New Augsburg City Library
| New Augsburg City Library | |
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 Entrance to the Augsburg city library (south)
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| founding | 1920 (self-employed since 1953) |
| Duration | approx. 230,000 volumes |
| Library type | library |
| place | Augsburg , Bavaria , Germany |
| Website | www.stadtbuecherei.augsburg.de |
The New City Library Augsburg is a municipal library of the city of Augsburg . It is one of the four large Augsburg libraries with a focus on educational, information and cultural missions. The inventory includes 170,000 books and 190 subscription magazines and newspapers as well as other media such as CDs and 6,700 audio books.
history
In 1920 the public library with 10,000 books was opened as a department of the Augsburg State and City Library, founded in 1537 . The public library became independent 1953. 1978 was renamed the National Library in Public Library . On the initiative of the offensive for a new city library , there was a successful public petition for a “new city library” in 2005 . It was possible to dispense with a referendum after the city administration responded to the concerns of the citizens' initiative. In 2007 the foundation stone was laid for a new house on Ernst-Reuter-Platz, and on June 20, 2009, the city library began operations in the new building.
Locations
The Augsburg city library is located at:
- Headquarters at Ernst-Reuter-Platz 1 with a music library and a children's and youth library
- Göggingen
- Haunstetten
- Lechhausen
- Warlords
In addition, there is the so-called book bus .
Reading Island
In 2010, reading islands were opened at the first schools, which are both organizationally and technically closely linked to the city library. The aim of these modern school libraries is to offer a high-quality, attractive basic range of media for all users and to familiarize students, teachers and parents with the basic techniques of library work.
Locations
Reading islands are currently set up at the following schools in Augsburg
- St. Georg Elementary and Middle School
- Birkenau elementary school
- Blériot elementary school
- Herrenbach elementary and middle school
- Westpark Education House
- Werner Egk Primary School
- Löweneckschule
- Froebel elementary school
- Kriegshaber Elementary School
- Wittelsbach elementary school
- Hans Adlhoch elementary and middle school
Web links
- Official website
- The Augsburg City Library in the Augsburg Wiki
- Internet presence of the Reading Island
Footnotes
Coordinates: 48 ° 22 '9.4 " N , 10 ° 53" 42.5 " E