History
The first German Librarians’ Day took place in Marburg in 1900. Since then, this largest national continuing education event in the German-speaking world has taken place annually. Originally, this conference was restricted to librarians in academic libraries, but for a long time, librarians in public libraries have also been included.
You can find a chronology of all Bibliothekartags in this overview.
The German Librarians’ Congress is organised by the Association of German Librarians (Verein Deutscher Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare e.V. – VDB) and the Professional Association of Information Libraries (Berufsverband Information Bibliothek e.V. – BIB).
Every third year, the Congress for Information and Libraries, organised by Bibliothek & Information Deutschland (BID), takes place in Leipzig. This is also the German Librarians’ Day in the respective year.
The German Librarians’ Day otherwise takes place annually (with the exception of 2003 due to the IFLA meeting in Germany and 2020 due to the Corona pandemic) in May or June in alternating German cities.
If you are interested in the websites of past Librarians’ Days or Library Congresses, you will find the archive on this page.
The authors have published lecture slides and presentations on the OPUS server since 2001.
