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German National Library fills three new management positions
1 July 2025 // As part of its organisational development process and based on the Strategic Compass 2035, the German National Library has created three new domains which will take up operations on 1 December 2025. The Collections Domain will be headed by Constanze Schumann, Ulrike Junger is taking over the Metadata Domain and Susanne Theile is going to be in charge of the Access and Engagement Domain.
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Re-launch of the Licensing Service for Out-of-commerce works (VW-LiS)
1 July 2025 // The German National Library is re-launching its Licensing Service for Out-of-commerce works (VW-LiS) on 1 July 2025. The free service allows people to easily find 20th century out-of-commerce works in traditional library collections and to swiftly apply for usage licences.
Antitext
Exhibition by the Literary Museum of Kharkiv (Ukraine) at the German National Library’s German Museum of Books and Writing
1 to 31 July
1 July 2025 // The exhibition titled “Antitext” by the Literary Museum of Kharkiv (Ukraine) will be shown at the German Museum of Books and Writing of the German National Library between 1 and 31 July 2025. The exhibition explores the ways in which censorship and the banning of literary texts impact a society’s cultural identity.
Ratatouille. 2025 Gutenberg Prize of the City of Leipzig goes to Anna Haifisch
12 June 2025 // The Gutenberg Prize of the City of Leipzig for 2025 will be awarded to Leipzig-based artist and illustrator Anna Haifisch. By presenting the award, the City of Leipzig is not only acknowledging the outstanding artistic quality of her work, but also Haifisch’s role as an international ambassador of the city.
Kathrin Brannemann has been appointed new Director of the German National Library in Frankfurt
11 June 2025 // The Administrative Council of the German National Library has approved the decision of the selection committee to appoint Kathrin Brannemann as new Director of the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main.
14 libraries and archives return books from the Raoul Fernand Jellinek-Mercedes collection
8 May 2025 // 14 German libraries and archives have returned a total of 41 books that formerly belonged to the Austrian writer Raoul Fernand Jellinek-Mercedes (1888 Algiers-1939 Baden near Vienna) in a joint act of restitution coordinated by the German National Library. After the 'annexation' of Austria in March 1938, Jellinek-Mercedes was persecuted on account of his Jewish origins. In February 1939, the strain of the repression caused him to take his own life.
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