Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg City Library

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Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg City Library
District Central Library Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Pablo Neruda 2.jpg

District Central Library Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Pablo Neruda

Duration 316.075
Library type library
place Berlin
ISIL DE-B458 (District Central Library Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg)
DE-B703 (Central Library Adalbertstrasse)
operator District Office Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg of Berlin
management Julia Weis
Website Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg City Library

The Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg City Library is part of Berlin's public library system . It is sponsored by the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg District Office , Family, Health, Culture and Education department. Together with the Stadtbibliothek Mitte it “operates” as the city ​​library berlin . This library has a media inventory of around 316,075, which were borrowed around 1.4 million times by 546,788 visitors in 2018. In addition, the library organized over 1,800 events during the same period.

History and projects

The public libraries (after 1918 public libraries, so the two names of the public libraries of the city of Berlin) have been looked after and trained by the Berlin city library since 1901 as a unit for central services (book and material purchase, bookbinding, personnel administration and training, cataloging, etc.) with it a two-tier library system . Even after the formation of Greater Berlin in 1920, the Berlin City Library remained responsible only for the public libraries in the old city area.

The Friedrich von Raumer Library merged in 1921 from the 1st and 4th public library from 1850, making it the oldest district library in the district.

On September 7, 1926, the city ​​council of Berlin decided to transfer responsibility for the public libraries in the old city area from the city library to the district offices of the inner districts I to VI ( I. Mitte , II. Tiergarten , III. Wedding , IV. Prenzlauer Berg , V. . Friedrichshain and VI. Kreuzberg ). From November 9, 1926, each district formed its own library system , now known as the city library. Curt Wormann was appointed head of the new Kreuzberg city library , which was initially responsible for the seven people's libraries I, V (children's library), IX, XIV, XXII and XXIV still located in Kreuzberg.

In 1928, Wormann formed the main library in Kreuzberg from the 14th Volksbücherei (alias Volksbibliothek XIV), until then located in Baruther Straße, and the 3rd reading hall , until then in Wilmsstraße, which meanwhile moved into the house at Belle-Alliance-Straße 80 ( After it was destroyed in the war in 1943, renamed and renumbered in 1947, the new Mehringdamm  59 building is located there . After the previous location had been destroyed, the main library in Kreuzberg resumed its operations in a  limited manner in a temporary accommodation at Gneisenaustrasse 7 in the spring of 1944 . A separate building for the main library in Kreuzberg could only be realized in 1964 (at that time called Wilhelm-Liebknecht-Bücherei , now central library ).

The district library systems in Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg were merged after the district merger in 2001 . The new Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district central library on Frankfurter Allee was reopened in 2010 after two and a half years of planning and construction.

In October 2010, the new central library in Adalbertstrasse with the honorary name Wilhelm-Liebknecht- / Namık-Kemal library opened as an intercultural family library after renovation and renovation measures. This project could be realized with funds from the economic stimulus package II , ERDF and BIST - libraries in the district as well as district funds.

In order to make it easier for children, young people and adults with different migration and language backgrounds to use libraries, the welcome culture project (from 2015) addresses people in their mother tongues. For this purpose, materials were designed in ten languages ​​that are spoken by many people in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district. This project is co-financed by the program BIST - Libraries in the District .

With the participation in the project TENIVER - Technological innovation in the information supply , also from funds of the ERDF , Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg introduced the self-booking of media with the help of the RFID technology in 2011 .

Facilities

There are currently four different facilities throughout the district as well as the school library in the Carl von Ossietzky School.

Library locations in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district
address District Duration Brief description
District central
library Frankfurter Allee Pablo Neruda library
Frankfurter Allee 14a, 10247 Berlin Friedrichshain 100,000

Central Library Adalbertstrasse / Wilhelm-Liebknecht- / Namık-Kemal Library
Adalbertstrasse 2, 10999 Berlin Kreuzberg 60,000
District
library Dudenstrasse Friedrich-von-Raumer-Bibliothek
Dudenstrasse 18-20, 10965 Berlin Kreuzberg > 33,000
Family library Glogauer Straße
Else-Ury family library
Glogauer Strasse 13, 10999 Berlin Kreuzberg Available media: children's books, novels for adults, DVDs, CDs, CD-ROMs, Nintendo DS games and board games for children from 0 years of age, young people up to 15 years of age, parents, teachers, educators.
The facade of the listed house from the 19th century is covered with graffiti and is therefore not particularly noticeable in the building line. The titles are scanned before literature is distributed to visitors.

The library participates in the Association of Public Libraries in Berlin (VÖBB) and is connected to the nationwide interlibrary loan system.

Stocks

The new building on Frankfurter Allee contains around 100,000 books and media for children, young people and adults on four floors. In addition to a family library, music library and art library, a multimedia learning center with 10 Internet PCs and free W-LAN access, the library also includes a department with media in easy language that is unique in Germany and enables barrier-free access for people with learning difficulties. The renovation and equipping of the new district central library was funded by the Urban Redevelopment East program as well as funds from the European Union, the ERDF (European Regional Fund ) and the BIST program - libraries in the district .

literature

  • Petra Hätscher: Berlin's public library system from 1961 to 1989 , in: Library: Research and Practice , Vol. 19 (1995), No. 2, pp. 155–188.
  • Frauke Mahrt-Thomsen: 150 years: from the Berlin public libraries to the Kreuzberg city library; a chronicle , District Office Kreuzberg of Berlin / Library Office, District Office Kreuzberg of Berlin / Art Office Kreuzberg, District Office Kreuzberg of Berlin / Kreuzberg Museum and Association for Research and Presentation of the History of Kreuzberg (Ed.), Berlin: District Office Kreuzberg von Berlin / Library Office, 2000.

Web links

Commons : Stadtbibliothek Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Annual report 2018 Berlin public libraries (PDF file)
  2. ^ Mahrt-Thomsen: 150 Years: From the Berlin People's Libraries…; a chronicle , here p. 11.
  3. ^ Hätscher: The public library system ... ; here p. 156
  4. Both were founded in 1850 as part of the library system of the first four public libraries in Berlin initiated by Friedrich von Raumer . Cf. Mahrt-Thomsen: 150 Years: From the Berliner Volksbibliotheken ..., a chronicle , here p. 16.
  5. ^ Hätscher: The public library system ... , here p. 158.
  6. ^ Mahrt-Thomsen: 150 Years: From the Berlin People's Libraries…; a chronicle , here p. 17.
  7. Hätscher: The public library service ... here S. 180th
  8. a b Mahrt-Thomsen: 150 years: From the Berliner Volksbibliotheken ..., a chronicle , here p. 20.
  9. Mahrt-Thomsen: 150 Years: From the Berlin People's Libraries ..., a chronicle , here p. 24.
  10. ^ Hätscher: The public library system ... ; here p. 168.
  11. ↑ Central Adalbertstrasse Library (Wilhelm Liebknecht / Namık Kemal Library) ( Memento from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  12. TENIVER project
  13. ^ Else Ury Family Library , accessed on June 19, 2020.
  14. ^ Judith Poznan: Song of Praise for our City Library in: Berliner Zeitung , June 19, 2020, p. 18.
  15. Glossary of easy language , accessed on October 22, 2018.
  16. Brochure on the reopening of the Frankfurter Allee district central library ( Memento from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )