Annual Report 2023

Preface:

"Actually, the whole year was a highlight - of which something remains!"

Frank Scholze

Frank Scholze

Video

111 years - celebrations to mark the anniversary

Over a century of the German National Library - over 100 reasons to celebrate the nation's cultural memory!

Exhibition stand of the German National Library Photo: Johanna Baschke

Archiving Twitter?! Collecting the haystack

Social media as part of the digital cultural heritage – the DNB has collected around 220 million tweets. And benefited from crowdsourcing in the process.

One person is looking at a web code on a screen. Photo: Josephine Kreutzer

More digitized than ever before

From compact cassettes to newsstand literature - Renate Gömpel gives an insight into the current state of digitization in an interview.

Renate Gömpel Photo: Josephine Kreutzer

A lot going on in 2023: From democracy, AI & co.

Events & educational work at the German National Library – the year was rich in offers. Take a look inside!

Two people share a pair of headphones. They are looking at a listening station. Photo: Alexander Paul Englert

Our work in 2023

Interview with Johannes Neuer

Changes in Leipzig: Since August 1 2023, the DNB has had a new director at its founding location – Johannes Neuer reports on current projects and new plans.