Styrian Chamber of Labour library marks 100 years
Austria The Styrian Chamber of Labour library is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a free event in Graz on Saturday, ORF Steiermark reported.
The library has been run by the chamber since 1926. Its director, Alexander Fritz, said the aim was to make knowledge and information as accessible as possible, in keeping with a central principle of the organised workers’ movement. There are no registration, lending or membership fees.
The collection includes about 100,000 books available to borrow, as well as a digital library with nearly 40,000 items, including e-books, audiobooks and magazines. Fritz described it as a general library serving a wide range of needs, from leisure reading and education to holiday planning and children’s literature.
Saturday’s anniversary programme at the Graz Kammersäle includes readings by Robert Misik, Karl Markus Gauss and children’s author Saskia Hödl, as well as activities for children and a book fair. Books will be sold for one euro per kilogram. The event is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.