The Berlin Central and Regional Library () or ZLB is the official library of the City and State of Berlin, Germany. It was established as a Foundation by two State laws, initially in 1995 and amended in 2005, combining the following institutions: * America Memorial Library (), one of the largest public libraries in Berlin opened in 1954 and initially co-funded with a grant from the United States *Berlin City Library (), the municipal library of the city founded in 1901 *Berlin Senate Library (), the official library of the

Berlin Senate The Senate of Berlin (; unofficially: ) is the executive body governing the city of Berlin, which at the same time is a state of Germany. According to the Constitution of Berlin the Senate consists of the Governing Mayor of Berlin and up to ten ...

, founded on 22 December 1948. *Berlin General Catalog ( or BGK) In 2011 the library system had more than 3.4 million electronic and printed media. The Foundation is a legal deposit library for all publications appearing in Berlin. The ZLB also has significant historical and estate collections, and operates the Center for Berlin Studies in Ribbeck-House. The ZLB is a member of the ''Public Libraries in Berlin (VÖBB)'' and the ''Cooperative Library Network of Berlin-Brandenburg (KOBV)''. Partner libraries are the

Centre Georges Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the (), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in Paris, France. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture by the architectural team of ...

in Paris and the Rudomino All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature in Moscow.Website of the ZLB
in English, retrieved 01-Mar-2012

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Berlin-Kreuzberg Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in 1990, it has ...

Blücherplatz 1 (America Memorial Library) *

Berlin-Mitte Mitte (; German for "middle" or "center") is a central section () of Berlin, Germany, in the eponymous Boroughs of Berlin, borough () of Mitte. Until 2001, it was itself an autonomous district. Mitte proper comprises the historic center of Old ...

Breite Strasse 30–36 (Berlin City Library) *

Berlin-Charlottenburg Charlottenburg () is a Boroughs and localities of Berlin, locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Established as a German town law, town in 1705 and named after Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen consort of Kingdom ...

(Berlin Senate Library) There had been plans to combine the three institutions in a new building at the former

Tempelhof Airport Berlin Tempelhof Airport () was one of the first airports in Berlin, Germany. Situated in the south-central Berlin borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg, the airport ceased operating in 2008 amid controversy, leaving Tegel and Schönefeld as the ...

, but a 2014 referendum ended the

's plans to open parts of the airport's outfield for development. Debate about a centralised location continued, and in 2018, Blücherplatz was slated as the site for a new central library building. The existing America Memorial Library, which is listed as a historic monument, will have to remain part of the new ensemble. Construction is not expected to start before 2025.

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Website der of the Berlin Senate Library

VÖBB Online Catalog with the holdings of the ZLB

E-Loan to the Berlin public libraries
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