District central library Philipp Schaeffer

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District central library Philipp-Schaeffer
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Philipp Schaeffer Library in Brunnenstrasse

founding December 8, 1928
Duration 118,000
Library type District Central Library
place Berlin-Mitte coordinates: 52 ° 31 '54.8 "  N , 13 ° 23' 56.8"  EWorld icon
ISIL DE-B456
operator Berlin-Mitte City Library
management Sigrid dancers
Website Philipp Schaeffer Library

The district central library Philipp-Schaeffer , formerly the main library of the Städtische Volksbücherei Berlin-Mitte , is a public library in the Berlin district of Mitte and the district central library of the Berlin-Mitte city library . The library was named in 1951 after the orientalist , sinologist and resistance fighter Philipp Schaeffer , who worked here from the opening of the library in December 1928 to March 1932.

location

The library is located in Brunnenstrasse opposite the Weinbergspark at the intersection with Invalidenstrasse / Veteranenstrasse . The Brunnenstraße / Invalidenstraße tram stop and the northern access to the Rosenthaler Platz underground station on the U8 line are in the immediate vicinity .

history

The library was opened on December 8, 1928 as the first modern central district library in Brunnenstrasse 181. She took over the holdings of the former Heimann library at Alexandrinenstrasse 26 in Kreuzberg , which had been handed over to the city of Berlin in 1920.

profile

The library describes itself as a trendy meeting place and one of the most innovative libraries in the city in the center of the new center of Berlin . Characteristic are the puristically furnished rooms with a loft ambience , which were set up in 1996 in the Brunnenhöfe, a typical turn-of- the- century Berlin industrial estate . A special attraction is the generously equipped children's library in the basement with its numerous niches for retreat and opportunities to read aloud.

As in the other libraries in Berlin, there is free internet access via WLAN and various PC workstations with office applications in the computer center . Laptops can be borrowed for use in the library . Scanners , color laser printers , copiers and e-book readers that can be borrowed complete the offer. A relaxation area below the fourth courtyard with a glass roof offers relaxation opportunities. Above that there is an outdoor reading garden.

Homework / learning support is offered for children on three days

media

The library has a stock of 118,000 media, about a third of which are audio-visual media . 24,000 media alone belong to the children's area. The focus is on film and music , audio books and English-language audiobooks, as well as IT literature and travel guides. 140 newspapers and magazines are available.

Cooperation partner

  • Berlin book islands
The Berlin Book Islands are intended to provide elementary school children with adventurous access to literature . Kinter meet people who are directly involved in the creation of literature. The aim is to experience and discover literature. The event has been taking place in several Berlin libraries and bookstores since 2009.
  • German Audio Book Prize eV
The German Audiobook Prize has been awarded annually since 2003 to the editors, directors and speakers of the best audio books of the previous year. Since 2009 the German Audiobook Prize eV has presented one of the award winners in an event as part of HörGut Berlin-Mitte . Under the motto "Yesterday at the fair - today in Berlin", the City Library Mitte presents audio books from the publishers' current autumn and spring programs in the Philipp Schaeffer Library.
  • international literature festival berlin
The International Children's and Young People's Literature section offers a wide range of readings and events for young viewers but also for adults who are interested in children's and young people's literature. Every year around 15 mostly international authors and illustrators are invited to present their books in Berlin. Readings, workshops and workshop discussions have been taking place in the children's library for several years. The library is the exhibition site for “The Extraordinary Book”.
  • media college. Berlin
The nearby mediencollege Berlin is a vocational school for design as well as for textile technology and clothing . As an educational partner, mediencollege Berlin and the Philipp-Schaeffer-Bibliothek realized exhibitions and exhibition design with the work of the vocational students and cooperates on events in the makerspace.

Event offer

The library offers training events for educators on the subject of books, at which the possibilities of use and the potential for their own work are shown. Class and group tours take place as part of reading and language training. In cooperation with cooperation partners, there are regular readings and exhibitions by publishers.

Makerspace

As part of the Digital Worlds project of the Association of Public Libraries in Berlin , a space for doing, tinkering and creativity was created in the Philipp Schaeffer Library , in which library users can realize themselves creatively and productively. Photo, film, design and fashion are the main focuses of this newly created space. In cooperation with the mediencollege Berlin , a varied workshop program with corresponding topics relevant to the neighborhood is being created. For this purpose, the Makerspace offers events such as: Basic drawing skills, an introduction to textile printing, a digitization workshop for slides, pictures and records, an introduction to the sewing machine or an introduction to 3D printing.

building

The Brunnenhof is a listed building that was built between 1908 and 1909 according to plans by the builder Richard Bloos. The steel frame construction allows variable use, so that one of the most modern cinemas of the time was set up in addition to shops on the ground floor. The Elite Lichspiele existed from 1909 to 1960. The building complex has three transverse buildings that are connected to one another and is four-storey throughout with extended attics and basement levels. In addition to the library, the building is also used by other companies.

The library extends over three courtyards and three floors with an audience area of ​​2200 m² with a reading garden in the fourth courtyard.

gallery

  • Transition between two side wings

  • Entrance area

  • Exhibition of the mediencollege Berlin

  • Relaxation area

  • Computer center

  • Children's area

literature

  • Wolfgang Schächen, Norbert Szymanski: Brunnenstrasse 181 . from the Voigtland settler house to the central city library. Fata Morgana, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-027044-4 .

Web links

Commons : Philipp Schaeffer Library  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Librarian in Berlin. In: berlin.de. Retrieved February 14, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Handbook of the historical book collections in Germany, Austria and Europe (Fabian Handbook): Berlin City Library. In: fabian.sub.uni-goettingen.de. June 6, 1901, accessed February 14, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Welcome to the Philipp Schaeffer Library. In: berlin.de. May 13, 1943, accessed February 14, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Berlin Book Islands. In: berliner-buecherinseln.de. May 24, 2019, accessed February 17, 2020 .
  5. ^ HörGut in the Berlin-Mitte City Library. In: berlin.de. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Children and youth program - international literature festival berlin. In: literaturfestival.com. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  7. ↑ international literature festival berlin awards 30 books as "exceptional" - international literature festival berlin. In: literaturfestival.com. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Future strategy for Berlin's public libraries - official start into the digital world. In: berlin.de. July 5, 2016, accessed February 17, 2020 .
  9. ^ Workshops and courses in the Makerspace of the Philipp Schaeffer Library. In: berlin.de. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List