City library Gladbeck
The Gladbeck City Library is a public library in the city of Gladbeck ( Recklinghausen district ). With around 115,000 media and around 650,000 loans annually, it is one of the libraries in Section 3A of the German Library Association (DBV). The city library cooperates with the other 9 libraries in the Recklinghausen district, among other things through joint e-lending, a joint library catalog and a joint network interface for the digital library .
| City library Gladbeck | |
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| founding | 1937 |
| Duration | 115,000 |
| Library type | Public library |
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Gladbeck 
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| ISIL | 445 |
| operator | City of Gladbeck |
| management | Eva Beck |
| Website | www.stadtbuecherei-gladbeck.de |
history
1921–1945 Lending library and founding of the municipal public library
In the 1920s there were smaller libraries in Gladbeck. It was a question of libraries of several parishes as well as commercial lending libraries , partly in connection with bookshops and union libraries . In 1933 the National Socialists dissolved the union libraries and publicly burned their holdings on July 2, 1933. All other lending libraries were strictly monitored by the state. With banned lists of unwanted literature and compulsory lists of desirable literature, the book stocks of all lending libraries were brought into line with the National Socialist line.
This was the sign of the founding and opening of Gladbeck's first public library on May 2, 1938. It was housed in today's Ratsgymnasium as a counter library with around 4,300 volumes. The book inventory increased to around 10,000 books in 1945.
In March 1945, the school was largely destroyed by an air raid. The book magazine with around 5,000 books also fell victim to the attack.
1945–1954 new beginning
Due to the destruction of the Ratsgymnasium there was a shortage of space. Initially, the book inventory was housed in the municipal vocational school on Bismarckstrasse and was quickly accessible to the public again. In 1949 the library moved to the former mayor's villa in Friedrichstrasse and in 1952 it moved to the Luther school.
At the same time, planning began for a new library building near today's indoor swimming pool in the Rathauspark.
About 50% of the literature was destroyed by the bombing. After the "political cleansing" of National Socialist literature, the holdings were reduced by a further 2,000 copies, so that in 1946 just under 3,000 books remained.
At the beginning of March 1953, work began on the new library building in the Rathauspark. The free hand system was introduced in the new building. When it opened on February 24, 1954, the city library was considered one of the most modern facilities in Germany. Today the building houses the "Neue Galerie Gladbeck" and the restaurant "Mundart"
1954–1983 Extension of the city library
With the inauguration of the new building, the library's popularity increased. The number of loans doubled within one year to 101,655 in 1955. In view of this positive development, the city administration thought about branch offices in the larger city districts. For financial reasons, however, this idea was discarded and instead, in 1957, the “Book Bus”, one of the first car libraries in the Ruhr area, with around 1,900 volumes, was put on the streets. In 1963 and 1971, space was created for the growing book inventory with the construction of two pavilions on the south side of the library. A separate children's department was created for the first time. In 1976 there were more than a quarter of a million loans. Gladbeck thus had one of the most actively used city libraries in comparable medium-sized towns.
In 1982, the social book house service “Books on Wheels” was introduced, which provided people with household ties and residents of old people's homes or senior centers with reading material. This service had to be discontinued in 2011 when community service was abolished.
1983–2012 move to the cultural center
In 1983 the library moved into the "Gladbeck Cultural Center" as the second facility after the youth center. With this step, the library was expanded into a media library with records, games and art and described itself as a “place of encounter”. In 1987 the Mathias-Jakobs-Stadthalle opened and completed the cultural center on Friedrich-Ebert-Straße. In 1986 the Gladbeck city library was one of the most widely used public libraries in North Rhine-Westphalia with more than 200,000 visitors and over 500,000 media loans.
With the new building, the city library got space for events and exhibitions. Exhibitions such as “ The Life of Anne Frank ”, “Child Soldiers - Victims and Perpetrators” and “Face to Face - Faces of the Ruhr Area” were shown. Authors were guests in the city library, including Martin Walser , Robert Gernhardt , Donna Leon . In addition, the Gladbeck city library offered citizens the opportunity to actively shape the cultural program with exhibitions, lectures and readings.
In 1990 the library was provided with an electronic booking system. In 1996 the first internet-enabled PC was made available to visitors. The online service was gradually expanded, which initially included the online catalog and a separate website for the children's library. Since 2000, library customers have been able to manage their reader accounts from home using the OPAC.
There are regular events for children. The highlight since 1993 has been the annual Children's Literature Night with readings, theater, music and a hands-on program for children of primary school age. In 2013, the Children's Literature Night was replaced by the Children's Reading Festival after 20 years.
On February 15, 2012, several office rooms were destroyed by arson in the basement of the city library; other areas of the library suffered soot damage, so that the library was closed for several weeks.
