City and school libraries close over the holidays!

City and school libraries close over the holidays!

In the run -up to Christmas, several libraries change their opening hours. The city library in Seelze has its last opening day for this year on Friday, December 20th. From Monday, December 23, to and including Monday, January 6th, it remains closed because of the holidays. During this time there is no way to borrow or return media, but users can use the digital offers of the library to download books, audio books and more comfortably from home, as already on hannover.de The situation is similar in the school library of the Georg Büchner-Gymnasium in Letter, which remains closed until January 6th. The libraries automatically extend all borrowed media, so that during the closing time there are no default or reminder fees.

integration in overath

A remarkable step took place in Overath in 2023, where the city and school library was merged into a common facility. This new library offers both students and adults a wide range of media, including books, games and specialist literature. Particularly noteworthy is the picture book cinema for children, which takes place every first Wednesday of the month. According to information from overath.bibliotheca-open.de , users have the option of borrowing and borrowing and borrowing online via the Bergisches Onleihe Media and at both locations. The merger promotes access to information resources for all citizens in the area and facilitates the exchange of media between the two institutions.