Freehand installation
An open access is for the user of a library freely accessible preparation of the media . In contrast to this, the media in a magazine list are only accessible to library staff and must therefore be ordered separately by the user. Freehand magazines that are also accessible to users are an exception .
Some libraries only have free-standing media; they are then referred to as open-access libraries. Open access areas in public libraries are relatively large , while academic libraries often store large amounts of rarely used literature in magazines. At least reference works can be looked through and used in an open access list in almost every library; libraries that only have inaccessible magazine holdings are rather rare. The installation in the open access area is usually based on a library classification . In addition to the frequency of use, the value or rarity of a book can also be a decisive criterion for a list in the magazine, here safety aspects and conservation reasons are decisive.
Basically, to the status of open access or open access collection no statement made as to whether the books to borrow are available (can be so booked up for a library card and taken away), or whether they reference collection are (thus only viewed during opening hours in the library can be).
history
According to Walter Hofmann, the intensive consultation of the reader took place in a library, in which the reader could only obtain information about the book inventory from catalogs. In the "open access" the books were freely accessible to the user. These libraries existed in America and England. In 1910 an open access library was opened in Hamburg - until 1916 it was the only one in Germany. Since the lending could take place "past the librarian", there was concern about abuse and theft. At that time Bennata Otten asked herself whether "the people were mature enough" to use the "free hand". She was confident on this point, and believed that the reader could be trained to use the books properly and responsibly - they just had to be trusted.
“ Open access in the public library is an essential part of popular education . [...] The library strives to improve education and morality through reading, not indiscriminate reading. "
literature
- Bennata Otten : Freehand in the public library. In: Sheets for public libraries and reading rooms. 16. Jg., 1915, ZDB -ID 500414-7 , pp. 69-74.