1. NAPLE Forum 9 May 2016, The Hague
Barbara Schleihagen, German Library Association, Executive Director Country update: Germany
NAPLE Forum
9 May 2016, The Hague

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German Library Association | Executive Director | Barbara Schleihagen

3. Key Public Library (PL) figures in Germany
81,9 Mio inhabitants in municipalities ranging from 3,5 Mio inhabitants (Berlin) to 9 inhabitants (Gröde)
7.757 PL systems (of which with full-time staff) with (3.252) library service points, PL offer e-media
119 Mio items in collection / e-books on offer
118 Mio visits
355 Mio loans / 17 Mio e-media loans
7,31 Mio active users (9 % of population)
e-books= 4,5 % of total book market / 3,9 Mio buyers of e-books
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4. Challenges
PL extending services to more than one million refugees and asylum seekers in 2015
Impact of technical advancements on PL, but only 500 PL with Wifi
Economic austerity in many communities, PL as voluntary service
Only 50% of bestselling e-Books available in PL
Only 5 out of 16 federal states with PL legislation
No common vision for the future?
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6. Responses to challenges
Common declaration by local authority associations and German library association, May 2016
Support of transformation process and development of common vision – good practice examples
German LA: lobbying for e-lending legislation
German LA: campaign for contribution of libraries to the digital agenda
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7. Responses to challenges
German service centres for libraries: application for extra funding for special media for refugees
German LA: workshops, webinar, best practice services for refugees
German LA: application for funding via foundation for Wifi in all PL
German LA lobbies for legislation in all federal states
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9. Thank you very much! Barbara Schleihagen German Library Association
Chair of IFLA Section Management of Library Associations
Photographs:
Stadt- und Landesbibliothek Potsdam
Bibliothek am Luisenbad, Berlin-Wedding, Lesesaal
© dbv / Thomas Meyer, Ostkreuz
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German Library Association | Executive Director | Barbara Schleihagen