Changing Societies need Innovative Libraries

Ms Barbara Lison, Director of Bremen Public Library, President of BID (Bibliothek Information Deutschland), the national umbrella organisation of the German library associations gives a lecture to the students of Information- and Library Sciences Sun Yat-sen-University, Guangzhou

• About the background of German Public Libraries
• The role of libraries for a civil society
• Elements of Change influencing the Libraries Work

Libraries face new social developments

Libraries face new target groups to attract

• What can Libraries do to meet these challenges?
• How can library associations support libraries to meet these challenges?