Press & Media

This is where we provide press information and material on the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Please tell us if you reference us and send us a specimen copy.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information or interview requests.

Astrid B. Müller
Communication, Press, Marketing
Tel.: + 49 - (0)30- 266 - 41 1434
Fax: + 49 - (0)30- 266 - 31 1434
Email:a.mueller [at] hv.spk-berlin.de ( a[dot]mueller[at]hv[dot]spk-berlin[dot]de )

Press Mailing List

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Latest Press Release

Press release by the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, April 20, 2023

Culture and education digital. The German Digital Library extends its offer

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All of the press releases by the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek can be found in the Press Release Archive.

Press Photos and Logo

On the Press Photos and Logo page, we make photos and images on the topics addressed by the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek available for download. When using the material, please be aware of the licence notice and credit the creator.

Films

On our Films page, we make film footage by the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek available for download. You will also find videos which provide information on individual concerns or events in which employees of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek took part.

The thematic trailer series “Culture and Knowledge Online” uses short films to illustrate the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek’s range of activities and topics and the broad spectrum of its involvement. Episode 1 (2013), 2 (2014) and 3 (2015) have already been released, episode 4 is expected to come out in 2016.

Episode 2 “Culture and Knowledge Online – 02: Presentation of the First Full Version – Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek” (2014) is a summary of the institution’s biggest event to date, which took place on 31st March 2014 in Berlin

Culture and Knowledge Online – 02: Presentation of the First Full Version – Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek

With extracts and contributions from:
Prof. Dr. Hermann Parzinger, president of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz and spokesman for the board of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, Prof. Monika Grütters MdB, Minister of State for Culture and Media; Brunhild Kurth, vice president of the Kultusministerkonferenz and Saxony’s State Minister of Cultural Affairs; Jill Cousins, executive director, Europeana Foundation; Wolfgang Krauth, Archive Department – Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg; Francesca Schulze, project coordination – Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek; Prof. Monika Hagedorn-Saupe, network of excellence – Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, Institut für Museumsforschung – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz; Thorsten Siegmann, Europeana Collections 1914–1918, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz; Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Siegfried Schweizer, Deutsches Museum Digital, Deutsches Museum; Stephan Bartholmei, project coordination – Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. A contribution from 52°Nord, project leader: Astrid B. Müller, Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.

Background Information

On the Background Information page, you will find further materials and documents providing more details on the development and context of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.

Social Media

The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek runs Twitter, Mastodon and Instagram accounts and a Facebook page. We use them to provide updates on our project, our developments and events and to tell the stories behind the digital collections from our data partners. Follow us on Twitter, Mastodon and Instagram and like our Facebook page.