DNB
Name:
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in
the national language(s) and script(s): Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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in
English: German National Library
Location/Address:
Adickesallee 1
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Deutscher Platz 1
04103 Leipzig
Web site:
Contact:
Brigitte Wiechmann, b.wiechmann@dnb.de
Short description of the institution:
brief
history and missions:
The brief of the German National Library
is basically to collect Germany's published cultural and scientific heritage
since 1913, to preserve it for posterity and to make it accessible for use. It
is based in Leipzig and in Frankfurt am Main. Today the two institutions form a
single unit, uniquely charged with a special task for Germany as formulated in
the "Law regarding the German National Library". The German National
Library therefore comprehensively documents the intellectual, literary and musical
output of the German-speaking countries. The collection brief has been expanded
to include electronic, non-carrier based publications.
The German National Library co-operates
with partners in Germany and abroad to pursue joint strategic goals, to advance
joint developments, to provide mutual support and to learn from each other as a
means of offering global research and usage possibilities to its users.
Short description of the authority data:
Authorities web site : (included in the catalogue of the library; https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm ):
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described
entities – all are part of the Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND):
o
Persons
o
Names
of persons
o
Corporate
bodies
o
Conferences
o
Geographical
names
o
Subject
headings
o
Titles
of works (used as subject headings)
o
Titles
of musical works
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quantity/number of records
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As of Dec. 31., 2012
o
Persons 2.785.938
o
Names of persons 4.569.069
o
Corporate bodies 1.161.175
o
Conferences 581.274
o
Geographical names 290.172
o
Subject headings 201.145
o
Titles of works (used as subject
headings) 87.232
o
Titles of musical works 103.127
-data provided in the authority
records
http://www.dnb.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/DNB/standardisierung/marc21Gnd.pdf
Data provided to VIAF and number of records:
Authority records for:
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persons,
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names
of persons,
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corporate
bodies and conferences,
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geographical
names,
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titles
of works.
Bibliographical data submitted to WorldCat.
Number of records as of May 12th,
2013
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Authority records 9.538.802
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Bibliographic records 20.283.483
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Persons / Names of persons 7.394.524
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Corporate Names (incl. conferences)
1.691.709
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Geographic names 262.978
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Titles of works (incl. musical works) 189.198
Bibliography:
Information about
the GND: Wiechmann, Brigitte: Die Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) – Rückblick und
Ausblick. In: Dialog mit Bibliotheken,
2, 2012, S. 20-22.