Berlin State Library

Also known as Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, staatsbibliothek-berlin.de, Royal Library of Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek zu Berlin

state library and heritage institution in Germany

Key facts

Location: Unter den Linden 8, Potsdamer Platz 33, Westhafenstraße 1, Berlin , Germany, Germany
Type: Universal library , Public library
Established: 1661 ; 365 years ago ( 1661 )
Items collected: books, journals , newspapers, magazines, music autographs , databases , maps, prints , drawings, incunabula and manuscripts
Size: 23,110,423 , Consists of 12.3 million books; 206,700 rare books; 60,100 manuscripts; music autographs; 1,600 estate archives; 25,000 periodicals; 180,000 newspaper volumes; 4,300 databases; 2.7 million microfilms; 13.5 million images at the bpk
Legal deposit: Yes, German parliament and government publications
Access requirements: any person over 16 years of age
Circulation: 1.7 million
Budget: ~ € 16,000,000
Director: Achim Bonte
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The Berlin State Library (German: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin; officially abbreviated as SBB, colloquially Stabi) is a universal library in Berlin, Germany, and a property of the German public cultural organization the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (German: Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz).

Founded in 1661, it is among the largest libraries in Europe, and one of the most important academic research libraries in the German-speaking world. It collects texts, media and cultural works from all fields across many languages, from all time periods and all countries of the world, and offers them for academic and research purposes.