Berlin Central and Regional Library (ZLB)
Few institutions enjoy as much trust and credibility among citizens as libraries do—values that are increasingly under pressure in the digital world. Library users deserve a reliable, accessible, and secure digital meeting place.
With a total of over 3.5 million individual media and currently 1.5 million visitors a year, the Berlin Central and Regional Library (ZLB) is Germany’s largest public library. The library has two branches: the America Memorial Library (AGB) in Berlin-Kreuzberg and the Berlin Public Library (BStB) in Berlin-Mitte. Libraries, publicly funded stores of knowledge and information that are also accessible to the public, will also continue to bring major social benefits to the community in future; however, they will also change. Just like the ZLB, public libraries all over the world are working on new contents for modern librarianship. The three pillars of librarianship describe what we are doing, and why we are doing it:
- The ZLB: a store of information and knowledge: We share media and information technologies and actively support lifelong learning.
- The ZLB: a place to spend time and to work: We share our spaces for people to spend time in, to work and to promote personal and social development.
- The ZLB: a community and discussion hub – a forum for the city’s residents: We provide the people who live in Berlin with a platform for sharing their knowledge, their perspectives, their passions and their skills.
More information about the library: https://www.zlb.de/en/
Address: Breite Str. 30-36, 10178 Berlin, Germany
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