collections. Loan requests and deliveries are in accordance with the valid regulations. Interlibrary Loan Books from our collections are available for Interlibrary Loan . Please contact your local library. Copying

000 manuscript maps) 250,000 digitised map sheets 2,900 CD-ROMs 36,000 atlases 155,000 views 38,000 books on cartography 800 globes On behalf of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) the Map Department

deposit. After 1694 a sum of up to 500 thaler per year was granted for book acquisitions. The first major acquisition of a complete book collection was the private library of the minister Ezechiel von Spanheim [...] Great Elector, decreed to hand over the task of organizing and cataloguing his, up until then, private book collection to Johann Raue (1610 to 1679). In 1661 he opened up the library in the "Apothekerflügel" [...] Erich Biester; 1749 to 1816) gained greater personal responsibility: they were now able to order books without the authorisation of the ruler, they brought together collections which had previously been

modern vault and corresponding security technology. In technically well-equipped workshops, experts for book conservation and restoration ensure the preservation of cultural heritage. [Translate to English:] [...] material-related special departments for manuscripts, music, maps, children’s and young people’s books, as well as newspapers, will be situated in the Haus Unter den Linden. Modern Research Library Potsdamer [...] is in Krakow. Concurrently the Staatsbibliothek is making intensive efforts to identify NS-looted books, which found its way into the holdings during the National Socialist Era, and to restore these items

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Contact Dr. Jürgen Geiß-Wunderlich Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Phone: +49 30 266 435 061 juergen.geiss-wunderlich@sbb.spk-berlin.de Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin -

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Contact Prof. Dr. Eef Overgaauw Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Head of department Phone: +49 30 266 435 000 eef.overgaauw@sbb.spk-berlin.de Prof. Dr. Stefan Esders

and the public. To this end, public domain type specimens from Berlin foundries for commercial and book printing from the period before 1951 are to be made openly accessible. Furthermore, the project aims

of historical legal sources and scholarly law literature within the German speaking area. Numerous books from the publication period from 1801-1900 are rare or unique literature. Particularly since the founding

on Dr. Cordula Franzke Kontakt bpk Bildagentur Karen Tieth Kontakt Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Dr. Carolin Schreiber Kontakt Information and Data Management Dr. Holger Busse Kontakt IT Service

continually increasing the number of electronic records. The most important catalogues regarding books, sheet music, and CDs are available as card-image catalogues . For more information you may contact