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Friday, 31 October 2025: The German National Library in Leipzig will be closed. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 18:00.

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The museum reading room in Leipzig will be closed on Saturday, 8 November. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 18:00.

STA Colloquium "In the Future with AI“

Professional event

The hands of a human and a robot are extended towards each other. Image: AI created content via freepik, 2013

begin 10.12.2025, 11:00

end 10.12.2025, 16:00

location Frankfurt am Main

To mark its 25th anniversary, the Committee for Library Standards is holding a colloquium entitled “Into the Future with AI“. Find out more about AI, authority data and metadata, scenarios for cultural change in cataloguing and join us for a discussion.

More information (only available in German): https://wiki.dnb.de/x/PLjQGg

Booking: https://pretix.eu/dnb/STA-Kolloquium/

Information and contact

Venue: Lecture hall, German National Library in Frankfurt am Main

Costs: Free admission

Duration: 5 hours

Booking: Registration via Pretix. The number of participants is limited.

Cloakroom info: Please leave your coats, jackets and bags in the cloakroom. You can also use our lockers, for which you will need two two-euro coins. Instead of two-euro coins, you can also use tokens, which can be purchased at our automatic pay station using a debit or credit card. A combination of two-euro coins and tokens is also possible.

Accessibility: The area in which the event will be taking place is barrier-free accessible.

Contact: sta-kolloquium@dnb.de


Adresse und Anfahrt

German National Library
Adickesallee 1
60322 Frankfurt am Main

Getting here

We advise you to use public transport.

1 / By public transport

By rail

From the main railway station (underground level), take the U5 in the direction of Preungesheim and get off at the stop “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”. Journey time approx. 10 minutes.

By plane

From the airport (regional station), take S-Bahn S8 in the direction of Hanau or the S9 in the direction of Offenbach and get off at “Konstablerwache”. Change to the U5 in the direction of Preungesheim and get off at the stop “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”. Journey time approx. 30 minutes.

By bus

The “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek” bus stop is served by the number M32 bus.

2 / By bike

The German National Library in Frankfurt am Main can easily be reached by bike. You can get to the DNB by taking the cycle paths on Adickesallee, Nibelungenallee, and Eckenheimer Landtraße.
Covered bicycle racks are located right at the main entrance.

3 / By car

The address for navigation devices is Eckenheimer Landstraße 165. The building is accessed from the underground car park. The maximum entrance height is 2.0 m.

Approaching from the west

Take the A66 to the end of the autobahn in Miquelallee and follow the signs for Fulda/Hanau; at the third intersection, turn right into Eckenheimer Landstraße in the direction of the city centre; follow the signs and turn right into the underground car park.

Approaching from the north

Take the A661 to the Eckenheim exit, get into the lane for the city centre/Eckenheim, continue straight on to the third major set of traffic lights and cross these. The entrance to the underground car park is located at the German National Library building around 100 metres further on the right.

Parking

Our car park has 100 parking spaces for visitors on the first basement floor.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 6:00 to 22:00, Saturday 8:00 to 18:00.
Fees: 2.00 Euro/hour, cash or card payment.
The permanent rental of parking spaces is not possible.

For on-street parking spaces in the Holzhausenviertel district, the City of Frankfurt of Main charges 50 cents per quarter hour or part thereof from Monday to Friday between 7:00 and 19:00.

4 / Accessibility

The German National Library in Frankfurt am Main has designated disabled parking spaces in its car park and next to the building in Schlosserstraße. The Library's public rooms can be accessed by lift from the underground car park. Barrier-free access to the main entrance is also available from Schlosserstraße.

Last changes: 28.10.2025

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