Herford City Library

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Herford City Library
Herford City Library.jpg
Building of the city library on Linnenbauerplatz

founding 1896
Duration 84,229
Library type Communal library
place Herford
ISIL DE-230
operator City of Herford
management Petra Beck
Website https://bibliothek.herford.de/

The Herford City Library is the main municipal library in the East Westphalian city ​​of Herford in North Rhine-Westphalia . In the Erich-Gutenberg-Haus on Linnenbauerplatz in the center of Herford, it provides a wide range of over 80,000 media on three floors for work, further education, leisure and entertainment for lending and on-site use.

history

In 1896 the city library was founded as the “Municipal Public Library and Reading Hall” on Wilhelmsplatz with a stock of 180 volumes.

After moving several times, the library was reopened in 1962 as an open access library in the new rooms of the high-rise office building on Berliner Strasse under the new management of graduate librarian Wilhelm Neumann.

In 1982 the city library with a stock of 42,000 volumes moved to its current location in the factory building of the former Kopka furniture factory at Linnenbauerplatz 6, which was built in 1885 and was added to the Herford 's list of monuments in 1981 . In 1998 the building was named Erich-Gutenberg-Haus in memory of the Herford-born business economist Erich Gutenberg .

In 2004 the readers' cafe “Leselust” opened on the ground floor and in 2011 the box office and tourist information moved into the building. The tourist information moved to the small market hall on Rathausplatz in 2019 .

Memorial plaque for Erich Gutenberg at the city library, created by Marianne Bleeke-Ehret

Key figures

The key figures for 2016 can be found in the following table:

Total stock Total loan Newspaper and magazine subscriptions Events guides Visitors
84,229 301.406 59 41 51 97.904

Events and collaborations

The city library offers numerous events throughout the year. This includes, for example, readings, eBook consultation hours and reading activities for children.

In keeping with its mission statement, it cooperates with numerous associations and companies. These include, among others, the Herford Civic Foundation , the Chancereich eV association, EMMA, the Erich Gutenberg Society, the study institute of the Fern-Uni Hagen and the adult education center in the Herford district.

There is also an association called Buch.Bar .

Web links

Commons : Erich-Gutenberg-Haus  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erich-Gutenberg-Gesellschaft: Reference to Erich-Gutenberg-Haus and Gustav Kopka, accessed on January 14, 2018
  2. ^ History of the Library. bibliothek.herford.de, accessed on January 14, 2018 .
  3. ^ Table of figures. bibliothek.herford.de, accessed on January 14, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Events. bibliothek.herford.de, accessed on January 14, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Cooperations. bibliothek.herford.de, accessed on January 14, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Friends of the Buch.Bar. bibliothek.herford.de, accessed on January 14, 2018 .