Public libraries and refugees

Public libraries and refugees : A German library perspective. – in: rinch blog, 30. august 2017.

Cologne library and refugees

“The Cologne Public Library is serving as a social and educational space for the city’s refugees, as counterparts across Germany increasingly become places for community engagement.” The article was published in The Guardian.

Bibliotheksindex revisited

Once again: The ranking of German public and scientific libraries is online, named “The Library Index” or “BIX – Bibliotheksindex”. Here you can choose the type of library, then the size and compare. Quite interesting – every year!

German library ranking – the BIX

Its now for the tenth year, that the library ranking for Germany is made for the Public Libraries and the sixth, that Scientific Libraries are ranked. The Label of this ranking is “Bibliotheksindex” or BIX, an its a instrument, that is made on the fundament of many indicators. The libraries are sorted in types (relating…