Head of the city library
- 1938–1939 Mathilde Hammerschmidt
- 1939–1941 Johannes Brück
- 1941–1942 Karl Leyh
- 1942–1946 Margarete Kohnen
- 1946–1960 Luise Rennebaum
- 1960–1974 Herbert Kösters
- 1974–1979 Ilse Berndt
- 1979–1989 Dörte Hundrieser
- 1989–2018 Uwe Von der Weppen
- 2018 – today Eva Beck
Dates and numbers
On 3,600 m², the library offers media for all age groups: around 115,000 media units, consisting of non-fiction, novels, children's books, magazines and electronic and audiovisual media. The approximately 200,000 annual visitors borrow an average of 660,000 media units.
This makes the Gladbeck city library one of the most widely used libraries in North Rhine-Westphalia. In the nationwide library comparison library index (BIX), the Gladbeck city library can be found in its size class in the upper ranks.
Art library
The Artothek, with a stock of around 360 works of art, is a special feature of the Gladbeck City Library. Works of art can be borrowed for a period of 3 to 9 months. The selection of images is documented in a catalog with artist biographies, image analyzes and format information and is accessible via the website.
Book bus
The book bus supplies Gladbeck's districts with its own inventory of around 15,000 media at 21 stops. Its offer consists mainly of children's media and fiction.
Service and services
e-lending
As one of the first libraries in North Rhine-Westphalia, the Gladbeck city library has been offering e-lending since 2008 . It was created as a cooperation project with 9 other libraries in the Recklinghausen district. The e-lending is an additional online service with which digital media, e-books (books in PDF and e-pub format), e-papers (journals and magazines), e-videos (films), e-audios ( Audio books) and e-Music can be borrowed. To test this offer, the city library offers 5 e-book readers for loan.
Online service and databases
Online readers can extend the loan period, reserve media, suggest purchases, pay annual and reminder fees electronically or order tickets for events at the city library.
Readers can find information on projects and events on the website. In addition to e-lending and the OPAC, the use of other electronic resources, such as DigiBib, a literature research portal that enables metasearch in 500 different scientific databases and the Munzinger archive , is offered.
On-site service
In the library there are, among other things, 5 places to use the Internet, 11 OPACs, work tables and reading corners, 2 computers for writing applications. Board games and computer games can be tried out in the children's library, and library visitors can find newspapers and magazines in the “reading café”.
Reading promotion
Training and guided tours
During guided tours, pupils are made familiar with the use of the online catalog (OPAC) and strategies for obtaining information. Learning software, Abitur aids, topic boxes, class sets serve to promote reading.
Events such as the summer reading club encourage children from the age of 10 to read. The library is part of the national children's support initiative "Kulturstrolche". Children in grades 2 to 4 visit the city library once per school year.
The project “Fit for skilled work” has been offered to high school students since 2010. The focus is on learning to research literature in books, the Internet and databases.
Intercultural projects such as "Growing up with language" (2009) support the promotion of multilingual families and offer children, parents and educators a program on the subject of language promotion and integration.
Education partnership and reading sponsors
The “Network reading aloud” project developed in 2005 from the “Are you reading aloud?” Project funded by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and aims to improve the language and reading skills of preschool children. Volunteer readers read in kindergartens, daycare centers, elementary schools and in the library. The activities of the reading mentors support the work of the full-time teachers and involve the parents.
Events
- InterMezzo : With the “InterMezzo” series, the library organizes an evening cultural program with comedy and cabaret events as well as readings 6 times a year. Guests on the stage included Wilfried Schmickler , Jürgen Becker , Frank Goosen , Fritz Eckenga , Hennes Bender and Hagen Rether .
- Night of the Libraries : Since 2005, the nationwide Night of the Libraries has also been held in Gladbeck every two years. On this evening, the city library offers extended use of the library until midnight and a colorful cultural program with readings, comedy and cabaret events, a children's program, music and food.
- Exhibitions : In the 1960s, library manager Kösters began to exhibit international literature, for example African literature, in the library. In addition, documentary exhibitions on socio-political issues, art and photo exhibitions have also been shown since the new library was built.
- Children's program : With the picture book cinema and reading hours, toddlers are familiarized with books. "Fun and games on Saturday" and the "breakfast stories" are regularly offered. Every year the "Reading Competition of the German Book Trade" for secondary school students takes place in the library. In the city library, children have an area with reading corners, board games, CDs, radio plays and DVDs, a painting and handicraft table as well as two children's PCs where they can play and solve book quizzes.
Guests
The city library had the following guests, among others:
literature
- City of Gladbeck (Ed.): 1937–1987: 50 years of the Gladbeck City Library. From the counter library to the media library . 1st edition. Printing & Graphics, Gladbeck 1987.
- Gladbeck cultural center . City of Gladbeck, around 1983
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 50 Years of the Gladbeck City Library, p. 33
- ↑ Schools, institutions and events. In: kulturstrolche.de. Kultursekretariat NRW Gütersloh, accessed on August 22, 2013 .