The department is responsible for the following national tasks of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin:

• German Union Catalogue of Serials (Zeitschriftendatenbank – ZDB)
• The Kalliope Union Catalog
• ISIL- and Library Codes Agency (Deutsche ISIL-Agentur und Sigelstelle)
• Integrated Authority File (Gemeinsame Normdatei – GND)
• Global Open Knowledgebase (GOKb)