{"id":871,"date":"2024-04-24T16:03:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T16:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new2023.bibliocopy.de\/?page_id=871"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:20:31","slug":"ueber-uns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/en\/ueber-uns\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2022\" height=\"1190\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20211025_135746-scaled-e1734020013540.jpg\" alt=\"Three-dimensional green and blue letters B and C on a windowsill\" class=\"wp-image-1337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20211025_135746-scaled-e1734020013540.jpg 2022w, https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20211025_135746-scaled-e1734020013540-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20211025_135746-scaled-e1734020013540-1024x603.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20211025_135746-scaled-e1734020013540-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20211025_135746-scaled-e1734020013540-1536x904.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2022px) 100vw, 2022px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BiblioCopy logo on a windowsill. Photo by BiblioCopy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">BiblioCopy GmbH has operated as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kollektiv-betriebe.org\/\">self-managed business<\/a>\u00a0for more than 30 years, drawing on experience from copy and repro centres in several Berlin libraries. <br>During this time, library digitisation has changed and modernised considerably, and our business has evolved with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1011\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241126_134809-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Illuminated \u2018COPY SHOP\u2019 sign\" class=\"wp-image-1338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241126_134809-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241126_134809-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241126_134809-1024x404.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241126_134809-768x303.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241126_134809-1536x607.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241126_134809-2048x809.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Illuminated \u2018COPY SHOP\u2019 sign. Photo: BiblioCopy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past, we mainly offered printing and copying facilities in various libraries. <br>Today, digital reproduction is central to both our self-service facilities and our staff-assisted services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have also gained extensive experience delivering digitisation projects for a wide range of libraries, museums and archives. We continually update both our practical and theoretical expertise as well as our technical equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">For several years we have also run a small <a href=\"https:\/\/www.links-lesen.de\/\">online bookshop<\/a>, not for profit, but as a project close to our hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bc-about-collective is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading bc-about-collective__title\">Connected through collective working<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bc-about-collective__intro wp-block-paragraph\">Als selbstverwalteter Betrieb sind wir seit vielen Jahren mit anderen Berliner Kollektivbetrieben vernetzt. Auf der gemeinsamen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kollektiv-betriebe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> finden sich weitere Informationen zur Geschichte und gemeinsamen Projekten und Veranstaltungen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bc-about-collective__grid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a9783c71bea1&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a9783c71bea1\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full bc-about-collective__figure wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"286\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" 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2010.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One thing has not changed: we continue to organise and manage our work collectively and without a hierarchical structure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid constant change and new challenges, we keep working to provide a good livelihood for everyone involved, make decisions collectively, share responsibility and support one another.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/H._Berthold_A.G._Berlin-Kreuzberg_Mehringhof_08.jpg\" alt=\"BiblioCopy&apos;s office is in the Mehringhof, a self-managed commercial and cultural centre in Berlin-Kreuzberg.\" class=\"wp-image-2104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/H._Berthold_A.G._Berlin-Kreuzberg_Mehringhof_08.jpg 1280w, 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Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:H._Berthold_A.G.,_Berlin-Kreuzberg,_Mehringhof_08.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MYR67 \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For more than 30 years, the self-managed BiblioCopy collective has combined digitisation experience with personal advice, careful handling and reliable quality.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1337,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bc_sidebar_set":"auto","_bc_sidebar_blocks":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-871","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bibliotheken"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3510,"href":"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/871\/revisions\/3510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibliocopy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}