Library Witten

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Library Witten
Logo library Witten.jpg
founding 1911
Duration over 80,000 media
Library type Communal library
place Witten coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 4.2 ″  N , 7 ° 20 ′ 17.2 ″  EWorld icon
ISIL DE-367
operator Kulturforum Witten ( AÖR of the city ​​of Witten )
management Christine Wolf
Website Kulturforum-witten.de/bibliothek
New building of the central library, 2016
Central Library
Children's library
Makerspace with two Makerbot Replicator 3D printers
Reading cafe

The Witten Library (until 2011 Witten City Library ) is the city ​​library of the city ​​of Witten . It has a central library and four district libraries in the city area.

history

founding

The so-called Volksbücherei in Annen was founded in 1882 as the first public library in what is now Witten . In 1911 the city ​​library was set up in the Märkisches Museum , which was newly built between 1909 and 1911 . The 4588 volumes at the beginning came from the Witten Educational Association . With the incorporation of Annen , Rüdinghausen , Stockum and Bommern in 1929, the first branches were added. However, the branches in Bommern, Rüdinghausen and Schnee were soon closed again due to outdated and well-worn books . Only the Annen and Stockum branches remained.

Period of National Socialism and the immediate post-war period

In 1933, Peter Emil Noelle , the director of the Märkisches Museum, was commissioned by the Witten NSDAP as "district advisor for literature" to clean the public libraries and bookshops of unwanted literature . In the time of National Socialism , v. a. Acquired blood-and-soil literature . In 1938 the city library moved from the museum to a house on Humboldtplatz . At the turn of the year 1935/36, this building was bought cheaply by the Association for Local and Local History in the Grafschaft Mark from the Freemason Lodge Friedrich Leopold zur Markaner Loyalty, which was forced to dissolve itself during the Nazi era , and passed on to the city of Witten. After the building fell victim to a bomb attack in 1945, the city library was temporarily housed in the Schiller School , which was in need of renovation . In 1946, because of the Control Council Order No. 4 ( confiscation of literature and works of a National Socialist and militarist character ), Nazi literature had to be handed over to the Allied authorities.

post war period

In 1948 the city library moved to a house on Nordstrasse. In 1955 she moved into the new building of the town hall and was supported by a counter library on open shelves changed. In 1957 a branch was opened in the village school in Heven . In 1958 a youth library was set up in the vocational school center on Husemannstrasse . In 1960 a branch was opened again in Rüdinghausen, and in 1961 a branch in Bommern. For the 50th anniversary , a history of the city library was published in 1961 under the title City Library Witten 50 Years . In 1965, the city library introduced exemptions for users. In 1968 the main office moved into a former building of the Sparkasse Witten on Ruhrstrasse, built in 1909 . In the 1980s, a fire destroyed around 15% of the stock at the branch in Annen. In 1992 the electronic library catalog ( OPAC ) was introduced ( SISIS library system from OCLC ). In 1996 the city converted its cultural office into its own business called Kulturforum Witten , which since then has formally carried the city library.

Since 2000: restructuring

In 2003 the Rüdinghausen district library was closed. The library catalog has been accessible on the Internet since 2004. At the beginning of 2006, the Kulturforum Witten , which is responsible for the city library, changed its legal form to an institution under public law and is thus formally independent of the city. In 2006 the branch in Bommern closed.

Dispute over the planned move to the Märkisches Museum

After the city ​​council passed a resolution in 2010 to sell the building on Ruhrstrasse , which was in dire need of renovation , and to relocate the library to the Märkisches Museum , the citizens' initiative Save our city library collected over 10,000 signatures for the library to remain at its current location. From 2011 - with the special method "policy in the contentious dialogue" - moderated the retired Witten sociologist Harald Bolle Behler about two years, the " citizen workshop ". No compromise could be reached in this community workshop until the end of 2012. In December 2012, the city council decided to hold a referendum . In January 2013 the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis stopped the preparations for this referendum because of legal concerns, since the library was no longer operated directly by the city since 2006, but by an institution under public law . Instead of the referendum, a citizens' survey should be carried out in March 2013 . After no agreement could be reached on the details of the citizens' survey with the citizens' initiative, the city council declared the citizens' petition in March 2013 to be inadmissible.

