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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.

DNB Glossary

Have you ever been asking yourself what “Germanica” is? Or what is meant when we talk about “online publications”? With our glossary, we offer you the possibility to look up these and many other terms commonly used at the German National Library. Please note that the terminology collection is under construction and does not claim to be complete.

Are you missing a term? Then feel free to contact us at webredaktion@dnb.de.

Namespace

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Nature of content

German: Formangabe

In the international cataloguing standard RDA (Resource Description and Access), “nature of content“ is defined as “a specific character of the primary content of a work“.

More about Nature of content on our website

New Release Service

German: Neuerscheinungsdienst

Service offered by the German National Library which provides information on advance announcements and new publications and is based on reports sent by publishers to German Books in Print (VLB). The New Release Service is not a part of the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie.

More about the New Release Service on our website

Non-physical media work

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Contact: webredaktion@dnb.de

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