Swiss National Library
Swiss National Library building in Bern | |
| Established | 1895 |
|---|---|
| Reference to legal mandate | Law about the Swiss National Library (available in German, French and Italian) |
| Location | Bern, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 46°56′29″N 7°26′59″E / 46.94140660°N 7.44970340°E |
| 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 |
| Other information | |
| Budget | 37.8M Swiss francs (2023) |
| Director | Mr. Damian Elsig (since 2021) |
| Staff | 151 FTE (2023) |
| Website | nb.admin.ch |
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. It is in the capital Bern. It was founded in 1895.
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