User ID, registration and fees

If you would like to use our library, you will need to register for a user account – ideally online before your first visit.

During registration hours of service at the library your user ID will be given to you when you show your personal ID. If you bring your passport instead of a personal ID card, you will also require official confirmation of your place of residence.

Registration is open to users aged 16 and over. Up to the age of 18, you will need a completed declaration of consent (only available in German) and the personal ID of a parent or guardian, either the original or a copy (front and back).

Cost of the user ID

• Weekly card: 5 Euro
• Annual card: 25 Euro

Users between the ages of 16 and 19 will still be able to obtain a user ID free of charge.

Please ask our qualified staff at the service desk.

• Registration
• Log-in user account
• Explanatory video "Registration"
• Checklist for your first visit
• Conditions of use
• Fee schedule

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You can use our printed and electronic media works, internet PCs and WLAN in our reading rooms in Leipzig and Frankfurt am Main.

You can register to use the German National Library free of charge. You will need a valid passport and confirmation of where you are staying.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by phone in Leipzig on +49 341 2271-453 or in Frankfurt am Main on +49 69 1525-2500; you can also e-mail us at info-l@dnb.de or info-f@dnb.de.

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Note on the collections

As Germany's central archival library, the German National Library is legally obliged to collect all media works published in Germany, archive them permanently and make them accessible to the public. Some of the media in its collections may therefore contain anti-constitutional, racist, anti-Semitic, discriminatory or sexist material or material that glorifies violence. These do not reflect the German National Library's values. Such works are added to the collection and made available to the public solely for documentary, library-related, scientific and historical purposes and for purposes of civic education. The distribution of such content may have legal consequences.

Use on site

One library – two locations. Find out more about what we offer in Leipzig and Frankfurt am Main. Here you will find information about getting to each location, barrier-free access, parking, our opening hours and how to contact us. We also give you an overview of the reading rooms with their reference collections and copying, printing and photography facilities.

• Leipzig
• Frankfurt am Main

Advice, education and online services

Virtually or on site – we offer regular introductory sessions for new library users and individual research advice (Book a Librarian). Our educational services are rounded off by online tutorials on DNBLab. During our coffee lectures, we introduce you to selected collections and invite you to join us on a 20-minute tour of discovery.

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User surveys and research

We at the German National Library regularly conduct surveys and ask for feedback in order to find out how satisfied our users are. We then use the results to develop our offers and services further.

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