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Photo taken on Tuesday, January 30th;
Library manager from right Gabriele Dressel has quit Heidi von Unold, Elisabeth Swatosch, Anita Ruff, farewell photo) community library in the Schliersee parish hall.
Photo: t © taken on Tuesday, January 30th;
Library manager from right Gabriele Dressel has quit Heidi von Unold, Elisabeth Swatosch, Anita Ruff, farewell photo
Gabriele Dressel, volunteer library manager in Schliersee, is resigning from her job after more than 15 years.
Is this step the impetus for a new departure?
Schliersee
– Gabriele Dressel managed the Schliersee community library for over 15 years.
Now she has resigned from her position.
Sooner or later the community will have to think about the future of the facility.
In its current form it hardly has a future.
The library in the rectory is run purely on a voluntary basis.
Mayor Franz Schnitzenbaumer (CSU) emphasized this when he reported on the status of the library and had just announced Dressel's resignation.
“The fact that someone spends so much time – consistently and always – is something special,” he said in his acceptance speech.
Dressel did all the administrative tasks in the library, six to eight hours a week - and all for God's reward.
The now 73-year-old held the voluntary position for over 15 years.
30 to 45 minutes of handwork per book
The Schliersee library in the historic rectory is a bit out of date.
Almost everything here is still done by hand; you won't find a computer.
Although Dressel has a laptop that she uses, for example, to keep in touch with the St. Michael's Association and order books and rental cards there, everything in the library works as it did in the pre-digital era.
Dressel took care of everything from ordering to putting it on the shelf.
Wrap the book in foil and attach the label to the spine of the book.
In an interview with our newspaper, the ex-leader says.
“I once calculated that I need 30 to 45 minutes per book.” And that’s 300 times a year, since that’s about how many copies are ordered each year.
Other volunteer ladies only take care of the loan.
“None of us are the youngest anymore,” says Dressel.
And the dog is buried here too.
The team is shrinking and no new recruits can be found despite various calls.
“The time for volunteer work is somehow over,” says Dressel.
Many people simply don't have the time.
The community also felt this.
There will be no purely voluntary management.
Schnitzenbaumer announced that a successor was in sight, but the details were still being discussed on the basis of minor employment and one or two obstacles had to be removed.
For the time being, the management lies with an employee in the town hall.
For every new book, an old one has to give way
In the long term, we will probably have to look for an alternative to the rectory, said Schnitzenbaumer.
Dressel also knows: “We occupy the most beautiful space there.
The priests keep saying that they would like to have it themselves.” The facility is far from being thrown out, but slightly larger rooms would be desirable.
The shelves are currently so full that for every new book an old one has to give way.
There is no space for things like a reading or games corner or even a small café.
For this you would need more than around 50 square meters.
The local council was flirting with vacant commercial space, albeit at an affordable price.
As far as money is concerned, Dressel believes that the community will also have to invest in digital technology in the library.
Sure, the current team is a little shy about the topic, but you certainly can't win over younger people with index boxes.
Online searches or even online loans have long been standard elsewhere.
After all, children and young people are well represented among the readership.
Half of the 160 active customers are minors.
This has only increased again in recent years, says Dressel.
She had already considered quitting in 2022.
Last fall the decision was made to actually resign from management.
Perhaps an impetus for the fourth largest municipality in the district to do something on the subject of libraries.
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