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Die Stadtbibliothek Nordhorn übernimmt in Zukunft die Aufgaben einer Hochschulbibliothek für die Medikon GmbH, deren Lehrveranstaltungen in einem Krankenhaus stattfinden und in Zusammenarbeit mit der Saxion Hogeschool in Enschede (NL) angeboten werden.

Mehr Informationen zu dieser Kooperation:

• auf den Seiten der Stadtbibliothek Nordhorn,
• im Podcast der Ems-Vechte-Welle und
• auf der Webseite von Medikon.

Der Mad Scientist der Grand Rapids Public Library:

[via Wolfgang Kaiser]

Verschiedene, nicht nur aktuelle Artikel zur Lage der Bibliotheken in der Wirtschaftskrise:

Library sees 11 percent increase in use

The dip in the economy has made the library more popular, and a library expansion and remodeling five years ago helped draw more users, Myers said.

Redouble or Retrench? Reacting to the Financial Crisis

Clearly, it will take more work than in the past to raise money. However, a new opportunity is there, and the money is there. I maintain that this is not the time to retrench; it is the time to redouble our efforts.

Campaign is on to save one of region’s libraries

Cllr Sir Peter Brown, the council’s communities chief, said: “We have to chop £2 million from an £8 million budget and we are looking to provide the best possible library service within that budget.”

Johnson County Library a busy place to be

“But we are also finding that the tight economy is bringing in those who are searching for jobs and career information or wanting to use computers. Many patrons are cutting back in their personal budgets and look to the library as a free resource for newspapers, magazines, and audiovisual materials as well as books that they no longer are able to or want to purchase.”

Letter: Local libraries offer a wide assortment of services

In this economy where can one go to explore the world for free? Come over to the library and see. The residents of our community do use the library, so let’s keep it going.

Die Stadt der Bücherwürmer

Erwachsene zahlen für die Ausleihe pro Jahr 20 Euro. Kinder bis 18 Jahre dürfen den Service der Stadtbücherei gratis nutzen. Vielleicht ist das auch ein Teil des Erfolges für die Neumünsteraner, denn so manche familiäre Haushaltskasse hat in Zeiten der Wirtschaftskrise durchaus mal Ebbe.

The next song in the famous and amazingly popular series “live in the library” was performed last june at the
Bezirksbibliothek Rheinhausen. The artists Oberpichler seem to be bookish people. They also played in three book stores this year.

If you find nice clips of live gigs in libraries please tell me in the comments! All songs will be tagged with “live in the library“.

The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) presents a toolkit for libraries that want to organize concerts in their rooms.

This March sees the national roll-out of Get It Loud In Libraries. The award
winning programme of live music in public libraries, which has witnessed incendiary
performances from critically acclaimed artists as Adele, Bat For Lashes and Florence
+ The Machine, reverberate amongst the traditionally quiet bookshelves. Kicking off
the month of music will be the talented 16 year old pop starlet, Daisy Dares You,
who is seen as the perfect act to launch the UK franchise.

Get It Loud In Libraries originates from libraries in Lancashire, where the tiny
stage has showcased the talents of The Blackout, British Sea Power and Juliette
Lewis. The project was conceived by Stewart Parsons of Lancashire Libraries to
allow more relevant cultural access to libraries for young people who love music
but don’t necessarily use libraries, and is proving a popular original format for
delivering the traditional library brief to entertain, inform and educate.

Get it Loud in Libraries encourages everyone to get involved, so if you or your
library would like to take part, the Get it Loud in Libraries toolkit offers a
step-by-step guide to staging live music events in public libraries.

In the Get it Loud guide there’s plenty of information about booking and all the other things a live venue should know about.

[Thanks to Peter Alsbjer!]

Wie der Westen.de berichtet, sollen die Herner Stadtteilbibliotheken in Eickel und Sodingen noch in dieser Legislaturperiode geschlossen werden.

The 14th library gig I found is a special one. It’s not only in a library. The band members happen to be librarians. Of course: librarians who are cool enough to play “Wipe out” in their library are bloggers, too. At least two of them. My recommendation: Read those two postings (1, 2) and listen to the Audacious Bibliosophs aka QC and the Sunshine Band:

The Audacious Bibliosophs- LIVE IN CONCERT from Daniel Messer on Vimeo.

Their self-description:

There happens to be a large amount of musicians on staff at the Queen Creek Branch Library. A while back we decided to get together, form a band, and then play for a programme during our summer reading time! Holly leads things off by telling the kiddos that learning a musical instrument takes time and then we get into the thick of things with filked renditions of Tequila (Queen Creek Library Rocks), Wipe Out, Hang On Sloopy (Hang On Library), Margaritaville (Summer Reading Time), and What a Wonderful World.

If you find nice clips of live gigs in libraries please tell me in the comments! All songs will be tagged with “live in the library“.

Im Librarything-Blog beschreibt Tim Spalding eine iPhone-App, mit der Bibliotheken, Buchläden und andere verbuchte Orte gesucht und gefunden werden können. “Local Books” kann:

* Search for venues (bookstores and libraries) as well as events near your current location using the iPhone’s built-in location features.
* Search for venues and events at any location or by name.
* Venues can be sorted by distance, name, or type.
* Venues are color coded, following the maps on LibraryThing Local (colors correspond to the colors used on maps in LibraryThing Local).
* Each venue has a detail page with a map. Tap it to jump to the iPhone Maps application.
* Venues often sport a description, clickable website and phone number links, events, and a photo.
* You can favorite locations and events, and there’s a “Favorites” list where you can find them.(1)

Wer seine Bibliothek dort verzeichnet wissen will, muss sie einfach in Librarything Local eintragen.

Die Bezeichnung ist nicht sehr glücklich gewählt. “Local Book Places” wäre eventuell angebrachter.

Anette Schavan im Deutschlandfunk:

… jetzt geht es darum, in der Tat die Bildungsdebatte nicht nur theoretisch zu führen, sondern dafür zu sorgen, dass zum Beispiel keine Schule mehr ohne eigene Bibliothek ist. Eine Bibliothek gehört mitten in die Schule. Und wo es nicht mitten in der Schule ist, muss der Weg zur Bibliothek außerhalb der Schule kurz sein. Und es muss Regelmäßigkeit hineinkommen, also nicht nur das spektakuläre Projekt, sondern in der Bibliothek arbeiten können, Bücher ausleihen, Vorlesen auch in der Klasse als Teil des schulischen Alltags.

Da möchte sich jemand an seinen Taten messen lassen. Wer dem Bibliotheksalltag inklusive aufwändiger Leseförderung finanzieren will, muss Personal finanzieren. Umsichtig weist Schavan darauf hin, dass Bibliotheken von den unterschiedlichsten Trägern unterhalten werden. Ob das ein Hinweis ist, dass sie selbst kein Geld in die Hand nehmen wird? Föderalismus kann ja so bequem sein. Frau Schavan, überraschen Sie mich bitte!

Klickenswert:

[via Kellergeschoss]