Gerald Leitner
EBLIDA President
Secretary General of Büchereiverband Österreichs (Austrian Library Association), BVÖ
Since 1998 Gerald Leitner is Secretary General of Büchereiverband Österreichs.
Since 2004 he is chair of the executive committee of Österreichische Gesellschaft für Politische Bildung, Wien (Austrian Society for Political Education, Vienna).
From 2005 – 2007 he was a member of the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA) Executive Board.
Since 2007 Gerald Leitner is President of EBLIDA.
Gerald Leitner holds a degree from the University of Vienna in German language and literature and history. He is also a certified librarian.
Gerald Leitner participated in many EU-founded projects, e.g.: DERAL, PUBLICA, PULMAN, CALIMERA, ENTITLE.
His numerous publications include the following books:
Was wird das Ausland dazu sagen? Literatur und Republik in Österreich nach 1945 (What will the reactions from abroad be like? Literature and the republic of Austria in the aftermath of 1945), Vienna 1995
Öffentliche Büchereien in Österreich. Adressen. Daten. Analysen (Public libraries in Austria. Contact Addresses. Data. Analyses), Vienna 1998
Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (Literature for children and young people), Vienna 1999
Über Österreich zu schreiben ist schwer (Writing about Austria is difficult: Literature and Politics in Austria), Salzburg 2000
En route: Neue Aufgaben, neue Chancen für Öffentliche Bibliotheken (En route: New tasks, new opportunities for public libraries), Vienna 2001
He also has won a couple of prizes:
1999, Österreichischer Staatspreis für Erwachsenenbildung (The Austrian national award for education and vocational training for adults)
2000, Bruno-Kreisky-Preis für das Politische Buch (Bruno-Kreisky-Award for political books)