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Tuesday, 17 June 2025

The German National Library will be closed at both locations due to a staff meeting. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing in Leipzig will open from 10:00 to 18:00. The exhibitions of the German Exile Archive 1933-1945 in Frankfurt will be closed.

Thursday, 19 June 2025

Thursday, 19 June 2025: The German National Library in Frankfurt am Main will be closed.

Leipzig: Friday 20 June 2025

The Museum Reading Room at the German National Library in Leipzig will close due to an event at 17:30. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will be open until 18:00.

MARCXML for depositing online publications with the German National Library

Scope of application

Monographs, university theses, sheet music and journals can be delivered to the German National Library using the MARC format.

Documentation

The documentation describes how metadata in MARC format must be structured if they are to be successfully deposited with the DNB. The document describes one type of publication per chapter. Each chapter is preceded by an overview in tabular form which summarises obligatory and facultative metadata elements. It is also possible to transfer and record additional metadata which go beyond the minimum requirements. All data are reviewed during the test phase required before the publication is deposited.

Metadata Documentation for the format MARCXML, version 3.0. Update: 01.12.2020 (only available in German)

The cross-format metadata core set must also be used. You will find more information here.

Examples

Sample files with XML data in MARCXML

Further information

Last changes: 20.03.2025
Short-URL: https://www.dnb.de/marcxmlop

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