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Leipzig: Wednesday, 30.04.2025

The reading rooms in the main building of the German National Library in Leipzig will close at 14:00 due to an event. The museum reading room, the music reading room and the service area are open until 18.00. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 18:00.

Frankfurt am Main: Repair work telephone system

On 2 May, the Frankfurt site of the German National Library will be unavailable by telephone from 9.30 - 11.30 due to repair work.

Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN)

  • Launched: Founded in 1917, the collaboration has been ongoing since the 1980s
  • Objective: Create an independent platform for standardisation in Germany and globally.
  • Role of the German National Library: Member of some working groups and one of the sponsors of the Standardisation Committee for Information and Documentation (NID). We also participate in the working groups for quality measures for national libraries and for Universal Coded Character Set run by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
  • https://www.din.de/de/mitwirken/normenausschuesse/nid
  • https://www.din.de/de/mitwirken/normenausschuesse/nia

Last changes: 23.04.2021

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