Archived press releases
2025
- Between Lines and Times
- Research project focusing on the digitisation of historical typeface samples
- New service area opens at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
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New CIO at the German National Library
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Restored reading rooms / Redesigned service area /
User fees - German Exile Archive receives press artist Emil Stumpp’s estate and art archive
- Architecture firm CODE UNIQUE wins the contract
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“…from me“ – papan to papan. A life in postcards
Foyer presentation at the German Museum of Books and Writing in Leipzig
2024
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75 YEARS OF EXILE ARCHIVE
Opening of the upgraded permanent exhibition
“Exile. Experience and Testimony“ - Restitution of Stolberg-Wernigerode Library
- #everynamecounts challenge commemorates people stripped of their German citizenship
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Renovation work at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
Reading rooms temporarily closed
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20th anniversary: German Book Prize novels now available for language research
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Disruptive elements: Jazz, protest and revolution
- Building for posterity. The winners of the architectural competition have been selected
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Building for posterity.
Fifth extension building to be constructed for the German National Library in Leipzig - "This is us! 75 years of Basic Law. A publication history."
- The Leipzig exhibition "The monument is…" to tour Germany from May 2024
- German National Library grants user access to young people aged 16 and over
- AugenRausch – new podcast by the German Museum of Books and Writing
- Everything but flat - the guest country of the Leipzig Book Fair in two exhibitions at the German Book and Writing Museum
- The German Exile Archive acquires the written estate of painter Karl Schwesig
- KNOW MORE. With us.
2023
- Open day in Frankfurt am Main
- Visitors can now help develop eyewitness testimonies for the future.
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The ugly duckling of publishing? Books on Demand
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"Wissensspeicher in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Die Deutsche Bibliothek 1945 – 1990"
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111 years of the German National Library - Win a bus trip to our Open Day in Frankfurt am Main on 12 November 2023
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City council adopts a resolution on Campus V
- Renovation and conversion work at the German National Library in Leipzig
- 111th Birthday of the German National Library – Day of Action in Leipzig
- "Frag nach! Just ask!“ Digital interactive Interviews with Inge Auerbacher and Kurt S. Maier
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Johannes Neuer is the Director of the German National Library in Leipzig
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Spector Books: Handapparat.
Gutenberg Prize of the City of Leipzig
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Knowledge creates democracy. The Library of St. Pauls Church, Frankfurt
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Music at the German National Library in Frankfurt
- Remembering the book burnings
- Leipzig Book Fair 2023
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"Jetzt & Alles". Austrian literature. The last 50 years.
- Spy for Britain
- before/after. Destruction of cultural sites in Ukraine
- The German National Library is turning 111!
2022
- Johannes Neuer has been appointed director of the German National Library in Leipzig
- Training day at the German National Library in Leipzig
- “Tiefenbohrung. Eine andere Provenienzgeschichte”
- Vocational Training Day at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
- "Tage des Exils 2022" (Days of Exile 2022) in Frankfurt am Main
- Marcel Reich-Ranicki. One life, many roles
- Kurt S. Maier’s life-story as an interactive testimony
- Pictures for Ukraine, for Europe.
- Exhibition “Poetry in 3D. Text Sculptures and Poem Objects since 1960”
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Exhibition “A Friendship in Correspondence. Axel Scheffler’s Fantastical Letter Illustrations“
- “History and Remembrance”
- Prof. Guy Stern’s 100th birthday
2021
- Underground and independent comics at the German Museum of Books and Writing
- Leo Perutz’ literary estate now accessible worldwide in digital format
- The German and Canadian national libraries to sign memorandum of understandig
- Training day at the German National Library in Leipzig
- Vocational Training Day at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
- Goethe VR
- Don’t wait for better times! // Presentation of the OVID Prize to Wolf Biermann
- 10 million online publications
- Child emigration from Frankfurt
- Jan Tschichold revisited – the digital layer
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“Life in Exile”: an exhibition by ZDFkultur and the German Exile Archive 1933–1945
- The German National Library is involved in setting up the “Text+” research data infrastructure
- „Klingendes Gedächtnis“
- Eric Schaal’s photographic estate now accessible world-wide in digital format
- “Endless expanses ...”
