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Leipzig: Thursday, 23 October

Thursday, 23 October 2025 the German Museum of Books and Writing and the museum reading room will be closed due to an event.

Leipzig: 30.10.to 03.11.2025

Leipzig, 30.10.2025 to 03.11.2025:The multimedia/periodical reading room and the map reading room are closed from 30.10 to 03.11.

Leipzig: 31 October 2025 (Reformation Day )

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.

Using a "resumptionToken” when a search returns 51 or more data records

A “resumptionToken” facilitates the delivery of partial responses when a search returns 51 or more data records. The OAI harvester receives a token which it has to use for an additional request from the OAI repository in order to get the next partial response. If not all records have yet been delivered, a new “resumptionToken” is generated with each partial response and must be used to obtain the next. The element “resumptionToken” contains the attribute values of the current list position and the total number of data records (cursor="50" completeListSize="xxxxxx"). Each OAI response delivers a maximum of 50 data records. A “resumptionToken” is valid for no more than 30 minutes.

Example using a “resumptionToken”:

https://services.dnb.de/oai/repository?verb=ListRecords&resumptionToken=xxxxxxxxxx_hier_resumptionToken_einfügen_xxxxxxxx

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