The focus of the following post is the Frankfurt/ Main location of the “German National Library”. Looking for more options than the website of the German National Library which I also consulted, I decided to go to the German ‘Google’ site. I was looking with the keywords ‘Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt’ (German for ‘German national library Frankfurt) and found the following website that describes the “German National Library” including its Frankfurt/ Main location briefly. As the site is originally in German I had it translated by ‘Google’.
Frankfurt-Interaktiv
Continuing with my research I tried ‘Encyclopedia.com’. I was searching with the keywords ‘German National Library’ and found one matching article with the title ‘Culture pavilion - the German National Library's new building at Frankfurt am Main’. As the article was only available as a short summary, I kept on looking for it on ‘Google’ where I found it as a full text under the following website.
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Even if the article focuses on the architectural aspects of the new library building in Frankfurt/ Main, it is an additional interesting reading.
Here are my findings:
As mentioned in my first post the “German National Library” as an institution has been split as Germany’s history between 1945 and 1989. The Unification Treaty in 1990 allowed the two houses in Leipzig and Frankfurt/ Main to pursue their statutory duties jointly. Each site was transferred to focus on specific functions.
The Frankfurt site of the German National Library is responsible for the development of information and communication technology, including development and management of the central database. It handles the production, marketing and distribution of national bibliographic services. In addition every book and magazine published in the German language, including those from Switzerland and Austria, can be found in Frankfurt, along with a special collection of German writings in exile (1933-1945).
In 1997 the “Deutsche Bibliothek” in Frankfurt/ Main moved into its new (current) building. The Frankfurt library is designed to hold up to 18 million publications, and meet needs up to 2040. The following photos are taken from there.
Frankfurt-Interaktiv
Continuing with my research I tried ‘Encyclopedia.com’. I was searching with the keywords ‘German National Library’ and found one matching article with the title ‘Culture pavilion - the German National Library's new building at Frankfurt am Main’. As the article was only available as a short summary, I kept on looking for it on ‘Google’ where I found it as a full text under the following website.
Find Articles
Even if the article focuses on the architectural aspects of the new library building in Frankfurt/ Main, it is an additional interesting reading.
Here are my findings:
As mentioned in my first post the “German National Library” as an institution has been split as Germany’s history between 1945 and 1989. The Unification Treaty in 1990 allowed the two houses in Leipzig and Frankfurt/ Main to pursue their statutory duties jointly. Each site was transferred to focus on specific functions.
The Frankfurt site of the German National Library is responsible for the development of information and communication technology, including development and management of the central database. It handles the production, marketing and distribution of national bibliographic services. In addition every book and magazine published in the German language, including those from Switzerland and Austria, can be found in Frankfurt, along with a special collection of German writings in exile (1933-1945).
In 1997 the “Deutsche Bibliothek” in Frankfurt/ Main moved into its new (current) building. The Frankfurt library is designed to hold up to 18 million publications, and meet needs up to 2040. The following photos are taken from there.
Entrance with sculpture of Georg Baselitz
Photo: Thomas Linke, Linie Fotoforum
(Courtesy of German National Library)
Magazines/ Photo: Thomas Linke, Linie Fotoforum
(Courtesy of German National Library)