- Ulrich Becher in the German Exile Archive 1933-1945
- 10 years since the fourth extension in Leipzig
- Leipzig provenance
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Exhibition: Translation – From Babylon to DeepL. The Europe of Languages
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clicked in – A virtual look behind the scenes at the DNB
- “Jewish periodicals in Nazi Germany” accessible online
- Books in the third Dimension
- Flyers and daily newspapers
- Book bags
- Strategic Priorities 2021–2024
2020
- KlingKlang - sounds from media history
- The German National Library and Wikimedia Deutschland publish the WikiLibrary Manifesto
- Listening station on the topic of exile on the forecourt of the German National Library in Leipzig from 6 October 2020
- Erika Mann. Cabaret Artist – War Correspondent – Political Speaker
- 370 years of newspaper printing in Leipzig
- "House of Europe. Europäische Zeugnisse in der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek"
- "Reading EUROPE"
- "Inside Beethoven!" The Walk-In Ensemble
- Cricket Cage and Hookah: The Chinese Scholars’ House – A cultural export from around 1900
2019
- Frank Scholze to be appointed the new Director General
- “Disruptive elements. Art, protest an the end of the GDR“
- „...the wind sets down its bag in another land…” – Herta Müller. Collages
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Freedom – art – community
- “Filth and Trash. The Weimar Republic”
- Frank Scholze replaces Elisabeth Niggemann as the Director General of the German National Library
- Oskar Maria Graf: Rebel, global citizen, storyteller
- Events and exhibitions in the German National Library in Leipzig during the Leipzig Book Fair 2019
- Leipzig museum reading room open on Sundays
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Jan Tschichold – a once-in-a-century typographer? Insights into his legacy
Temporary Exhibition at the German Museum of Books and Writing German National Library in Leipzig -
Circus at the Printers. Czech avant-garde
Showcase exhibition in the display vault of the German Museum of Books and Writing -
Digitale Welten in der Bibliothek - wie sie unsere Gemeinschaft und die Architektur verändern
Presentation, panel discussion and guided tour
2018
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Historic publisher’s catalogues cleaned and preserved for the collection
- Books and Bombs - Book city Leipzig and the 4th of December 1943
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Campus mile – ideas for redeveloping the Frankfurter Alleenring
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Apprenticeship Day at the German National Library in Leipzig
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Library – Culture – Politics
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“Mon Oncle. Klaus and Heinrich Mann”
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Symbols as Weapons. By the Example of the Red Army Faction’s Insignia
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Exile. Experience and Testimony
- Preservation: Historical and genealogical charts usable again
2016
- Events and exhibitions in the German National Library in Leipzig during the Leipzig Book Fair 2016
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A World of Knowledge
- “German National Library 2025: Strategic Compass” published
- Centenary of the official opening of the Deutsche Bücherei building
- GERMAN AND JEWISH - Snapshots of German-Jewish history
- Sensationalism – Propaganda – Resistance. 500 years of leaflets: from Luther to the present day
- Leibnix - The polymath in Mosaik
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Subject cataloguing - Quo vadis? “Satellite conference” on 4 November 2016 in Frankfurt am Main in advance of the annual meeting of the RDA Steering Committee RSC
- Event notice TATORT: SCHLACHTFELD.
- A stroll through 5,000 years of media history
2015
- Licensing service for out-of-commerce works successfully launched
- Start of cataloguing based on new Resource Description and Access (RDA) standard
- Speeddating with the experts:
- Testimony of exile history - Suitcase of author Walter Meckauer (1889-1966) to be preserved
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Cataloguing according to the new Resource Description and Access RDA
- “Semer” Schallplatten 1932 – 1938. A musical journey from the past to the present
- Quelle lebender Bücher
- geschrieben – gesetzt
- SchriftBild. Russische Avantgarde
- Metadata available free of charge from 1 July under CC0
- Kafka im Künstlerbuch
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Tag der offenen Tür am 31. Mai 2015
- Leipzig Book Fair 2015
- Digitisation of out-of-commerce works
- Internet collection open for use
2014
- “Kindheit und Jugend im Ersten Weltkrieg”
- Künstlerbücher transatlantisch
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Exil und Sprache
- 3186 Insel-Bücherei volumes from the collection of H. and A. Isermeyer, Bremen, for the German Museum of Books and Writing
- Upcoming event: Philipp Ther: “Die Neue Ordnung auf dem alten Kontinent – Eine Geschichte des neoliberalen Europa”
- TOOR! Der Ball, die Medien und Du – die Fußballweltmeisterschaft 2014 in der medialen Nachlese
- Periodicals metadata available under CC0 1.0
- E-mail issued before postal reminders
- Europeana Sounds: a gateway to Europe’s sound and music heritage
- 25th anniversary of the “Gesellschaft für des Buch”
- Kriegsalltag und Medienwelt: Virtuelle Ausstellung 100 Jahre Erster Weltkrieg
- 5.000 years of media history online
- Ballet of the Leipzig Opera and the Papiertheater guesting at the German National Library in Leipzig
- Die Welt in Leipzig. Internationale Ausstellung Leipzig. Internationale Ausstellung für Buchgewerbe und für Buchgewerbe und Graphik – Bugra 1914
- One million online publications at the German National Library
2013
- 1 million digitised tables of contents in the catalogue of the German National Library - 5 years of catalogue enrichment
- Illustrierte Idylle? Die Gartenlaube: Gesichter eines Massenblattes
- Opening of exhibition: “…mehr vorwärts als rückwärts schauen…” – Das deutschsprachige Exil in Brasilien 1933–1945.
