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Lioba Betten (born Colmorgen , born January 10, 1948 in Göttingen ) is a German librarian , publisher and author .

Life

Lioba Betten grew up in Göttingen and Berlin-Dahlem , where she graduated from high school. In 1970 she completed her studies as a qualified librarian for public libraries in Stuttgart . From 1971 to 1972 she worked at the Institute for Youth Book Research at the University of Frankfurt / Main. From 1973 to 1983 she worked at the Munich City Library, among other things as head of the Haidhausen youth library. From 1983 to 1991 she was Deputy Director of the International Youth Library in Munich.

In addition, Lioba Betten was from 1974 to 1984 chairwoman of the commission for children's and youth libraries of the German Library Institute Berlin, which among other things presented a model library at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1978. From 1980 to 1983 she was a member of the board of the working group for youth literature in Munich and from 1989 to 1995 she was co-editor of the journal “Buch und Bibliothek” ( BuB ). From 2001 to 2006 she was a member of the board of the “Books & more” circle of friends of the Munich City Library.

From 1990 to 2003 Lioba Betten was the honorary director of the international project “Books for All” of IFLA and UNESCO to set up children's, youth and school libraries in developing countries. She traveled and gave lectures in developing countries with the support of the Goethe Institute and the Foreign Office . From 1982 to 2003 she was also a member of the “Children's Libraries” and “Multicultural Services in Public Libraries” committees of the Association of International Library Associations (IFLA), The Hague.

In 2003 she acquired Buchendorfer Verlag, which she renamed MünchenVerlag in 2005 . At the beginning of 2013 she sold it to the Belser Verlag .

Lioba Betten has been married to the patent attorney Jürgen Betten since 1972 and lives in Munich.

Awards

Works

  • Co-author of Treffpunkt Bücherei - Little Library Guide for Children. Ellermann, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-7707-6167-7 .
  • Prices for children's and youth literature in four countries (FRG, GDR, Austria, Switzerland). Documentation from 1970–1980. Working group for youth literature, Munich 1981.
  • (Ed.): Mrs. Lepman - Give us books, give us wings / Give us books, Give us wings. German and English. Kovar, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-925845-33-X .
  • Children read everywhere. Calendar 1998 to 2002, self-published, Munich.
  • Through the world in the alphabet. Children read everywhere. Domino, Munich 2003.
  • Fate gives no reasons - funerary sayings in Munich cemeteries. Buchendorfer, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-937090-07-8 .
  • Co-author of Die Münchner Friedhöfe - Guide to Places of Remembrance , MünchenVerlag, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-7630-4056-8

literature

  • Nicola Bardola: A Life in Decades - Portrait of Lioba Betten. In: Börsenblatt. 11/2006, p. 34f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Takeover: Belser buys MünchenVerlag , Börsenblatt dated January 28, 2013, accessed March 24, 2014
  2. ^ Federal Cross of Merit for Lioba beds at buchmarkt.de
  3. ↑ Books for everyone - Lioba Betten is books woman of the year 2012 at buecherfrauen.de
personal data
SURNAME Beds, Lioba
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Colmorgen, Lioba (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Goettingen