Swiss National Library

Swiss National Library
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek (German) Bibliothèque nationale suisse (French) Biblioteca nazionale svizzera (Italian) Biblioteca naziunala svizra (Romansh)
Swiss National Library building in Bern
46°56′29″N 7°26′59″E / 46.94140660°N 7.44970340°E / 46.94140660; 7.44970340
Location	Bern, Switzerland
Established	1895 (129 years ago) (1895)
Reference to legal mandate	Law about the Swiss National Library (available in German, French and Italian)
Collection
Items collected	books, journals, newspapers, magazines, maps, official publications, posters, drawings and manuscripts
Size	5.1M items
Criteria for collection	Helvetica: publications published in Switzerland or written by Swiss authors or concerning Switzerland
Legal deposit	No, but agreements with publishers
Access and use
Access requirements	Reading rooms: free. Registration for lending: be Swiss resident or citizen over 18
Circulation	78,000 (2007)
Other information
Budget	32.9M Swiss francs (2008, incl. internal federal costing; $31.8M, 2nd quarter 2008)
Director	Ms. Marie-Christine Doffey (since 2005)
Employees	146 FTE
Website	nb.admin.ch

The Swiss National Library (German: Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek, French: Bibliothèque nationale suisse, Italian: Biblioteca nazionale svizzera, Romansh: Biblioteca naziunala svizra) is the national library of Switzerland. Part of the Federal Office of Culture, it is charged with collecting, cataloging and conserving information in all fields, disciplines, and media connected with Switzerland, as well as ensuring the widest possible accessibility and dissemination of such data.

The Swiss National Library is intended to be open to all and, by the breadth and scope of its collection, aims to reflect the plurality and diversity of Swiss culture. It is a heritage site of national significance.^[1]