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29 March to 1 April 2024

The German National Library will be closed at both locations. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 18:00.

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Here you will find help for using the catalog and other services of the German National Library (only partly available in Englisch): Help pages

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General requests about the library

For general requests, please use our contact form.

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Use and issues

Do you wish to visit one of our reading rooms on site, borrow a work from our collections or use the library digitally?

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(form only available in German)

Special collections

Send us your questions regarding the collections of the German Museum of Books and Writing, the German Exile Archive 1933-1945, the German Music Archive or one of our other special collections.

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(form only available in German)

Research and title registration

Do you have questions concerning our collections or do you wish to submit a research or title registration?

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(form only available in German)

Reproduction of media

Do you require copies from our collections or wish to learn more about the German National Library’s digitisation service?

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(form only available in German)

Delivery and aquisition

We will answer all your questions relating to our collection mandate or the delivery of media works both printed and digital.

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(form only available in German)

Correction requests

Have you noticed an discrepancy in our catalogue data? Please send us a correction request.

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Contacts from A to Z

Do you have specific questions? Here you will find all contacts from A to Z:
Please use our contact form or write to us directly at:

Deliveries

General questions on the acquisition and delivery of media works
erwerbmedien@dnb.de
Phone +49 341 2271-511

Specific questions on the delivery of online publications
np-info@dnb.de
Phone +49 341 2271-282

User services

Information Leipzig
info-l@dnb.de
Phone +49 341 2271-453
Fax +49 341 2271-470

Issues desk Leipzig
medienausleihe-l@dnb.de
Phone +49 341 2271-277

Information Frankfurt am Main
info-f@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-2500
Fax +49 69 1525-2520

Issues desk Frankfurt am Main
medienausleihe-f@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-2510

Using the German Museum of Books and Writing
Using the German Exile Archive 1933–1945
Using the German Music Archive

Job and career

Training Leipzig
ausbildung-leipzig@dnb.de
Phone +49 341 2271-237

Training Frankfurt am Main
ausbildung-frankfurt@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-1120

Applications
personalgewinnung@dnb.de

Blog and Website

Blog
blog@dnb.de

Web editorial office
webredaktion@dnb.de

Metadata services

Metadata services and interface services
metadatendienste@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-1630

German Museum of Books and Writing

Information
dbsm-info@dnb.de
Phone +49 341 2271-324

Additional contacts

Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB)

DDB Service Centre and Data Management
service@deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de
Phone +49 69 1525-1080

German Exile Archive 19331945

Information
exilarchiv@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-1900

Additional contacts

German Music Archive

Information
info-dma@dnb.de
Phone +49 341 2271-150

Additional contacts

DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum

Library and text archive of the DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum
bibliothek@dff.film
Phone +49 69 961220-430

Cataloguing

Descriptive cataloguing
titelanfragen@dnb.de

Subject cataloguing
inhaltserschliessung@dnb.de

Machine-based cataloguing
ae-info@dnb.de

Acquistion

General questions on the acquisition and delivery of media works
erwerbmedien@dnb.de
Phone +49 341 2271-511

Specific questions on the delivery of online publications
np-info@dnb.de
Phone +49 341 2271-282

Director General

Director General Frank Scholze
generaldirektion@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-1002

Director in Leipzig Johannes Neuer
direktion-leipzig@dnb.de
Phone +49 341 2271-331

Director in Frankfurt am Main Ute Schwens
direktion-frankfurt@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-1101

Gesellschaft für das Buch e. V.

Friends of the German National Library
info-gfdb@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-1026

ISSN centre

National ISSN Centre
issn@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-1481

Information technology

IT service Leipzig
it-service-l@dnb.de
Phone +49 341 2271-369

IT service Frankfurt am Main
it-service-f@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-1729

Congress Centre in Frankfurt am Main – room hire

Tobias Schmidt
kongresszentrum@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-2310

Licensing service for out-of-commerce works

Licensing service
vergriffene.werke@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-1079

Press and PR

Press spokeperson Stephan Jockel
s.jockel@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-1005

PR Leipzig Annett Koschnick
a.koschnick@dnb.de
Phone +49 341 2271-223

PR Frankfurt am Main Barbara Fischer
b.fischer@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-1001

Provenance research

Provenance research
provenienz@dnb.de

Standardisation

Office for Library Standards
afs@dnb.de

Consortium of Library Networks
agv_sekretariat@dnb.de

Integrated Authority File
gnd-info@dnb.de

URN-Service

URN-Service
urn-support@dnb.de

How to find us and opening hours

Leipzig

Deutscher Platz 1
04103 Leipzig

postfach@dnb.de
Phone +49 341 2271-0

Getting here

Opening hours

Frankfurt am Main

Adickesallee 1
60322 Frankfurt am Main

postfach@dnb.de
Phone +49 69 1525-2500

Getting here

Opening hours

Last changes: 03.07.2023
Short-URL: https://www.dnb.de/contact

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