Reading room campaign "Here is a place of freedom of expression"

published 02.05.2024

From May 3rd to 10th, the German National Library is taking part in the Freedom of Expression Week. During the campaign week organised by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association, short announcements will be made in the reading rooms to emphasise the value and importance of freedom of expression and a culture of debate. Library staff will read aloud short quotations from well-known personalities. The campaign takes place daily at 10:30 am and 3:30 pm.

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DNB grants user access from the age of 16

published 17.04.2024

The German National Library's collections are now also available to young people aged 16 and over. The minimum age was previously 18 years. By lowering the age limit, the DNB aims to make its services and resources available to an even wider circle of users and interested parties. Events specially geared towards this young age group are currently being developed.

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German National Library online shop

published 15.04.2024

Our popular transparent library bag, notebooks, T-shirts, key rings, pencil cases and much more – you will find plenty of useful and attractive merchandising articles in the German National Library's online shop. The shop is also the place to go if you want to buy our publications, exhibition catalogues and postcards.Come and visit us – we hope you will have fun browsing!

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On searching and finding

published 10.04.2024

How can you use controlled vocabulary to find literature and data? What are authority data, and what role do they play in the description of objects such as publications, research data or collection items? In this publication, we explain how you can use authority data to improve your search results when conducting literary and data searches. It focuses first and foremost on the authority data in the Integrated Authority File (GND), the centrally controlled vocabulary for culture and research in the German-speaking countries.

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