Working group of critical librarians
| Working group of critical librarians at the Renner Institute | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1983 |
| Seat | Vienna |
| main emphasis | Librarianship |
| Website | www.kribibi.at |
The working group of critical librarians at the Renner Institute (KRIBIBI) is an open group of male and female librarians from public and academic libraries with progressive political aspirations. Librarians from all Austrian federal states have been meeting here since 1983 to exchange professional experiences, to inform about new developments and to think about future models. Social and political issues in particular are in the foreground.
Once (previously twice) a year, the working group organizes conferences with changing topics on questions of library work.
Further tasks of KRIBIBI are the further education, the maintenance of international contacts to the same organizations and the representation of the interests of library interests in the educational organization and the adult education commission belonging to the SPÖ .
The working group is represented on the jury for the Bruno Kreisky Prize for the political book .
aims
- merge the currently separate sisters of public libraries, academic libraries and school libraries into a common Austrian library system
- create a library law covering all library types based on international best practice examples
- set up a central institute for the entire library system for research, development and advice to the libraries
- integrate the library system, as the largest extracurricular educational institution, into all educational policy decisions
- formulate the social mandate to the Austrian library system in a library development concept
- Review the outsourcing policy of the various Austrian federal governments and their consequences for the quality of the academic libraries concerned and for the working conditions of the librarians
See also
- Working group of critical librarians (German counterpart)