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Öffentliches Bücherregal Celle |
I spotted this example in Celle. Whilst I love the idea, I hope that it isn't the fore-runner of the way publicly provided libraries are going to look after spending cuts to library services! And where can I plug my e-reader in to download a book?
If you are interested, here are the rules for using the bookcase:
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Rules for using the public bookcase |
"This is the bookcase for Celle Neuenhäusen.
To ensure that all book-lovers in Celle have pleasure for a long time, there are a few - not many - rules:
- You can use the bookcase at any time.
- You can choose a book.
- You can borrow it and return it.
- You can keep it if you put another of your books in the cabinet.
- If you like it so well that you want to keep it for a while, you may do that too. However, if it really is so good, it should also be read by others.
- If you have at home quite a lot of books that you would like to bring, then please bring only as many as will fit in the cabinet.
- If something is broken, then please phone .....
Books give pleasure! Books are friends!"
Another, though commercial, venture that I admire is the number of book vending machines in Hamburg: The Hamburger Automatenverlag. It's certainly a better use for old cigarette vending machines than supplying cigarettes!
Similarly I have noticed that some Bahnhof vending machines dispense little yellow books alongside the Kit-Kats, crisps and cans of cola. These are published by Reclam Verlag, who I find out were the first company to introduce book vending machines in Germany. More information in that article I linked above, and on Wikipedia here.
Similarly I have noticed that some Bahnhof vending machines dispense little yellow books alongside the Kit-Kats, crisps and cans of cola. These are published by Reclam Verlag, who I find out were the first company to introduce book vending machines in Germany. More information in that article I linked above, and on Wikipedia here.