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German Museum of Books and Writing in Leipzig closed

Due to maintenance work the German Museum of Books and Writing will be closed from 12 to 19 January 2026.

Leipzig: 12 to 16 January 2026

Due to maintenance work the museum reading room will be closed from 12 to 14 January 2026 and the music reading room from 14 to 16 January 2026.

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.

Web archive

German: Webarchiv

Digital archive in which harvested websites are stored and made permanently accessible.

More about web archive on our website

Web harvesting

German: Web-Harvesting

The collection of website content for storage in a web archive. During this process, the web harvesting software accesses predefined web addresses and stores the website along with all the linked content in the domain.

More about web harvesting on our website

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