Free access to the Munzinger Archive and the Encyclopædia Britannica was made possible for members of the Witten Library . In 2012, the media in the central library were equipped with RFID tags and a self- booking system was set up. The Witten library, together with the Bochum , Ennepetal , Hattingen , Herne and Schwelm libraries , became a customer of the online loan and since then has enabled DRM- protected e-books to be borrowed via the Internet. In 2012 the “Friends of the Witten Library” was founded. The Heven district library was downsized in 2012 and closed at the end of 2014. At the end of May 2013, the central library building was sold. In 2013 the Witten library became active in the social networks Facebook and Twitter . The activity on Twitter was stopped again in 2014. In October 2014, the construction of an extension for the Witten library at the Märkisches Museum began . Since the beginning of 2015, the central library, the Annen and Herbede district libraries and the administration in the Villa Berger have offered free internet access via Freifunk . In March 2015, the Stockum district library was closed.

Relocation to the Märkisches Museum

In 2016, the central library moved from Ruhrstrasse to the extension at the Märkisches Museum. At the new location, the previous children's library has been expanded into two children's libraries, separated by age, a parents' library and a youth library. In addition to books, music and audio book - CDs and DVDs also are board games and video games available for hire. A large number of free internet PCs are available. Also new are a reading café with an outdoor terrace , a conference room and a makerspace with two Makerbot Replicator 3D printers . The opening times have been extended and extended to the weekend.

In 2017 the Annen branch also moved to Annenstrasse 127 . In 2018 the Witten library migrated to the library system BIBLIOTHECAplus from OCLC. The library system has also supported e-mail since 2019 .

Evaluation in the library index

2011, the library took Witten for the first time at libraries Comparison Bibliotheksindex part and ended up in the "overall ranking by size class" and "customer focus" in last place among about 160 nationwide tested facilities. In the categories “fulfillment of orders” and “profitability” it achieved places in the rear third of the field. At the second participation in 2012 she ended up in the bottom group in all four categories. Also in 2013 she could only improve slightly and was still in the bottom group. In 2014, she came in last.

Branches

Branch location Duration Remarks image
Central Library Husemannstrasse 12 just over 80,000 media, including over 60,000 books
(as of Aug. 2016) 		Self-booking , children's, parents and youth library, Internet PCs, free WiFi (Freifunk), board and video games, reading café, makerspace with 3D printers, conference room, also open on weekends Witten Central Library 2016.jpg
Annen district library Annenstrasse 127 approx. 13,500 media
(as of December 2011) 		oldest library in the Witten city area; free WiFi (Freifunk) Witten district library Annen 2017.jpg
Herbede district library Wilhelmstrasse 4 approx. 10,000 media
(as of December 2011) 		on the grounds of the Herbeder elementary school ; free WiFi (Freifunk) Witten entrance to the Herbede.jpg district library
Central Administration Ruhrstrasse 69 (no media) in the Villa Berger ; free WiFi (Freifunk) Witten Villa Berger.jpg

