Frankfurt University Library

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University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg
Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Universitatsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main.jpg
Central Library Building in 2007
Frankfurt University Library
50°7′13.4″N8°39′11.2″E / 50.120389°N 8.653111°E / 50.120389; 8.653111
LocationBockenheimer Landstraße 134–138, Frankfurt, Germany
Established1484;540 years ago (1484) (predecessor) 1 January 2005;19 years ago (2005-01-01)
Architect(s) Ferdinand Kramer [1]
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)
Branches9
Collection
Items collectedbooks, magazines (both print and digital)
Size10.8 million (As of 2021)
Criteria for collectionscientific literature, all publications published in Frankfurt, all German prints of the years 1801 till 1870
Legal deposit Yes, Frankfurt am Main area [2] [3]
Access and use
Access requirementsStudents 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
Circulation1.62 million (As of 2018)
Population served~ 6.3 million + (population of Hesse As of 2021)
Members59,705 (As of 2016)
Other information
Budget 24.45 M (~ 28.92 M US$, As of 2021)
DirectorDaniela Poth (since 2020)
Employees222 FTE + 19 apprentices/interns (As of 2021)
Public transit access
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.

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History

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  [ de ], [5] Rothschild'sche Bibliothek  [ de ], [6] Bibliothek für Kunst und Technik, Medizinische Zentralbibliothek, Manskopf'sches Museum für Musik- und Theatergeschichte  [ de ] [7] merged. [4] 2005 the StUB and the Senckenbergische Bibliothek united. [4]

Library Profile

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  [ de ] (hebis) (Hessian library information system). [12] [13]

Central library

Branches

Sources: [14]

Collections

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]

Building

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]

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