{"id":10955,"date":"2026-02-10T19:02:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/cooperation-between-latvian-and-german-libraries-impressions-from-berlin\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T08:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:06:49","slug":"cooperation-between-latvian-and-german-libraries-impressions-from-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/en\/cooperation-between-latvian-and-german-libraries-impressions-from-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooperation Between Latvian and German Libraries: Impressions from Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10955\" class=\"elementor elementor-10955 elementor-10332\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7428ed3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7428ed3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-948b673\" data-id=\"948b673\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5909003 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5909003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span id=\"page3R_mcid4\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><br \/>&#8220;Two years ago, in autumn 2023, an 800 m\u00b2 extension called Pop-Up was opened next to the main building. Essentially, it is a large, flexible community and event space that community representatives can reserve for non-commercial events. The Pop-Up extension also includes restrooms, showers, and several smaller rooms: media labs where users can record audio and video, use 3D printers, and rooms with carpets for yoga, dance, music, presentations, and other activities. All of these services are provided free of charge.<br \/><\/span><\/span><span id=\"page3R_mcid4\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">[&#8230;]<br \/><\/span><\/span><span id=\"page3R_mcid4\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The electronic catalog helps users locate materials on reading room shelves by providing virtual paths to exact locations. The library includes a children\u2019s literature reading room with historical children\u2019s books and original illustrations, mainly used for research. Rare materials reading rooms are also available, where pens and liquids (including water) are prohibited. These special collections have reduced opening hours.<br \/><\/span><\/span><span id=\"page3R_mcid4\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">[&#8230;]<br \/>The Federal Foreign Office Library proved surprisingly large and rich. It is led by Karen Schmohl, President of the BID. This is a special library, accessible to external users only in exceptional cases \u2013 when a specific resource is unavailable elsewhere. Nine librarians work there, fulfilling information requests during business hours. Every German ministry and state institution has its own specialized library with trained professionals.[&#8230;]<\/span>&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can read the full report <a href=\"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Impressions-from-Berlin-report-December-2025.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viktorija Pi\u0161\u010dikova, Krist\u012bne Deksne, Solvita \u0160tekerhofa and El\u012bna Ve\u013ca of our partner country Latvia traveled to Berlin to strengthen the Latvia\u2013Germany partner country initiative for 2025\u20132028. Through their visit they gained valuable insights which they now share in their report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[136,130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-partner-country-latvia","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}