Swiss National Library

Summary

Swiss National Library is a national library^[1]. It draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (national_library category, ranking #39 of 175).^[2]

Key Facts

• Swiss National Library was a member of Memoriav^[3].
• Swiss National Library was a member of Bern Museums^[4].
• Swiss National Library was a member of Conference of European National Librarians^[5].
• Swiss National Library was a member of Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries^[6].
• Swiss National Library was a member of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions^[7].
• Swiss National Library was a member of International Internet Preservation Consortium^[8].
• Swiss National Library is located in Bern^[9].
• Swiss National Library is in the country of Switzerland^[10].
• Swiss National Library's instance of is recorded as national library^[11].
• Swiss National Library's instance of is recorded as memory institution^[12].
• Swiss National Library's instance of is recorded as archives^[13].
• Swiss National Library's instance of is recorded as Government agency of Switzerland^[14].
• Swiss National Library's instance of is recorded as archival collection^[15].
• Swiss National Library's founder is recorded as Friedrich Staub^[16].
• Swiss National Library's headquarters location is recorded as Bern^[17].
• The location of Swiss National Library was Building of the Swiss National Library^[18].
• Swiss National Library's postal code is recorded as 3003^[19].
• Swiss National Library's child organization or unit is recorded as e-newspaperarchives.ch^[20].
• Swiss National Library's Commons category is recorded as Swiss National Library^[21].
• Swiss National Library comprises e-newspaperarchives.ch^[22].
• Swiss National Library comprises collection of the Swiss National Library^[23].
• +1895-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Swiss National Library^[24].
• Swiss National Library's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.9414066, 'lon': 7.4497034}^[25].
• Swiss National Library's located on street is recorded as Hallwylstrasse^[26].
• Swiss National Library's parent organization or unit is recorded as Federal Office of Culture^[27].

Body

Founding

Swiss National Library's founder is recorded as Friedrich Staub^[16]. +1895-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[24].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek'}^[28], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Bibliothèque nationale suisse'}^[29], {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Biblioteca nazionale svizzera'}^[30], {'lang': 'rm', 'text': 'Biblioteca naziunala svizra'}^[31], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Swiss National Library'}^[32]. Short names include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'NB'}^[33], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'BN'}^[34], {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'BN'}^[35], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NL'}^[36], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'snb'}^[37].

Leadership

Swiss National Library's director / manager is recorded as Damian Elsig^[38].

Operations

Swiss National Library's headquarters location is recorded as Bern^[17]. Parent organizations include Federal Office of Culture^[27], a Government agency of Switzerland^[39], in Switzerland^[40], headquartered in Bern^[41] and Federal Department of Home Affairs^[42], an interior ministry^[43], in Switzerland^[44], founded in 1848^[45], headquartered in Bern^[46]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as e-newspaperarchives.ch^[20].

Why It Matters

Swiss National Library draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (national_library category, ranking #39 of 175).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]