Soziale Arbeit mit Wohnungslosen in Bibliotheken: Befürwortung von mehr Kooperationen mit Sozialarbeiter*innen

Abstract

This article refers to the lack of cooperation in germanspeaking libraries with social workers, in particular regarding homeless people. Suggestions, how and to what extent it may be useful for (public) libraries to work together, are formulated. By explaining how social workers collaborate in libraries in the USA, it discloses that the skills and the knowledge of social workers can contribute to the relief of librarians. Respectively study courses like Library Social Work can create a symbiosis of both professions.

Keywords

• library
• homelessness
• poverty
• social work
• bibliothek
• obdachlosigkeit
• armut
• soziale arbeit