Donations Thank you to all the supporters of the library We thank all the supporters und donators – private persons, companies and foundations – who have helped us with their bestowments or money and

Donations Working together for our cultural possessions - sponsor wanted The Staatsbibliothek possesses a large universal stock of books and numerous valuable special collections. Thanks to a far-sigh

Donations Bestowments for our valuable collections The development of the exceedingly rich collections of the Berlin State Library is closely associated with bestowments and legacies. Over the centuri

Maps Catalogues Outline of search possibilities - Holdings of the map department Items published after 1940 : StaBiKat Items published before 1940 : combined search in the conventional catalogues of t

Contact Acting head of department Gerhard Müller abt.ueberreg.dienste@sbb.spk-berlin.de Tel.: +49 30 266 434000 Deputy Head of Department Johann Rolschewski johann.rolschewski@sbb.spk-berlin.de Tel.:

Orient History and Responsibilities When Kurfürstliche Bibliothek was founded in the middle of the seventeenth century, the initial holdings already included Oriental manuscripts and printed works. Ex

Eastern Europe Holdings of the Eastern Europe Department Focus Areas The Eastern Europe Collection focuses on the humanities and social sciences. In addition to the acquisition for our Specialised Inf

Music Search and resources Here you’ll find catalogues, databases, and other references to the holdings of the music department. A large part of the holdings can still only be searched in a convention

Eastern Europe Using the collections The general Conditions of Use of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin also apply to the use of our collections. Loan requests and deliveries are in accordance with the v

Music Card image catalogues (IPAC) Our card image catalogues offer you a modern and - where ever you are - online search of the major part of our collections. For that purpose more than 1 million cata