Spandau library will be closed on July 16 - new development plan!
Spandau library will be closed on July 16 - new development plan!
Berlin, Deutschland - On Wednesday, July 16, 2025, the Spandau district central library remains closed all day to make room for an internal event for the district library development plan. This was announced by the Spandau city administration. During this time, the Haselhorst, Heerstraße, Falkenhagener Feld and Kladow district libraries do not open until 2 p.m., while the driving library runs regularly and maintains the usual service quality.
The library development plan aims to define the strategic direction of the city libraries Spandau until 2032. The plan takes into account digital developments, demographic change and an increasing diversity of the users. Dr. Carola Brückner, responsible city councilor and deputy mayor, emphasizes that the plan should give impulses for future projects to improve the offer and service of the libraries.
participation and adaptation to user needs
Participative processes are planned that serve to better adapt the offers to the needs of users. The district libraries should therefore respond even more targeted to the wishes of the population. This approach follows a trend that many federal states in Germany pursue by developing corresponding library development plans. These plans are often initiated and worked on by the state associations of the German Library Association (DBV) to ensure the coordinated and sustainable further development of libraries, so library association.de .library development plans have the overarching goal of creating a comprehensive network of library care and promoting equivalent living conditions. Both the current situation and future fields of action are shown. Recommendations for cultural, science and educational policy goals are formulated in order to offer politics and administration a guideline for the coming years.
history and other aspects of library development
The Enquete Commission "Culture in Germany" analyzed the situation of art and culture in Germany from 2004 to 2008. In this context, legal and structural framework conditions for the operation of libraries were also discussed. The final report, which was presented to the German Bundestag on December 13, 2007, included five central recommendations for the library area. These include the regulation of the tasks and financing of public libraries and the creation of a cross -border library development plan.
A participatory process was used in Berlin to include the wishes of the city society in the development process. In this way it is ensured that the libraries can also act as a central educational and cultural locations in the coming years. The libraries ask for understanding for the closure on July 16 and are happy to welcome visitors again on July 17, 2025 at the usual opening times.
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