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For 160 years the City Library has been one of Munich's major cultural institutions and the state capital's most frequented cultural and communications centre. It is today the largest municipal library system in Germany. Its 3 million books, periodicals and New Media are available not only on loan but also for on site reading, studying, viewing and listening. With
the city libraries function both as information centres and meeting places and play an active part in Munich's cultural landscape. |
Digital media
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The branch libraries and the Central Library Am Gasteig offer a wide range of digital media available for use in the library and on loan. Since the spring of 2003, all titles have been researchable online under www.muenchner-stadtbibliothek.de/opac. Internet research workstations are available in all of the libraries. For young readers, the branch libraries and the children's and young people's library in the central library also offer a wide range of age-graded and education-focused multimedia. In the central library's information centre, there are "learning coves" with CD ROM theme pools (language courses, job-application training, etc.).
Music library and audiovisual centre
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In 1905, the Central Library's music library became the first music library in Germany to make music and music literature available to the general public. Today it is Germany's largest public music library, with some 185,000 printed media (scores, books and periodicals on music and the dance), and 50,000 audiovisual media (CDs, LPs, DVDs, videos and video discs, plus about 200 music CD ROMs). Its collection is suitable for use by schoolchildren, music students and musicologists as well as persons who play or listen to music as a leisure-time pursuit. The available media search options are grouped together in their own research site under www.muenchner-stadtbibliothek.de/opac.
Facilities for playing DVDs, videos, CDs and the historical sound recordings
ensure undisturbed listening and viewing right in the library. Besides the wide range of media on offer, the music library has five video carrels where one or two persons can view videos, video discs or DVDs; individual audio stations and two audio carrels are available for listening to CDs and records. The library's AV studio, equipped with Dolby surround sound and a big-picture projection screen, is available to groups up to a maximum of 49 persons. It is suitable for DVD and video screenings as well as for lectures using sound recordings.
Integrated training programme
In keeping with the Teaching Library approach, the Munich City Library sees itself not just as a media collection but also as a provider of guidance in a lifelong learning process. A diversified programme of courses offers aids which include the multimedia sector and which range from introductory PC courses and "Internet basics" to specialized information in literature-research courses.
The daily training programme is accessible via
www.muenchner-stadtbibliothek.de/stadtbibliothek/stadtbib-veranstaltungen.html.
Research service
As a partner of the German Internet Library, the Munich City Library offers an extensive link collection and it answers (almost) all conceivable questions via an electronic research service. In cooperation with 70 other public libraries and the Bertelsmann Foundation, it guarantees an answer within 24 hours – free of charge!
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