Alfred Löckle

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Emil Alfred Löckle (born June 12, 1878 in Böblingen ; † May 10, 1943 in Munich ) was a German librarian .

Youth and studies in Württemberg

After attending the Evangelical Seminars in Schöntal and Bad Urach and graduating from high school in 1896, Alfred Löckle did a year of military service. He then studied philosophy and philology as a scholarship holder at the Protestant theological monastery in Tübingen with the aim of becoming a theologian or pedagogue.

In 1900 he changed his subject and began studying German history and geography in Munich. Two years later he received his doctorate in Tübingen with the thesis "Contributions to the history of Konrad von Weinsberg ".

First professional experience in Berlin, Posen, Rostock and Ulm

He began his professional career as an educator in the family of the Imperial Stable Master Count Ernst August von Wedel in Berlin. In 1903 he became a research assistant at the state Kaiser Wilhelm Library in Posen (Polish: Poznań), in 1905 he became second librarian at the University Library in Rostock and in 1907 initially assistant librarian and from 1908 head of the city library and the city archive in Ulm. During his tenure, he introduced a typewritten card catalog. As director of the city archives, he began in 1912 with a collection of coats of arms and the establishment of a special collection of autographs. The latter comprised around 350 documents. Today it is continued together with the older “Georg Veesenmeyer” collection as “New Order”.

Director of the city library in Elberfeld

In 1913 he became director of the city ​​library in Elberfeld and honorary director of the local adult education center . The Elberfeld City Library was one of the most modern libraries in Germany at the time. Löckle earned merit through the systematic expansion of the scientific book inventory, the creation of an exact catalog and the establishment of an exemplary handbook for the reading room. He saw library work as an important factor in popular education.

As an advocate of the so-called standard library of the "Essenes" or "Stettiner direction", he rejected Walter Hofmann's socio-educational principles and the library-technical methods developed for their implementation. He was one of the signatories of an open letter (1913) to Hofmann, which sparked the years of "dispute over the direction" in the German public library system.

Director of the municipal library and reading room in Dresden

From 1924 Löckle was director of the municipal library and reading hall in Dresden . In this function, he also negotiated with the Central Office for Free Popular Education in the Saxon Ministry for Popular Education about the recognition of the municipal library and reading hall as a training center for interns with state examination authorization. Hofmann viewed this as a threat to his Leipzig library model and examination monopoly, and so the "Dresden Library Conflict" (1926) broke out, which led to a bitter dispute and even judicial disputes between Löckle and Hofmann.

In 1928 Löckle achieved the recognition of the municipal library as a technical school for the training of librarians for their own official use under the supervision of the education authority. Under his leadership, the music library was opened in October 1925, in 1926 the construction of a reference library with a holdings of 1,700 newly acquired volumes in the general reading room was pushed ahead and cooperation with the Saxon State Library began through mutual consultations on building holdings and the establishment of a city courier service.

He initiated the establishment of a centrally managed mobile library with a systematically built up library and trained staff. This was put into operation in September 1929 and was the first of its kind in Germany. In addition, the full-time branch of the municipal library and reading hall north-west in the working-class district of Pieschen (opening on September 1, 1930) and the West and Loschwitz branch (opening on February 14 and January 1, 1931) were established.

Löckle's tenure in Dresden was dominated by tight budget funds. Nevertheless, he managed to better meet the increasing demands and needs of the growing readership by expanding the library network and building up the non-fiction book inventory as planned. He made an important contribution to the development of the city's library system.

Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service

In April 1933 Löckle was relieved of his duties for political reasons and was initially given leave of absence, citing the “Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service” of April 7, 1933. His attempt in the summer of 1933 to react to the savings and structural changes introduced by the National Socialists failed. Among other things, he proposed the closure of the Free Public Library in Dresden-Plauen ( Plauen branch since July 1920, Ida-Bienert Foundation) and the transfer of the library management to temporary hands. On October 1, 1933, he was forced to retire on the grounds of a lack of “political reliability”, with the granting of his retirement pension.

From October 1937 he lived in Munich. He died on May 10, 1943 in Munich and found his final resting place in the Tübingen city cemetery .

Works

  • Contributions to the history of Konrad von Weinsberg , Diss.Tübingen 1902.
  • A letter from Johann Kaspar Lavater to a theologian in Württemberg . In: Leaves for Württemberg Church History, Vol. NF15 (1911), pp. 173–176.
  • Letters of Schelling and other philosophers , in: Süddeutsche Monatshefte 10/1912, pp. 577-591.
  • (Ed.): Ernst Rietschel: Memories from my life , Dresden: Association of Book Friends 1935 (ND 1954, Berlin 2nd edition 1963).
  • Small messages , in: Bücherei und Bildungspflege 3/1923, p. 61.

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personal data
SURNAME Löckle, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Löckle, Emil Alfred; Loeckle, Alfred; Lökle, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Boeblingen
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1943
Place of death Munich