practical literature, books for the blind, timetables, company publications, unpublished dissertations and diploma papers, identical issues and editions, patent specifications, school books, theatre programmes [...] works in German, English and French are purchased. Regarding scientific literature in non-philological subjects in Eastern and Western European parallel editions, the German, English or French edition [...] Translations of scientific secondary literature from Slavic languages into common languages (i.e. mostly English or German) are purchased if they are meaningful or contain significant additions to scientific work

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Facts and Figures The Eastern Europe Collection comprises about 1.4 million books. Every year, about 12,000 volumes are added to the collection. The Eastern Europe department has 2 [...] publications about these countries are also acquired in Western European languages – mainly German, English and French. Potsdamer Straße Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Eastern Europe Department Potsdamer Str.