Other libraries in Witten

literature

Web links

Commons : Library Witten  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Christine Wolf: "This is where I put my heart and soul" . In: WAZ . August 6, 2016.
  2. ^ Claudia Scholz: Culture. New Witten library boss Christine Wolf in office. WAZ, March 4, 2014, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c Schiller helped found the city library. From the address of the Lord Mayor at the opening of the library . In: Westfälische Rundschau . June 14, 1955.
  4. ^ Hans-Christian Dahlmann: "Aryanization" and society in Witten. How the population of a city in the Ruhr area took over the property of its Jews . 2nd Edition. Lit Verlag, Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-5662-5 , pp. 174–175 ( in the catalog of the Witten Library [accessed on August 28, 2018]).
  5. ↑ a b History of the Witten Library. Kulturforum Witten, archived from the original on June 17, 2013 ; accessed on March 22, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Home for the good book. City library in new rooms. Festive opening today . In: Ruhr news . June 8, 1955.
  7. ↑ Open access library is accessible to everyone. 13,000 volumes entice you to read. On Friday the city library opens in the new home. Modern and functional . In: WAZ . June 8, 1955.
  8. ↑ District President gives 1000 DM for the procurement of books for young people. Opening ceremony with Ruhrkammerorchester. OB passes to administration . In: WAZ . June 9, 1955.
  9. ↑ City library beats its own record. Four days bring more new registrations than three months previously. Open mornings and afternoons . In: WAZ . June 16, 1955.
  10. ↑ a b City Library . In: Stadt Witten (ed.): Administrative report 1958–1963 . February 1965, p. 83-84 .
  11. ↑ City library . In: Stadt Witten (ed.): Administrative report 1964–1969 . June 1970, p. 89 .
  12. ^ Hugo Ernst buyer : Head office in Witten since August 1968 in new rooms . In: BuB . 1968, p. 572-573 .
  13. ↑ Verena von Grote, Ralph Hiltrop, Wolfgang Härtel: History of the Witten City Library. (PDF) In: Working paper on the development of guidelines for the Witten library system. Bürgerwerkstatt Witten, September 2011, p. 3 , archived from the original on August 18, 2016 ; accessed on January 20, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Claudia Vüllers: Witten. “At some point the time will come”. WAZ, April 25, 2008, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  15. ↑ The days of the library are numbered . In: WAZ . July 25, 2003.
  16. ↑ The way to books via the Internet . In: WAZ . August 1, 2005.
  17. ↑ Claudia Vüllers: “We don't want to save ourselves dead” . In: WAZ . April 14, 2007.
  18. ↑ Jürgen Augstein: Selected . In: WAZ . June 24, 2006.
  19. ↑ Handover of the 10,094 signatures in the Witten town hall. Freundeskreis Kultur, Witten, December 20, 2012, archived from the original on September 3, 2011 ; accessed on January 29, 2017 .
  20. ↑ Harald Bolle-Behler: Politics in contentious dialogue - a plea for joint thinking in contentious dialogue between citizens and politics. (pdf) In: eNewsletter guide to civil society. Foundation Cooperation , December 16, 2015, accessed on February 19, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Beatrice Haddenhorst: New library concept. Manageable rush at the start of the citizens' workshop. Ruhr Nachrichten, March 2, 2011, accessed on January 20, 2018 .
  22. ^ Jürgen Augstein: Citizens' workshop. Only losers in the end. WAZ, November 21, 2012, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  23. ↑ City library. Council clears the way for referendum. WAZ, December 3, 2012, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  24. ^ Anna Ernst: Witten. Circle stops referendum. WAZ, January 16, 2013, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  25. ^ Johannes Kopps: City Library. Citizens' survey planned for March 17th. WAZ, January 16, 2013, archived from the original on December 2, 2016 ; accessed on December 1, 2016 .
  26. ^ Bernd Kassner: City library. Council ends library debate. WAZ, March 11, 2013, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  27. ↑ New reading cards. City library gives 10 new customers a library year for free. City of Witten, January 13, 2012, accessed on March 22, 2017 .
  28. ↑ Annette Kreikenbohm: World Book Day. “Onleihe Ruhr” started on World Book Day. WAZ, April 23, 2012, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  29. ^ 15 library friends found the "Friends of the Witten Library". June 8, 2012, accessed March 22, 2017 .
  30. ↑ Susanne Schild: Series district check. Promote reading, reduce the size of the library. WAZ, July 9, 2013, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  31. ^ Susanne Linka: Heven City Library. Book lending ceases. Ruhr Nachrichten, October 29, 2014, accessed on January 20, 2018 .
  32. ^ Anna Ernst: cultural policy. Library building changes hands. WAZ, May 27, 2013, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  33. ^ Annette Kreikenbohm: Culture. District library in Stockum closed from March 18th. WAZ, January 15, 2015, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  34. ^ Jutta Bublies: District. Annener have to do without a library for a while. WAZ, August 2, 2016, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  35. ↑ Reopening of the Annen district library. Kulturforum Witten, archived from the original on July 4, 2017 ; accessed on August 28, 2018 .
  36. ↑ New service from the Witten library: reminders are sent by email. Kulturforum Witten, archived from the original on July 26, 2019 ; accessed on July 26, 2019 .
  37. ^ Thomas Strehl: Red lantern for the Witten library. In: Local compass . September 30, 2011, archived from the original on July 12, 2012 ; accessed on January 29, 2017 .
  38. ↑ Bettina Jäger: Library Index 2012. Witten is bottom of the list among NRW libraries. In: MünsterlandZeitung.de. Medienhaus Lensing , July 12, 2012, accessed January 20, 2018 .
  39. ↑ Beatrice Haddenhorst, Verena von Grote: Interview. Library ends up at the back in the library index. Ruhr Nachrichten, July 12, 2013, archived from the original on July 15, 2013 ; accessed on January 20, 2018 .
  40. ↑ Irene Steiner: Bad Bix assessment. The library has a new concept. Ruhr Nachrichten, July 17, 2014, accessed on January 20, 2018 .
  41. ↑ Anna Ernst: Your tip - our topic. Local museum. Not a new house. WAZ, June 26, 2013, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  42. ^ Barbara Zabka: KÖB St. Joseph. Book exhibition attracted with new publications. Ruhr Nachrichten, November 5, 2012, archived from the original on February 11, 2013 ; accessed on January 20, 2018 .
  43. ^ Gustav Landauer Library. Retrieved November 1, 2019 .
  44. ↑ Anna Ernst: “In spite of everything”. Library as a symbol of non-violence. WAZ, December 11, 2011, accessed December 1, 2016 .