Night of the Libraries – For the First Time Nationwide in Germany: 4th of April 2025

Abstract

The poster presents the first nation-wide „Night of the Libraries" in Germany on April 4, 2025. Over 1,800 libraries participated, organising over 4,300 events and pulling more than 250,000 visitors. (On a beautiful balmy spring night, no less!) We will share facts and figures and lessons learnt as well as a few visuals of the participating large and small city libraries, island libraries, university libraries, bookmobiles, school libraries, patient libraries, special libraries, and a prison library. The events included author readings, lectures, game nights for the whole family, workshops in maker-spaces, visits by opera singers from the Komische Oper Berlin, yoga and gaming workshops, stuffed animal sleepovers, and exciting library tours through the stacks. The media response was enormous, too. The Night of Libraries is an initiative of the German Library Association (dbv) and its 16 regional associations. It took place nationwide for the first time. The Night of Libraries, which will take place every two years, aims to draw nationwide attention to the diverse offerings and services offered by libraries and invite all citizens to rediscover their local libraries. The next nationwide Night of Libraries will take place in 2027. For more information visit www.nachtderbibliotheken.de (mostly in German).