Stabi services you need to register for a library card. With a library card and a library account you can order books and access all our electronic offers . The library card is free of charge and valid for [...] work in the library's reading rooms, you may register online for a library card in advance. You can also book a study desk, a carrel or a group study room online for free. Registration | Library card How [...] where do I get a library card? How can I renew my library card? You can register for a library card online or on site. A renewal can be made via online renewal or in person in the library. Please come to
k possesses a large universal stock of books and numerous valuable special collections. Thanks to a far-sighted and wide-ranging acquisition policy, the library has obtained many treasures of world renown [...] hand-drawn maps from China and Japan and a fragment of an Egyptian Book of the Dead dated to the New Dynasty in the 12th century BC. Today, our library holds over 10 million prints, 125,000 manuscripts, 318,000 [...] 100,000 volumes and thousands of digital publications. As one of the great archive libraries in Germany, the library bears the permanent responsibility for each and every document in our cultural heritage
Staatsbibliothek You can request books and articles which are not available at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin from other libraries via interlibrary loan – from libraries in Germany and abroad. The legal [...] n – books, journals, articles – even if there is no bibliographic entry in an online catalogue. When we receive your request in our system, we will search for your desired item in other libraries in Germany [...] register on the relevant webpage Interlibrary Loan Form with the details of your library account and choose between the options book or article. Then fill in the form with the necessary details. If you request
Provenance Research, Nazi Looted Books and ways of distribution before and after 1945 Project object During the Third Reich, the Prussian State Library as the largest academic library in Germany did receive numerous [...] of stolen books. As the Prussian State Library's legal successor, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin accepts her responsibility and systematically checks her collections for Nazi looted books. In addition [...] Thyssen Stiftung für Wissenschaftsförderung Contact Michaela Scheibe Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Head of department, deputy Phone: +49 30 266 436 600 michaela.scheibe@sbb.spk-berlin.de Staatsbibliothek
Information for users of other libraries If you need a book which is not in the collection of your home library, you can place an interlibrary loan request at a nearby large library. In most cases this is the [...] nearest university or regional library. It is often also possible to order via interlibrary loan at a city library or other local library. In Berlin users of the libraries of Freie Universität, Technische [...] More information for requesting libraries Requests from libraries outside Germany Requests can be made via email or the request form of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
you to get copies of material in our collection in a book-friendly way: - you take photographs (without flashlight or tripod), - you make use of the book scanner in our reading room, - you request a (fee-based) [...] or go to the State Library's webpage Imaging and Duplication services for more information on requesting fee-based scans. Interlibrary Loan (ILL) As part of the Berlin State Library‘s collection its children’s [...] children’s and adolescents’ books are available through national and international ILL. Orders may be placed by filling out conventional paper forms or by using the GBV Common Library Network’s online ILL option
(KOBV) The KOBV Portal is the regional library portal for most of the libraries in Berlin and Brandenburg. Older literature is incomplete. Network of Public Libraries in Berlin (VOEBB) Contains collections [...] holdings of many German libraries and libraries worldwide. WorldCat WorldCat is the world's largest bibliographic database and contains catalogues of more than 10.000 libraries worldwide. Zeitschrifte [...] other Libraries You cannot find the literature you need in one of the Staatsbibliothek's catalogues? We have selected a number of further online catalogues to support your search: Cooperative Library Network
Children's and Young People's Books As one of very few research libraries worldwide, the Berlin State Library holds a major collection of children’s and adolescents’ books. This collection consists of [...] young people from anywhere around the globe. It also features children’s magazines, original copies of book illustrations made for young readers, pictorial broadsheets, and posters. There is some emphasis put [...] counts among the most comprehensive and most prominent of its kind in Europe. The Berlin State Library’s Children’s and Young People’s Literature Department maintains and expands the collection and caters
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apply for this . Requests | Library account A valid library card allows you to order up to 60 items online via the StabiKat catalogue . The catalogue indicates whether books can be borrowed for use at home [...] access and office programs are available in the reading rooms. The library can be used free of charge by anyone over the age of 14. A library card from the Staatsbibliothek is required for access to the reading [...] will be displayed in your library account. When borrowing items for use in a different reading room (e.g., Map Reading Room), storage periods and extension options may vary. Books borrowed for use at home
