are web-based reading promotion programmes. Children are motivated to browse and to learn to deal with the computer.More ...
The need for search engines that actually help in finding what is sought has grown with the rapid development of the Internet. Semantic search engines are meant to do precisely that.More ...
The German Internet Library is a service offered by over fifty libraries that is intended to be of assistance in the search for reliable information.More ...
Librarians will now enjoy faster access to learning aids for migrants in their mother tongue, information about life in Germany and foreign-language literature thanks to a new intercultural web portal launched by the German Library Association (Deutscher Bibliotheksverband).More ...
Harald Lode has been retired since 2002. Since then the former librarian has been on assignments abroad on many occasions to pass on his experiences.More ...
More and more public libraries are offering their users the possibility of borrowing digital media by downloading. One of the pioneers in this field was the Würzburg public library. In the following interview Director Dr. Hannelore Vogt tells us of her first impressions.More ...
Libraries are providing a vast range of services in response to the cultural diversity which characterises German society. They are increasingly regarding themselves as places of integration.More ...
