German National Library

Summary

German National Library is a national library^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of national_library entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• German National Library was a member of ORCID, Inc.^[3].
• German National Library was a member of Verein zur Förderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes^[4].
• German National Library was a member of IASA-Ländergruppe Deutschland/Schweiz^[5].
• German National Library was a member of World Wide Web Consortium^[6].
• German National Library was a member of German Commission for UNESCO^[7].
• German National Library was a member of Kalliope^[8].
• German National Library is in the country of Germany^[9].
• German National Library's image is recorded as Eingang Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leipzig.jpg^[10].
• German National Library's image is recorded as Deutsche Buecherei Hauptgebaeude mit Buecherturm.JPG^[11].
• German National Library's instance of is recorded as national library^[12].
• German National Library's instance of is recorded as bibliographic database^[13].
• German National Library's instance of is recorded as archival library^[14].
• German National Library's main regulatory text is recorded as Law regarding the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek^[15].
• German National Library's logo image is recorded as DNB.svg^[16].
• German National Library's headquarters location is recorded as Frankfurt^[17].
• German National Library's headquarters location is recorded as Leipzig^[18].
• German National Library's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122905087^[19].
• German National Library's ISNI is recorded as 0000000088400279^[20].
• German National Library's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 148328332^[21].
• German National Library's GND ID is recorded as 10140798-1^[22].
• German National Library's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2006067330^[23].
• German National Library's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12206999m^[24].
• German National Library's IdRef ID is recorded as 03189108X^[25].
• German National Library's child organization or unit is recorded as German National Library Frankfurt^[26].
• German National Library's child organization or unit is recorded as German National Library Leipzig^[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1912-01-01T00:00:00Z^[28] and +1946-00-00T00:00:00Z^[29].

Identity

German National Library's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Deutsche Nationalbibliothek'}^[30]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'DNB'}^[31].

Leadership

German National Library's director / manager is recorded as Frank Scholze^[32].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Frankfurt^[17], a big city^[33], in Francia^[34], founded in 0100^[35] and Leipzig^[18], a big city^[36], in Electorate of Saxony^[37]. Subsidiaries include German National Library Frankfurt^[26], a library^[38], in Germany^[39]; German National Library Leipzig^[27], a library^[40], in Germany^[41]; and German Music Archive^[42], a music archive^[43], in Germany^[44], founded in 1970^[45], headquartered in Leipzig^[46].

Why It Matters

German National Library ranks in the top 7% of national_library entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]

Works attributed to it include Integrated Authority File^[49], an authority file^[50], in Germany^[51], founded in 2012^[52], written by it^[53].