"Know. Share. Discover": First Library Night in Leipzig
On April 4, Leipzig invites you to the first nationwide Night of the Libraries. Discover the wide range of offers and special events.
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Digital libraries: LSB records growth in online visits
LSB records significant increase in digital library use in 2024.
"Library of Languages" - book donations wanted in Leipzig
Leipzig's city library would like to fill a bookshelf with as many foreign-language books as possible. Who wants to contribute their favorite novel?
Exhibition provides an insight into the monastery library
Saxony acquired the historically valuable library of the St. Marienthal monastery in Ostritz (Görlitz district) in 2023. Now, for the first time, an exhibition provides access to the bibliophile treasures.
Top chef summit meeting at the German Culinary Archive
For two years now, Saxony's State Library has been a hotspot for gourmets. The German Archive of Cuisine contains evidence of the art of cooking - past and present.
Saxony's library association warns of difficulties due to lack of staff and funding
Public libraries are Saxony's most visited cultural and educational institutions. People don't just go there to learn and work.
Money for the preservation of written cultural heritage in Saxony
Saxony's libraries and archives preserve the state's memory. Preserving, maintaining and researching this written cultural heritage costs money - and some of it has to be saved from decay.
Public libraries in Saxony to become important centers of their communities
Public libraries in Saxony preserve and lend books and other media. They are also places for reading, meeting and discussion - and now there are further goals.
Youth book "Hinter den Sternen ganz nah" wins the 2024 Readers' Prize
During the summer vacations, special books for children and young people are always on offer in Saxony's libraries. They can be borrowed free of charge after registering - and readers can vote for the best title.
Lounge for sound and film archive in Saxony's state library
The Saxon State Library also preserves cultural heritage beyond books. This treasure is now more easily accessible in digital and analog form - for everyone.
116 libraries want to awaken a love of reading during the book summer
By the beginning of August, 116 public libraries in Saxony will once again be offering special books for 11 to 16-year-olds during the summer vacations. "Whether fantasy, love stories, exciting novels or non-fiction, the offer is broad and up-to-date, there is something for every taste," announced t ..
Competition launched to extend the National Library
The fifth extension to the German National Library in Leipzig is getting closer. As part of an architectural competition, 20 pre-selected participants from all over Europe have been invited to submit their designs and models for a fifth extension. This was announced by the director of Germany's larg ..
Saxon Library Award 2024 announced
The Free State of Saxony and the State Library Association award the Saxon Library Prize, endowed with 10,000 euros.
German National Library becomes free from the age of 16
Young people aged 16 and over can now use the German National Library's reading rooms in Leipzig and Frankfurt am Main free of charge. Lowering the age limit from 18 to 16 is intended to promote freedom of information and freedom of expression, among other things, the library announced on Wednesday. ..
Small museums more open to provenance research - obstacles
For years, museums in Saxony have been searching for objects that don't belong there. The large institutions are pioneers in this research - but there are hurdles for the smaller ones.
Discovery of an Upper Sorbian rarity: Prussian church agenda from 1899
The Sorbian Institute discovers a rare edition of the Prussian Church Agenda from 1899 in an archive in Bautzen.
More visitors to municipal libraries
The municipal libraries also had to cope with declines due to coronavirus. Now more people are coming back and borrowing books.
Nazi-looted property: Manuscripts of collector Beno Kaufmann handed over to rightful heirs
In the most extensive case of Nazi-looted property at the Goethe and Schiller Archive, manuscripts belonging to the collector Beno Kaufmann were handed over to rightful heirs.
Prominent addition to the Deutsche Fotothek in Dresden
With over seven million images, the Deutsche Fotothek is one of the largest archives of its kind in Germany. At its heart is the photographers' archive.
Saxony purchases library from St. Marienthal monastery
The St. Marienthal Psalter is considered the most important work from the library of the monastery of the same name and dates back to the first quarter of the 13th century. Now the bibliophile holdings from St. Marienthal have a new owner.
Nazi looted property discovered in the SLUB Dresden
Around 100 unlawful books from the National Socialist era were discovered in the Saxon State Library.
Seed library provides seeds for amateur gardeners
After the gardening season began in March, the seeds provided by the Dresden Seed Library were completely sold out within a few weeks. Now there is a replenishment.