Die Deutsche Bibliothek: expanded legal deposit and new name

Today, on 29 June 2006 the "Law regarding the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek" came into force. It replaces the "Law regarding the Deutsche Bibliothek" of 1969. Key issues of the amendment are the expansion of the legal deposit to networked electronic publications, changes in the composition of the library Board and the change of the name into Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (German National Library).

With the new law networked electronic publications become part of the legal deposit collection. With this expansion our library is enabled to contribute to the safeguarding of the digital cultural heritage of our country.

Due to the new name of our library the change of all Internet and e-mail addresses is necessary. The new Internet address is www.d-nb.de, there you can also find information about the new law and the e-mail addresses of all departments. The postal addresses of the three locations of our library are as follows:

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Deutscher Platz 1
04103 Leipzig
Germany

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Adickesallee 1
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Deutsches Musikarchiv
Gärtnerstraße 25 - 32
12207 Berlin
Germany

Kind regards,
Britta Woldering

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Dr. Britta Woldering
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Generaldirektion
Adickesallee 1
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Telefon: +49-69-1525-1541
Telefax: +49-69-1525-1010
mailto:b.woldering@d-nb.de
http://www.d-nb.de