- Presentation of the “Sustainability in the Digital World” initiative publication 25 September 2013, 17:00
- German National Library joins RDA Committee of Principals (CoP)
- 11.5 million free bibliographic data items now available from the German National Library in MARC 21 format
- Informationsverbund Deutschschweiz (IDS) ist neues Mitglied im Standardisierungsausschuss
- hbz assumes chair of Committee for Library Standards
- Reihenweise – folgenreich: aus der Arbeit eines Serien-Täters
- Tag der offenen Tür am 26. Mai 2013
- Vanitas - Death in Books
- „Leipzig liest“ in der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek in Leipzig
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Comprehensive catalogue enrichment -
digitisation of all tables of contents of books newly received by the German National Library - Posters on media history
- Öffnungszeiten in Leipzig probeweise weniger stark eingeschränkt
- Neue Öffnungszeiten der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
- Öffnungszeiten der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek in Frankfurt bis 22 Uhr verlängert
- Lutz Görner – Das [Falten meiner Seele] Festival in Frankfurt
2012
- Tarabas - Joseph Roth und sein erster Exilroman
- Ausstellungsseröffnung: So wurde Ihnen die Flucht zur Heimat. Soma Morgenstern und Joseph Roth. Eine Freundschaft
- Ausstellungseröffnung: „Thomaner forever: Noten aufzeichnen – Klang speichern“
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Centenary of the German National Library:
Official ceremony in the founding city of Leipzig on 2 October - Books are the gateway to the world
- Ausstellungsseröffnung: „Fremd bin ich den Menschen dort“
- One million pages - German National Library digitising works with risk of disintegration
- Bilanz nach 100 Tagen – Publikumsmagnet neue Dauerausstellung des Deutschen Buch- und Schriftmuseums der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
- Listen to the music! Verlosung von Karten zu den Jubiläumskonzerten von Clueso und Xavier Naidoo
- State Minister for Culture Neumann initiates establishment of “Künste im Exil” network by German National Library
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Changeover from MAB2 to MARC 21
Most title data free of charge and under CC0 licence from 1 July - Deutsche Nationalbibliothek startet maschinelle Sachgruppenvergabe
- HUNDERT - Jubiläumsmagazin der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
- 100 Jahre Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Veranstaltungsprogramm und Website zum Jubiläum
- 500.000 Netzpublikationen im Bestand der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
- Zeichen - Bücher - Netze Von der Keilschrift zum Binärcode
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Zeichen – Bücher – Netze
Von der Keilschrift zum Binärcode - "Fremd bin ich den Menschen dort" - Details zur Ausstellung
- Die Schrift und das Buch als Inspirationsquellen der Kreativität und des komplexen Denkens
- Wer hat das Buch?
2011
- Übergangsregeln für die Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) veröffentlicht
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek ist Mitglied im JSC
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek setzt RDA ab Mitte 2013 ein
- Inge Jens: Begegnungen mit Golo Mann
- Golo Mann. Die Geschichte
- Kataloganreicherung ab Juli auch für Reihe B der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie
- Kulturstaatsminister eröffnet Erweiterungsbau der Nationalbibliothek
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Projektstart „Erster Weltkrieg in Alltagsdokumenten“
Fotos, Briefe und Erinnerungsstücke gesucht - Neue Lesesäle in der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek in Leipzig
- 1,5 Millionen Seiten digitaler Tageszeitungen in den Lesesälen der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
Last changes:
01.04.2025
Contact:
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