What is German National Library?
[[File:Deutsche bibliothek.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The German National Library in Frankfurt]] The '''German National Library''' (German: ''Deutsche Nationalbibliothek'', abbreviated '''DNB''') is the central library and national [[Bibliography|bibliographic]] center for the [[Federal Republic of Germany]]. Its task is to collect, [[archive]], document and record bibliographically all German and [[German language]] publications from 1913 on, foreign publications about Germany, translations of German works, and the works of German-speaking [[emigrants]] published abroad between 1933 and 1945, and to make them available to the public. The German National Library maintains co-operative external relations on the national and international level. For example, it is the leading partner in developing and maintaining bibliographic rules and standards in Germany and plays a significant role in the development of international library standards. The cooperation with [[publishers]] is regulated by law since 1935 for the Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig, since 1969 for the Deutsche Bibliothek Frankfurt. Duties are shared between the facilities in [[Leipzig]] and [[Frankfurt am Main]], with each center having a specific specialty area. A third facility, the Deutsches Musikarchiv (founded 1970), deals with all music-related archiving (both printed and recorded materials).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Building and Congress Centre|url=https://www.dnb.de/EN/Ueber-uns/Gebaeude/gebaeude_node.html|access-date=2023-12-21|website=December|language=en}}</ref> == History == In 1848, there were plans for a German national library. After 1850, they were not followed. The stock of books already in existence was stored at the [[Germanisches Nationalmuseum]] in [[Nuremberg]]. In 1912, the town of Leipzig, seat of the annual Leipzig Book Fair, the kingdom of Saxony and the Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhändler (Association of German booksellers) agreed to found a German National Library located in Leipzig. Starting January 1, 1913, all publications in Germa