German National Library

German National Library
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
The German National Library in Leipzig
Location	Frankfurt and Leipzig, Germany
Type	National library
Established	1912; 112 years ago (1912)
Reference to legal mandate	Law regarding the German National Library
Collection
Items collected	Conventional printed works, those in microform, sound recording media and digital publications on physical storage devices and net publications
Size	43.7 million items (2021)[1]
Criteria for collection	all publications published in Germany, all German-language publications published abroad, all translations into other languages of German-language works published abroad, all foreign-language publications about Germany published abroad known as "Germanica", written or printed works published between 1933 and 1945 by German-speaking emigrants
Legal deposit	yes, since 1935
Access and use
Access requirements	Users must be at least 18 years old and present a valid passport or ID card. Library use is subject to a charge. A valid residence permit for Leipzig or Frankfurt am Main is requested for the application.
Circulation	350,713 (2018)[2]
Members	173,374 (2018)[2]
Other information
Budget	€54.9 million (2018)[2]
Director	Frank Scholze (2020)
Employees	641.5 FTE (2018)[2]
Website	dnb.de
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leipzig class=notpageimage| German National Library Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main General information Address Adickesallee 1, 60322 Frankfurt am Main Coordinates 50°07′52″N 8°41′00″E / 50.13121°N 8.68329°E / 50.13121; 8.68329 Other information Public transit access Deutsche Nationalbibliothek M32 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leipzig General information Address Deutscher Platz 1, 04103 Leipzig Coordinates 51°19′20″N 12°23′48″E / 51.32228°N 12.39663°E / 51.32228; 12.39663 Other information Public transit access S 1 S 2 S 3 S 5 S 5X Leipzig MDR (400m) Tram 16 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

The German National Library (DNB; German: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) is the central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany. It is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its task is to collect, permanently archive, comprehensively document and record bibliographically all German and German-language publications since 1913, foreign publications about Germany, translations of German works, and the works of German-speaking emigrants published abroad between 1933 and 1945, and to make them available to the public.^[3] The DNB is also responsible for the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie [de] and several special collections like the Deutsches Exilarchiv 1933–1945 (German Exile Archive), Anne-Frank-Shoah-Bibliothek [de] and the Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum (German Museum of Books and Writing). The German National Library maintains co-operative external relations on a national and international level. For example, it is the leading partner in developing and maintaining bibliographic rules and standards in Germany and plays a significant role in the development of international library standards. The cooperation with publishers has been regulated by law since 1935 for the Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig [de] and since 1969 for the Deutsche Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main.

Duties are shared between the facilities in Leipzig and Frankfurt, with each center focusing its work in specific specialty areas. A third facility has been the Deutsches Musikarchiv Berlin (founded 1970), which deals with all music-related archiving (both printed and recorded materials). Since 2010, the Deutsches Musikarchiv is also located in Leipzig as an integral part of the facility there.