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Next Library Conference 2018
Public libraries are places of knowledge-gathering and dissemination. Yet this knowledge grows and changes as modern society develops. In the future, libraries will not so much resemble a collection of media as they will a platform for bringing...
Living Library for Nature Writing
Libraries are often considered static places devoted to lending media. The Kempten municipal library is launching a project in cooperation with two partner libraries in Sonthofen and Wertach to counteract this image. In the spirit of a “living...
Warendorf – Future-Ready and Liveable
Warendorf municipal library – funded by the hochdrei programme As part of its comprehensive urban development process, the city of Warendorf is building a community centre in which the municipal library will play a central role as a cultural venue,...
Library Development for Urban Society
Ludwigsburg municipal library – funded by the hochdrei programme In this project, the Schlösslesfeld branch of the Ludwigsburg municipal library will be converted into a laboratory for new participation processes and innovative programmes in which...
LeipzigRoom
A new project by the Leipzig municipal libraries aims to build a knowledge and creativity centre featuring a range of projects which organisations and members of urban community can use both experimentally and informally. For this purpose, the...
The ENCOUNTERS media workshops
The Media Workshop is a platform for dialogue which combines media training with a deeper reflection on life in a diverse urban community. The organisers wish to present a collection of various perspectives of equal importance. Together with the...
Library in the City – City in the Library
Bremerhaven municipal library – funded by the hochdrei programme This project will develop temporary and flexible library programmes for various groups in the Bremerhaven districts of Wulsdorf and Geestemünd. With its central library downtown and a...
Digital and Creative in Adendorf
The Adendorf municipal library has launched a project which encourages children and adolescents, along with their parents, instructors and teachers to explore the possibilities and challenges of digital transformation. The library in Adendorf – a...
digi MusicLab
Music connects people. It brings generations together, evokes emotions and forges bonds when encounter is obstructed by differences in language, culture or religion. The power of music is the focus of a new project by the Münster municipal library,...
KLAR!
The district of Klarenthal was established as a northwest suburb of the Hessian capital of Wiesbaden in the 1960s. Today many people from many different cultural backgrounds have made this place their home. The Klarenthal city district library and...
MakerThek Börde – Mobile from Place to Place
Young people are consuming media very differently today than in years past, and personal encounter and exchange outside digital space have noticeably decreased. This trend is especially prevalent in rural regions which offer fewer cultural and social...
Glass Pyramid 2022
How can municipal libraries support social cohesion? What themes, programmes and spaces tie into people’s real lives on location? Based on the four mega-topics “Sustainability and Climate Change”, “Digital Transformation”, “Work 4.0” and...
The Hands-On Library in Straubing
The residential area of East Straubing was established in the 1960s. The district library adjacent to the central education facility containing a preschool, primary and middle school and two day-care centres is the only cultural organisation in the...
CityLife. Municipal Library Forum at Salzstadel Rosenheim
The Rosenheim municipal library wants to initiate new cultural impulses at the heart of its city of 63,000 residents. Together with the Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences, it plans to build an open, flexible, 144-m2 temporary...
#dubisthier
Hamburg municipal libraries foundation – funded by the hochdrei fund Fake news and hate speech are a growing problem in social media. According to a Forsa survey conducted at the end of 2018, 47% of all respondents reported being confronted with...
hochdrei – Changing City Libraries
Public libraries of the 21st century are more than places where people can read and borrow books. In contemporary urban societies, they have become central places of encounter where residents of varying interests and origins can come together and...
Intercommunity Collaboration in Partheland
Grosspösna municipal library – funded by the hochdrei programme Five communities in the Partheland district – Borsdorf, Brandis, Grosspösna, Machern and Naunhof – have teamed up to strengthen their region, initiate a cultural awakening with...
Foyer for encounters
Hans Fallada municipal library – funded by the hochdrei fund In the university city of Greifswald, pop. 60,000, loneliness and aging have become exceedingly marked social trends. In 2030 one in four residents will be over 65 years old. As it is now,...
The Fact Checkers
Erfurt municipal and regional library – funded by the hochdrei fund Denizens of the public digital sphere must possess an especially critical awareness of the media in order to reveal manipulative and unsubstantiated information. The spread of...
BibLab-C
Chemnitz municipal library – funded by the hochdrei programme Chemnitz, a city of 245,000 people, is applying for recognition as the European Capital of Culture in 2025, and the Chemnitz municipal library wants to support it with a project based on...
Mobile Library as a Third Place
Schleswig-Holstein central municipal library – funded by the hochdrei fund How can mobile libraries become “third places” in rural regions? In what way can they help advance social change in these regions and strengthen local cohesion? What should...
Third Places for Würzburg
Würzburg municipal library – funded by the hochdrei programme Based on the participative creation process of its district library Hubland, which opened in 2019, the Würzburg municipal library wants to build on this experience and work with residents...
livingRoom Rathauspassage
Penzberg municipal library – funded by the hochdrei programme The Penzberg municipal library will collaborate with the adult education centre (VHS) and community leaders to transform the rather drab looking Rathauspassage, a shopping arcade, into a...
Library for Future
Osnabrück municipal library – funded by the hochdrei programme Many young people are demanding that policymakers take concrete action against climate change. Tying into the spirit of this movement, the Osnabrück municipal library is inviting young...
ReadingUFO
Mobile library of the Oder-Spree district – funded by the hochdrei programme The Oder-Spree district spans an area of 2,257 square kilometres, making it one of the largest administrative districts in Germany. In addition to the 18 main and branch...
Sundays in the Library...
Minden municipal library – funded by the hochdrei fund The Minden municipal library and the Bad Oeynhausen public library would like to invite residents to experience the library as a cultural place of encounter on Sundays. Both municipalities have...
Library Life in Pioneer Park
Hanau municipal library – funded by the hochdrei programme In 2019 an area formerly used by the American army called Pioneer Park was incorporated into the city of Hanau. The Hanau municipal library would like to make the planned district library an...
Me.TOMORROW.
Giessen municipal library – funded by the hochdrei programme The “LibSatellite” – a futuristically designed mobile branch of the Giessen municipal library – will pay a visit to four city districts of Giessen in three tours and invite residents to...
Frankfurt Dream Academy
Frankfurt municipal library – funded by the hochdrei programme Digital transformation now impacts almost every aspect of life, which makes it increasingly important to acquire skills in communication, collaboration, creativity, and creative thinking...
Window to the Library of the Future
Weissenfels municipal library – funded by the hochdrei programme The Weissenfels municipal library wishes to redesign its premises spatially and conceptually, as the current situation limits the library’s ability to offer modern services and...
