The German National Library has adopted a comprehensive Code of Conduct titled “Shared values for our everyday activities and planning”. The Code of Conduct is based on its self-understanding and the set of values defined in its Strategic Compass 2035. The legal framework conditions are regulated in the Law Regarding the German National Library (DNBG), in civil service, labour and budget law, as well as in our Rules of Procedure and our internal rules.
The topic of “social cohesion” is highly topical: almost 80 per cent of people in Germany are concerned that it is increasingly dwindling. A study by ZDF, ARD and Deutschlandradio now shows what holds a society together and what public media contribute to this. It will be presented on 17 September at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main.
German National Library fills three new management positions
published 02.07.2025
Photo: DNB, Stephan Jockel
As part of its organisational development process and based on the Strategic Compass 2035, the German National Library has created three new domains which will take up operations on 1 December 2025. The Collections Domain will be headed by Constanze Schumann, Ulrike Junger is taking over the Metadata Domain and Susanne Theile is going to be in charge of the Access and Engagement Domain.
Access to the German National Library's licensing service for out-of-commerce works (VW-LiS) will be restored on 1 July 2025. Tailored to the requirements associated with the (mass) digitisation of written cultural heritage, the licensing of out-of-commerce works facilitates the provision of legally watertight access to copyright-protected 20th century sources. Cultural heritage institutions can now register again for a VW-LiS account at the German National Library and file applications for out-of-commerce books with VG WORT.
The exhibition titled “Antitext” by the Literary Museum of Kharkiv (Ukraine) will be shown at the German Museum of Books and Writing of the German National Library between 1 and 31 July 2025. The exhibition explores the ways in which censorship and the banning of literary texts impact a society’s cultural identity.
In 2024, the German National Library tried out exciting new event formats, continued to grow and became more modern in many ways. The Strategic Compass sets the course for the next ten years. Take a look for yourself!
Antitext. The literary history of Ukraine.
Touring exhibition
German Museum of Books and Writing at the German National Library in Leipzig
1 July 2025 to 31 July 2025, extended until 7 August 2025
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