Swiss National Library
The Swiss National Library (German: Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek, French: Bibliothèque nationale suisse, Italian: Biblioteca nazionale svizzera, Romansh: Biblioteca naziunala svizra) is the national library of Switzerland. Part of the Federal Office of Culture, it is charged with collecting, cataloging and conserving information in all fields, disciplines, and media connected with Switzerland, as well as ensuring the widest possible accessibility and dissemination of such data.
| Swiss National Library | |
|---|---|
| Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek (German) Bibliothèque nationale suisse (French) Biblioteca nazionale svizzera (Italian) Biblioteca naziunala svizra (Romansh) | |
Swiss National Library building in Bern | |
| 46°56′29″N 7°26′59″E | |
| Location | Bern, Switzerland |
| Established | 1895 |
| Reference to legal mandate | Law about the Swiss National Library (available in German, French and Italian) |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | books, journals, newspapers, magazines, maps, official publications, posters, drawings and manuscripts |
| Size | 5.1M items |
| Criteria for collection | Helvetica: publications published in Switzerland or written by Swiss authors or concerning Switzerland |
| Legal deposit | No, but agreements with publishers |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Reading rooms: free. Registration for lending: be Swiss resident or citizen over 18 |
| Circulation | 78,000 (2007) |
| Other information | |
| Budget | 32.9M Swiss francs (2008, incl. internal federal costing; $31.8M, 2nd quarter 2008) |
| Director | Ms. Marie-Christine Doffey (since 2005) |
| Employees | 146 FTE |
| Website | nb.admin.ch |
The Swiss National Library is intended to be open to all and, by the breadth and scope of its collection, aims to reflect the plurality and diversity of Swiss culture. It is a heritage site of national significance.
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