| State and University Library, Denmark | |
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| Statsbiblioteket | |
 The State and University Library at the Aarhus University Campus, featuring the landmark high rise of Bogtårnet, the primary book repository. | |
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| Location | Aarhus, Denmark |
| Type | National library, university library |
| Scope | National Library of Denmark Aarhus University library |
| Established | Legally established 1897 Opened 1902 University Library from 1928 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 5,528,993 physical units, 6,176,256 electronic titles (as of 2017)[1] |
| Legal deposit | Since 1902 |
| Other information | |
| Website | en |
The State and University Library (Danish: Statsbiblioteket) in Aarhus, Denmark, is a national library and the university library of Aarhus University. It is a research library and the central repository for all Danish public libraries holding millions of items both in print and digital formats including sound and music recordings, videos, journals, books, patents, maps, prints and drawings. The library is directly subordinated the Danish Ministry of Culture and is a legal deposit library, receiving copies of all audio, video and newspapers produced in Denmark.[2][3]
The library is located on the south side of Nordre Ringgade in Midtbyen, Aarhus on the Aarhus University campus. The primary document storage facility is the 14 stories Bogtårnet building.
In 2017, it merged with the Royal Library in Copenhagen to form a combined national library.[4] The combined library organisation (the separate library locations in Copenhagen and Aarhus are maintained) is known as the Royal Danish Library (Danish: Det Kgl. Bibliotek).[5]
- ^ "Årsrapport 2017 for Det Kgl. Bibliotek" (PDF) (in Danish). Det Kgl. Bibliotek. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Statsbiblioteket" (in Danish). Encyclopedia Den Store Danske. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "Statsbiblioteket" (in Danish). Danish Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "Det nye nationalbibliotek kommer til at hedde Det Kgl. Bibliotek" (in Danish). Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ "The new Royal Danish Library". Royal Danish Library. Retrieved 2018-04-19.