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Leipzig: Wednesday 28 May 2025

The reading rooms of the German National Library in Leipzig will open at 13:00 on Wednesday 28 May due to a staff assembly. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 18:00.

Frankfurt: Thursday 5 June 2025

The reading rooms of the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main will open at 13:00 on Thursday, 5 June due to a staff assembly. The exhibitions of the German Exile Archive 1933–1945 will be open from 9:00 to 21:30.

How do the titles from the catalogue find their way into the licensing service?

Once you have found a title in our catalogue for which you wish to request a user licence, you can transfer it directly into the licensing service.
To do so, select “Add to my selection” (“In meine Auswahl übernehmen”) in the full title display. You can repeat this for as many titles as you wish. In order to transfer your selected titles to the licensing service, select the menu item “My selection” (“Meine Auswahl”). In the tabular overview of selected titles, highlight the titles for which you wish to acquire a licence and select the action “Application in accordance with Section 51 VGG” (“Antrag nach VGG § 51”). You will then be automatically forwarded to the licensing service.

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