!!!Büchereien

Lending Libraries: With the development of ( Adult Education) the 
first public lending libraries came into existence in the 19%%sup th/% 
 century. In 1994 Austria had around 2,400 libraries maintained by 
municipalities, schools, parishes, Chambers of Labour and the Austrian 
Federation of Trade Unions. They comprise around 8 million 
volumes, 850,000 readers use the libraries regularly, every year 12.5 
million books are borrowed from the libraries. Most of the 5,500 
librarians are employed in an honorary capacity or work on a part-time 
basis, while around 500 librarians work full-time. They are employed 
in the libraries of the municipalities and trained by the Austrian 
Library Association (Buechereiverband Oesterreichs). This association 
also supports and advises organisations financing the libraries.

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In 1897 the "Zentralbibliothek" association was founded, in 1904 the 
first workers' library was set up at Gumpendorf (Vienna) and in 1909 
the "Volkslesehalle" association, the successor of the "Katholischer 
Bibliotheks- und Leseverein" association, was established. In 1948 the 
forerunner of the Austrian Library Association, the Association of 
Austrian Public Libraries, was set up.

!Literature
Oeffentliche Bibliotheken in Oesterreich, from 1988; 
Handbuch Schulbibliotheken, 1994; Buecherei-Perspektiven, from 1984 - 
Associations: Buechereiverband Oesterreich; Oesterreichisches 
Borromaeuswerk (founded in 1948).


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