Director and Vice Director
Zentralbibliothek Zürich is managed by Director Dr. Priska Bucher and Vice Director Christoph Meyer.
«The ZB provides information services to the scholarly community and to the general public, reflecting contemporary best practice and responding to the evolving needs of our users which determine our policy. We play a leading and active role in advancing cooperative projects and work in close partnership with the scholarly research community. Our interaction with the University of Zürich accentuates our role as university library. And, as designated library for the City and the Kanton of Zürich, we also participate in the Digital Transformation which is changing how information is organised, disseminated and used, as well as how Knowledge Management functions – this also pertains to our rich collections of cultural heritage objects which we are making accessible in new ways.»
Dr. Priska Bucher
Director
Curriculum vitae
| 1990 - 2000 | Studied sociology, journalism, social and economic history, graduating as a working student |
| 2003 | Doctorate at the University of Zurich, dissertation on “Reading behavior and reading promotion: the role of school, family and library in the everyday media life of adolescents” |
| 1999 - 2001 | Head of the library of the Institute of Sociology at the University of Zurich |
| 2001 - 2008 | Assistant and research assistant at the Institute for Communication Sciences and Media Research (IKMZ) at the University of Zurich (research and teaching activities) |
| 2003 - 2019 | Subject librarian for sociology, journalism and gender studies at the Zurich Central Library |
| 2012 - 2019 | Head of the Department of Social and Natural Sciences, Law at the Zentralbibliothek Zürich |
| 2019 - March 2023 | Member of the Executive Board and Head of “Collection Development and Liaison Services” at the Zentralbibliothek Zürich |
| April 2023 - February 2025 | Director of the Swiss Institute for Children's and Youth Media SIKJM |
| March 2025 - | Zentralbibliothek Zürich: Director |
Christoph Meyer, lic. iur. RA, Vice Director 
Curriculum vitae
| 1983–1989 | Degree in Law, University of Zürich |
| 1990–1991 | Zürich District Court |
| 1991–1995 | Zürich High Court |
| 1995 | Zürich Bar Exam |
| 1995–1998 | Department for Youth and Career Services, Kanton Zürich: Deputy Head of Department |
| 1998–2001 | Department of Education, Kanton Zürich: Human Resources Manager |
| 2001– | Zentralbibliothek Zürich: Vice Director |