German National Library of Science and Technology

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German National Library of Science and Technology
Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)
52°22′53″N 9°43′11″E / 52.381262°N 9.719848°E / 52.381262; 9.719848
Location	Welfengarten 1 B 30167 Hanover, Germany
Type	National library Research library
Scope	Engineering, architecture, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics
Established	1959; 65 years ago (1959)
Collection
Items collected	Books, journals, electronic media
Size	8.9 million media units[1] 17.3 million patents
Legal deposit	Yes[2]
Access and use
Population served	Researchers, business clients, students, general public
Other information
Director	Sören Auer[3]
Employees	500 (2022)
Website	www.tib.eu/en/

The German National Library of Science and Technology (German: Technische Informationsbibliothek), abbreviated TIB, is the national library of the Federal Republic of Germany for all fields of engineering, technology, and the natural sciences. It is jointly funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the 16 German states. Founded in 1959, the library operates in conjunction with the Leibniz Universität Hannover.^{[4]: 72–74} In addition to acquiring scientific literature, it conducts applied research in such areas as the archiving of non-textual materials, data visualization and the future Internet. The library is also involved in a number of open access initiatives. With a collection of about 8.9 million items in 2012,^{[1][needs update]} the TIB is the largest technology and natural science library in the world.^[5]