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University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg | |
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Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg | |
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50°7′13.4″N 8°39′11.2″E / 50.120389°N 8.653111°E | |
Location | Bockenheimer Landstraße 134–138, Frankfurt, Germany |
Established | 1484 | (predecessor) 1 January 2005
Architect(s) | Ferdinand Kramer [3] |
Reference to legal mandate | Vertrag zwischen dem Land Hessen und der Stadt Frankfurt am Main zur Ergänzung und Änderung des Universitäts-Übernahmevertrages [Contract between the State Hesse and the City of Frankfurt for Complement and Chance of the University Transfer Agreement] (PDF) (StAnz. 25/2000 page 1824, § 4) (in German). 26 March 1999. |
Service area | Hesse and Hessian Interlibrary loan region ( Alzey-Worms, Mainz, Mainz-Bingen, Worms) |
Branches | 9 |
Collection | |
Items collected | books, magazines (both print and digital) |
Size | 10.8 million (As of 2021 [update]) |
Criteria for collection | scientific literature, all publications published in Frankfurt, all German prints of the years 1801 till 1870 |
Legal deposit | Yes, Frankfurt am Main area [1] [2] |
Access and use | |
Access requirements | Students and employees of Goethe University Frankfurt, also people, who study, live or work for at least 3 months in Hesse or in Hessian Interlibrary loan region; Library card or Goethe card is required to visit the reading rooms |
Circulation | 1.62 million (As of 2018 [update]) |
Population served | ~ 6.3 million + (population of Hesse As of 2021 [update]) |
Members | 59,705 (As of 2016 [update]) |
Other information | |
Budget | €24.45 M (~ 28.92 M US$, As of 2021 [update]) |
Director | Daniela Poth (since 2020) |
Employees | 222 FTE + 19 apprentices/ interns (As of 2021 [update]) |
Public transit access |
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Website | ub.uni-frankfurt.de |
References: "Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg Frankfurt am Main: Übersicht 2021" (PDF) (in German). 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023. |
The Frankfurt University Library (German: Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main (UB Frankfurt), or Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, ISIL DE-30) is the library for the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.
It originated in the 15th century as a town library and can be dated back to 1484. [4] After the founding of the university (1914) it became the Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main (StUB). [4] In 1945, the libraries Stadtbibliothek , [5] Rothschild'sche Bibliothek , [6] Bibliothek für Kunst und Technik, Medizinische Zentralbibliothek, Manskopf'sches Museum für Musik- und Theatergeschichte [7] merged. [4] 2005 the StUB and the Senckenbergische Bibliothek united. [4]
The Frankfurt University Library is one of the largest academic libraries in Germany [8] and a member of the Collection of German Prints, the virtual German national library, covering the years 1801 till 1870. [9] [10] In 2021, the library has had 805,019 visitors. [11] UB Frankfurt is a member of the Hessisches BibliotheksInformationssystem (hebis) (Hessian library information system). [12] [13]
Sources: [14]
Since 1802, the library owns an original complete Gutenberg Bible. [16] [17] The UB Frankfurt possesses the largest Judaica and Hebraica collection in Germany. [18]
The modern library building by Ferdinand Kramer was erected in 1964 [19] and inaugurated on 29 April 1965. [4] [20] At the entrance to the reading rooms stands the bronze figure Prometheus by Ossip Zadkine. [21] [22]
You can help expand this article with text translated from
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University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg | |
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Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg | |
| |
50°7′13.4″N 8°39′11.2″E / 50.120389°N 8.653111°E | |
Location | Bockenheimer Landstraße 134–138, Frankfurt, Germany |
Established | 1484 | (predecessor) 1 January 2005
Architect(s) | Ferdinand Kramer [3] |
Reference to legal mandate | Vertrag zwischen dem Land Hessen und der Stadt Frankfurt am Main zur Ergänzung und Änderung des Universitäts-Übernahmevertrages [Contract between the State Hesse and the City of Frankfurt for Complement and Chance of the University Transfer Agreement] (PDF) (StAnz. 25/2000 page 1824, § 4) (in German). 26 March 1999. |
Service area | Hesse and Hessian Interlibrary loan region ( Alzey-Worms, Mainz, Mainz-Bingen, Worms) |
Branches | 9 |
Collection | |
Items collected | books, magazines (both print and digital) |
Size | 10.8 million (As of 2021 [update]) |
Criteria for collection | scientific literature, all publications published in Frankfurt, all German prints of the years 1801 till 1870 |
Legal deposit | Yes, Frankfurt am Main area [1] [2] |
Access and use | |
Access requirements | Students and employees of Goethe University Frankfurt, also people, who study, live or work for at least 3 months in Hesse or in Hessian Interlibrary loan region; Library card or Goethe card is required to visit the reading rooms |
Circulation | 1.62 million (As of 2018 [update]) |
Population served | ~ 6.3 million + (population of Hesse As of 2021 [update]) |
Members | 59,705 (As of 2016 [update]) |
Other information | |
Budget | €24.45 M (~ 28.92 M US$, As of 2021 [update]) |
Director | Daniela Poth (since 2020) |
Employees | 222 FTE + 19 apprentices/ interns (As of 2021 [update]) |
Public transit access |
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Website | ub.uni-frankfurt.de |
References: "Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg Frankfurt am Main: Übersicht 2021" (PDF) (in German). 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023. |
The Frankfurt University Library (German: Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main (UB Frankfurt), or Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, ISIL DE-30) is the library for the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.
It originated in the 15th century as a town library and can be dated back to 1484. [4] After the founding of the university (1914) it became the Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main (StUB). [4] In 1945, the libraries Stadtbibliothek , [5] Rothschild'sche Bibliothek , [6] Bibliothek für Kunst und Technik, Medizinische Zentralbibliothek, Manskopf'sches Museum für Musik- und Theatergeschichte [7] merged. [4] 2005 the StUB and the Senckenbergische Bibliothek united. [4]
The Frankfurt University Library is one of the largest academic libraries in Germany [8] and a member of the Collection of German Prints, the virtual German national library, covering the years 1801 till 1870. [9] [10] In 2021, the library has had 805,019 visitors. [11] UB Frankfurt is a member of the Hessisches BibliotheksInformationssystem (hebis) (Hessian library information system). [12] [13]
Sources: [14]
Since 1802, the library owns an original complete Gutenberg Bible. [16] [17] The UB Frankfurt possesses the largest Judaica and Hebraica collection in Germany. [18]
The modern library building by Ferdinand Kramer was erected in 1964 [19] and inaugurated on 29 April 1965. [4] [20] At the entrance to the reading rooms stands the bronze figure Prometheus by Ossip Zadkine. [21] [22]