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The Mission
Under its legal mandate the German
National Library collects all publica-
tions, ensures the long-term pre-
servation and usability of its collec-
tions and indexes them openly, in a
user-friendly and dependable man-
ner based on the latest international
standards, thereby permitting them
to be found and referenced world-
wide. In doing so it plays a substan-
tial role in creating a stable infra-
structure for culture and science, for
the cultural life of Germany and for
making German science and culture
available abroad.
The Vision
In 2023 the German National Library
will play a leading role within a tight-
ly meshed international network of
institutions dedicated to information
infrastructure, culture and science.
Its data and services will be access
points for text, images and sound re-
cordings from Germany, in German
or about Germany.