Music libraries in Germany
1.5 million pupils at municipal music schools alone, 100,000 participants in music courses offered by adult education centers - but only 72 public music libraries. In many places in Germany, a comprehensive supply of media for practical music practice, for actively listening to music and for learning about music is not guaranteed.
Public music libraries are an indispensable part of music education, writes the German Music Council. With its new online service "Focus: Public Music Libraries", the German Music Information Center (MIZ) documents the current infrastructure of public music libraries.
The financial framework conditions for public music libraries are disastrous in many places in the world's fourth strongest industrialized nation, the Music Council continued. For this reason, the state parliaments and funding bodies are called upon to adequately equip the existing facilities and to eradicate the white spots through new facilities.
The MIZ's new online service has been created in cooperation with the German national group of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centers. Information on the individual public music libraries can be accessed via an interactive map. This includes the physical and digital holdings of the libraries, including their focal points and special collections. The new focus is rounded off with further information and picture galleries that provide an insight into the services and facilities of public music libraries.
More info: https://themen.miz.org/fokus-oeffentliche-musikbibliotheken
