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The article deals with a legal dispute regarding a pharmacy delivery service that operates outside of permissible store opening hours. A competition association has filed a lawsuit against a pharmacist who participates in this delivery service, which also operates on Sundays. The district court ruled in favor of the lawsuit, and the pharmacist's appeal was rejected. It is argued that pharmacies are not authorized to ensure their availability on Sundays and public holidays, regardless of the opening hours set by the states. The exact interpretation of the relevant laws is being discussed. The second part of the text deals with a professional disciplinary procedure against a dentist who is alleged to have made uncollegial statements. The professional court rejected the request to initiate the procedure, as the statements were covered by freedom of speech. The complaint against this decision is admissible. [Extracted from the article]

Im November 2022 ist die Zentralbibliothek im KAP1 mit einer eigenen App an den Start gegangen. Die „Stadtbüchereien Düsseldorf App" bietet den Besucher*innen der Zentralbibliothek ein besonderes Erlebnis, indem sie den realen Ort Bibliothek mit Augmented-Reality-Technologie um virtuelle Elemente erweitert. Gut ein Jahr nach der Eröffnung der neuen Räume erhielten diese mit der App nun eine neue, virtuelle Nutzungsebene. Aufgrund der großzügigen Öffnungszeiten der neuen Zentralbibliothek, auch ohne dass das Bibliotheksteam zur Unterstützung vor Ort ist, war es von Anfang an geplant, umfangreiche digitale Self-Services anzubieten, um die Zentralbibliothek jederzeit eigenständig entdecken und sich zurechtfinden zu können. Mit dem Düsseldorfer Unternehmen und AR-Experten Exponential Dimensions hat das Team nun eine alles andere als typische Bibliotheks-App entwickelt. Der Schwerpunkt liegt, übereinstimmend mit der Leitlinie „Menschen, Bücher, Räume", ganz auf Ort und Besuchenden. Im Juni 2023 erhielt die „Stadtbüchereien Düsseldorf App" international Anerkennung. Sie erhielt den renommierten Auggie Award in der Kategorie „Best Consumer App". Die jährlichen Auggie Awards sind seit 2010 die weltweit anerkanntesten Auszeichnungen der AR- und VR-Branche. In November 2022, the central library in KAP1 launched its own app. The "Stadtbüchereien Düsseldorf App" offers visitors a special experience by adding virtual elements to the real place of the library using augmented reality technology. A year after the opening of the library, the app adds a new, virtual level of use. Due to the generous opening hours of the new central library, even without the library team being on site for support, it is designed to offer extensive digital self-services for users to discover the library independently at any time and to find their way around. With Düsseldorf-based AR experts Exponential Dimensions, a "anything but typical" library app has been developed. In keeping with the principle of "People, Books, Spaces", its focus is entirely on location and visitors. In June 2023, the "Stadtbüchereien Düsseldorf App" got international recognition. It received the prestigious Auggie Award in the category "Best Consumer App". The annual Auggie Awards have been the world's most recognized awards in the AR and VR industry since 2010. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Within the framework of the "Knowledge Transformation" funding program, 751 digitization projects by libraries and archives were supported with over 24.2 million euros. The funding was allocated to various areas such as digitization projects, infrastructure measures, the development of outreach projects, and the expansion of digital media offerings. The program enabled libraries and archives to make their services available independent of location and opening hours. The high number of project applications demonstrates the demand for digital access to libraries and archives. [Extracted from the article]

The Budget Committee of the German Bundestag has launched the Federal Energy Culture Fund. A total of one billion euros are available, of which 375 million euros were released as the first tranche on January 25, 2023. Public cultural institutions such as libraries can apply for up to 50 percent of their additional energy needs. The funding is managed by the states. The German Library Association (dbv) welcomes this measure and emphasizes the role of libraries in the energy crisis, as they not only provide spaces but also create warmth through interaction. Some libraries have extended their opening hours or are open on Sundays. [Extracted from the article]

The article announces the Sunday opening hours of the reading room of the Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum museum in Leipzig, Germany, the publication of the ISO 21248: 2019 Information and documentation – Quality assessment for national libraries standard, and the awarding of honorary membership status in the Verein Deutscher Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare librarians' society to the former director of the ZB MED – Informationszentrum Lebenswis-\senschaften um das Bibliothekswesen library Dietrich Nelle.

During the past 15 years public libraries have undergone a transformation from being places where people lend books and other media to becoming a new type of low-threshold cultural institution in the sense of „third spaces". Today they are places for learning, lending and intercultural as well as intergenerational encounters with their respective functions. As public institutions, modern libraries are in the same rank with museums, scientific libraries, theatres and cinemas. However, in contrast to these institutions, libraries are not allowed to open on Sundays. It is time for a change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The German Library Association (dbv) welcomes the increase in the federal budget for culture and media to 2.29 billion euros. Particularly pleasing for libraries is the continuation of the "Knowledge Transformation" program as part of "Neustart Kultur" to support libraries and archives in their digital transformation. So far, almost 740 institutions have been supported with a total of 24.8 million euros. The dbv calls on politicians to create a legal basis for the lending of e-books by libraries and to introduce a nationwide regulation for Sunday opening hours. The German Library Association represents over 2,000 members and advocates for the strengthening of libraries to enable all citizens to have free access to information. [Extracted from the article]

The German Library Association (dbv) and the ver.di trade union are calling for adequate resources, family-friendly opening hours, and fair working conditions in public libraries in a joint statement. They emphasize the important role of libraries in times of crisis, such as supporting refugees and dealing with the consequences of the Corona pandemic. The dbv and ver.di are calling on the federal government, states, and municipalities to create better conditions for libraries. The German Library Association represents over 2,000 members and advocates for free access to information and the development of innovative library services. [Extracted from the article]

After describing qualitatively the increasingly flexible organization of work hours in Germany, I turn to the German Socio-Economic Panel to quantify practices and trends, and assess their effects on workers and employers. Measuring flexibility as the extent to which overtime is compensated with time off, and hence receives no overtime premium, I show that hourly-paid workers have undergone a regime shift towards more flexibility since 1984, while salaried workers have maintained an already high level of flexibility. I find weak evidence that flexibility causes workers to be slightly less satisfied with their work and more satisfied with their leisure. Over the boom and bust cycle of 2005-2009, I find that for hourly-paid workers in manufacturing, paid and unpaid overtime hours were equally cyclical, but that the cycle for unpaid overtime led the cycle for paid overtime. The results suggest that while the new practices do free employers to make more cyclical adjustments in hours, they have not eliminated the need for adjustments in paid overtime. I identify as constraints ceilings on cumulated overtime hours to be compensated with time off and the window within which the compensation in time off must occur. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Topics of the March 2019 issue of the library periodical "Bibliotheksdienst" are introduced including Polish libraries, digital library services, and the proposed extension of library business hours to include Sundays.