Library advice
The Brandenburg State Office for Archives and Public Libraries coordinates nationally oriented programmes for the state of Brandenburg, in the implementation of which the specialist library offices are involved. In addition to the introduction and support of innovative state-specific projects, it is responsible for the implementation of national and international project developments for the state's public libraries. The integration of the library services in the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences is supported by the close integration of research, teaching and practice, the strategic implementation of future transformation processes in the field of public libraries.
ABC of library work
Public libraries – Mission statement
Public libraries are municipal infrastructure facilities for education, culture and leisure. They offer multimedia and multifunctional services in real and virtual space.
Association of Public Libraries (V?B)
The network of public libraries virtually unites the public libraries of Brandenburg and their collections.
eMedia networks
The public libraries in the district and at regional level have joined together to form e-media associations in order to offer users virtual digital lending of media.
Library development
Position papers and publications with recommendations for concepts, descriptions of fields of action and arguments on the social significance of public libraries.
Support programmes
The regional office provides information, advice and support to public libraries on issues relating to the various funding programmes.
Statistics and analysis
The regional office supports the libraries with the German Library Statistics. Other statistical data is also collected and evaluated for the work of the regional office.
Building and furnishing advice
The regional office advises libraries on planning principles, on accessibility as well as on room concepts and expert opinions.
Brandenburg Reading Summer
The regional office coordinates the Brandenburg Reading Summer and provides materials. Information on the programme, ideas, instructions and materials can be found in the "Internal department" section.
Newsletter
The "Public Libraries Newsletter" of the Brandenburg State Office for Archives and Public Libraries informs you regularly about library-relevant specialist topics and events.
Sustainability
The topic of "sustainability" is also relevant for public libraries. You can find helpful links here.
Internal department
In this section, we provide you with password-protected information, protocols and materials on the following topics:
- Working groups Bibliotheksarbeit mit Kindern und Jugendlichen" and "Digitale Angebote", State conference
- Brandenburg Reading Summer
- Actionbound and Onilo consortia
- further suggestions/ideas/concepts from libraries, recruitment via LFS
Public libraries - Mission statement
Association of Public Libraries (V?B)
The network is a cooperation project of the public libraries of the state of Brandenburg, managed and coordinated by the Brandenburg State Office for Archives and Public Libraries.
The participating libraries list their analogue media holdings in a common electronic, searchable union catalogue, which is gradually being expanded.
Current status (June 2023):
- Around 1.3 million titles indexed
eMedia networks
In the state of Brandenburg, public libraries are grouped into 13 e-media associations, mostly in the respective districts.
- Media network P-PM-CB-FF-BRB the Potsdam City and Regional Library, the public libraries in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, the Frankfurt (Oder) City and Regional Library, the Cottbus City and Regional Library and the Fouqué Library Brandenburg an der Havel
- Niederlausitz "Onleihe" media network of the libraries in Calau, Guben, Forst (Lausitz), Gro?r?schen, Lübbenau-Vetschau, Schwarzheide, Senftenberg and Spremberg
- Barnim Media Network "Barnim Onleihe" the municipal library of Bernau bei Berlin, the municipal library of Biesenthal, the municipal library of Eberswalde, the Brunold library of Joachimsthal, the municipal library of Panketal and the libraries of the municipality of Wandlitz
- Havelland Media Network "Havelland Onleihe"
- Media association Landkreis Oder-Spree "LOS24" of the libraries in Beeskow (mobile library, archive, reading and media centre, municipal library), Eisenhüttenstadt, Erkner, Fürstenwalde, Grünheide, Sch?neiche, Storkow
- Prignitz Media Network "PrigNetz" of the libraries in Bad Wilsnack, Meyenburg, Perleberg, Pritzwalk, Putlitz and Wittenberge
- Media network Teltow-Fl?ming "E-Lending" of the libraries in Am Mellensee, Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Gro?beeren, Luckenwalde, Ludwigslust, Rangsdorf, Trebbin and Zossen
- Uckermark Media Network "Onleihe Uckermark" of the libraries in Angermünde, Prenzlau, Schwedt/Oder and Templin
- Media network Dahme-Spreewald of the libraries in of the municipal libraries in Eichwalde, Gol?en, K?nigs Wusterhausen, Kreis- und Fahrbibliothek Lübben, Stadtbibliothek Lübben, Schulzendorf, Wildau and Zeuthen
- Media network Elbe Elster Bibnet of the libraries in Bad Liebenwerda, Doberlug-Kirchhain, Elsterwerda, Falkenberg/Elster, Finsterwalde, Herzberg/Elster, Hohenleipisch, Pr?sen, Schlieben, Uebigau and the District Driving Library Elbe-Elster
- Media network M?rkisch-Oderland MOL of the libraries in Altlandsberg, Bad Freienwalde, Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf, Petershagen/Eggersdorf, Lebus, Müncheberg, Neuenhagen b. Berlin, Rüdersdorf, Seelow, Strausberg and Wriezen
- Oberhavel Media Network of the libraries in Glienicke/Nordbahn, Gransee, Hennigsdorf, Hohen Neuendorf, Kremmen, Liebenwalde, Oberkr?mer, Oranienburg, Velten and Zehdenick
- Media network Ostprignitz-Ruppin OPR of the libraries in Fehrbellin, Kyritz, Neuruppin, Neustadt (Dosse), Rheinsberg, Wittstock and Wusterhausen
Library development
- 21 good reasons for good libraries
Image brochure published by the umbrella organisation BID - Bibliothek & Information Deutschland e.V. in 2009 - Basics for good libraries - guidelines for decision-makers
Annex to the image brochure "21 good reasons for good libraries" published in 2009 by the umbrella organisation BID - Bibliothek & Information Deutschland e.V. The performance figures and metrics presented here set benchmarks to ensure that public libraries can fulfil their social tasks in the long term. - Public Library 2025 - Guidelines for the Development of Public Libraries
This paper describes new guidelines for the development of public libraries up to 2025. It formulates the prerequisites for contemporary and future-oriented library work. "Public Library 2025" sees itself as an argumentation aid for the debate on the positioning of public libraries in a rapidly changing society. It describes the necessary fields of action for the transformation process into a digital society and a third place. Published by Deutscher Bibliotheksverband e.V., 2021 - Libraries and Democracy
Statement of the Deutscher Bibliotheksverband e.V. (2019) on the specific contribution of libraries in political education and the promotion of democratic discourse. Further information from the dbv on the topic here. - Sustainable promotion of libraries - especially in times of crisis
Joint statement by the United bob体育平台官网s Trade Unions ver.di and the German Library Association (dbv), 2022 - Liveable city centres of the future
The paper describes challenges facing cities and the role of various players - including culture. This appeal was written in 2022 by the German Association of Cities, the German Trade Association, ver.di, the German Institute of Urban Affairs and the German Cultural Council together for liveable inner cities. - Digital Agenda of the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg 2021
Description of the tasks of public libraries under point 3.4 "Digitisation in the area of public libraries and the Potsdam City and State Library (SLB)". - "Cultural education - a cross-sectional task of public libraries".
