Saxon State and University Library Dresden

Saxon State and University Library Dresden
Sächsische Landesbibliothek und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB)
Main reading room of the Saxon State Library
Location	Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Type	State and university library
Established	1556 and 1828
Collection
Size	8,300,000
Legal deposit	Yes, for published literature in Saxony
Other information
Director	Achim Bonte
Website	www.slub-dresden.de

The Saxon State and University Library Dresden (full name in German: Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats - und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden), abbreviated SLUB Dresden, is located in Dresden, Germany. It is both the regional library (German: Landesbibliothek) for the German State of Saxony as well as the academic library for the Dresden University of Technology (German: Technische Universität Dresden). It was created in 1996 through the merger of the Saxon State Library (SLB) and the University Library Dresden (UB). The seemingly redundant name is to show that the library brings both these institutional traditions together.^[1]

The SLUB moved into a large new building in 2002 to bring together the inventories of both its predecessors. Its collection numbers nearly nine million, making it one of the largest public archival centers in the Federal Republic of Germany. It holds significant treasures, including the Codex Dresdensis, a book which was believed to be the oldest surviving book written in the Americas, dating to the 11th or 12th century.^[2] Within the SLUB is the Deutsche Fotothek, holding some 4 million photographs from the past 80 years, and the German Stenographic Institute.