Volume 72 (2025), Edition 3-4

This article explores the connection between civic engagement and the work of libraries from both perspectives: What is the significance of such engagement for the work of libraries? And what significance do libraries have for the development of...

More than 800 citizens participate in various ways in the Bücherhallen libraries in Hamburg – in large city-wide projects and also in small but valuable programmes in the 32 district libraries. These are aimed at children, young people, adults,...

This article deals with the use of crowdsourcing in image archives and photo collections. It explains the various forms of crowdsourcing, such as the supplementing of metadata, annotations and georeferencing, and presents various crowdsourcing...

There is a long tradition of voluntary civic engagement at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Civic engagement opportunities are offered within the framework of a voluntary work contract and in the form of projects involving a loose association of...

Volunteers have been supporting the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin for over a decade. However, efforts to seek out and attract volunteers have been intensified in the past three years, with support being offered at a cross-departmental level in the...