This position paper of the "Brandenburg State Office for Archives and Public Libraries" was prepared in 2012 and updated in 2022. It describes the specific contribution of public libraries as actors in cultural education.
Support programmes
The Brandenburg State Office for Archives and Public Libraries supports public libraries in applying for and implementing funding programmes at state and federal level.
Project examples
Statistics and analysis
The regional office supports the public libraries in their work on the German Library Statistics (DBS), which is supervised, carried out and evaluated by the North Rhine-Westphalia University Library Centre (hbz). The work of the libraries is documented here on a national level and thus enables a comparison of performance on the basis of statistical data on equipment, holdings, loans, finances, expenditure and staff.
You can call up concrete data in the variable evaluation.
Furthermore, the Regional Office collects additional statistical data on public libraries every year. These are also processed and published here.
Building and furnishing advice
Brandenburg Summer of Reading
The "Brandenburg Summer of Reading" is a reading promotion event that focuses on the joy of reading and fun outside of school hours. The most important cooperation partners are the schools.
Pupils of certain grades, which are determined by the library itself, are invited to participate. During the summer holidays, pupils become members of a summer reading club. Books are provided exclusively for club members.
The participants read books and keep a log book. When they return the media, they answer questions about the book they have read. For this they get a stamp in the logbook. Those who can prove that they have read three books are rewarded and receive a certificate. Some libraries also organise class competitions. The class with the most books read receives a challenge cup.
Many libraries enrich the reading club in the summer with numerous creative activities such as painting together, handicrafts, reading books aloud and talking about them, analogue and digital adventure games, authors as guests in the club and much more. The spectacular end of the project is the closing event.
Sustainability
In the context of our event "Sustainability and Democracy Promotion", Dr. Michael Czolko?-Hettwer (Netzwerk Grüne Bibliotheken) has provided a list of links. This list offers, among other things, an overview of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the concept of Green Libraries and working aids as well as some project examples from libraries in German-speaking countries.
- Overview of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030): https://unric.org/de/17ziele/
- Page of the German Library Association (dbv) on the topic of sustainability/green library: https://www.bibliotheksverband.de/nachhaltigkeit
- Best practice examples of sustainability work from German, Swiss and Austrian libraries (the Biblio 2030 page is run by the library associations from the three countries mentioned):
https://www.biblio2030.de/beispielsammlung/ - Overview page of the University and City Library of Cologne on its sustainability activities (with specific reference to the Sustainable Development Goals):
https://ub.uni-koeln.de/die-usb/ueber-uns/agenda2030 - Website of IFLA ENSULIB, the sustainability section of the World Library Association (here on the definition of "green library"):
https://www.ifla.org/g/environment-sustainability-and-libraries/ifla-green-library-definition/ - German version of the IFLA definition "Green Library": https://cdn.ifla.org/wp-content/uploads/IFLA-GreenLibraryDefinition_German_2022Jan.pdf
- Overview of the development and activities of the Green Library Network (activities from 2023 will be added soon):
https://www.netzwerk-gruene-bibliothek.de/rueckblick/ - Under the following link you will find a checklist (No. 46) published in September 2023 on sustainability work in libraries (very practice-oriented, adaptable for all library types):
https://www.bib-info.de/berufspraxis/opl-checklisten - International bibliography on the topic of "Green Library":
https://www.netzwerk-gruene-bibliothek.de/bibliografie/ - Information on the virtual event series "Ideas Café of the Green Library Network:
https://www.netzwerk-gruene-bibliothek.de/ideen-cafe-gruene-bibliothek/ - Network Sustainability Academic Libraries:
https://www.netzwerk-gruene-bibliothek.de/netzwerk-nachhaltigkeit-wissenschaftliche-bibliotheken/ - Newsletter archive of the Green Library Network:
https://www.netzwerk-gruene-bibliothek.de/newsletter-archiv/ - The newsletter can be subscribed to at:
https://www.netzwerk-gruene-bibliothek.de/newsletter/ - Initiative Libraris4Future with declaration of principles that can be signed by individuals and libraries:
https://libraries4future.org/
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