Zentralbibliothek Zürich

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Zentralbibliothek Zürich

Location	Zürich
Coordinates	47°22′27″N 8°32′43″E / 47.3742°N 8.5453°E / 47.3742; 8.5453
Heritage designation	class B Swiss cultural property of regional significance
Member of	Association of Zurich Museums Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries International GLAM Labs Community Kalliope Memoriav International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
Country	Switzerland
Director	Christian Oesterheld
Website	www.zb.uzh.ch
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Zentralbibliothek Zürich (Zürich Central Library) is a

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The Zentralbibliothek currently houses some 5.1 million items, among these 3.9 million printed volumes, 124,000 manuscripts, 243,000 maps and 560,000 microfiches.

History

The library was founded in 1914 by a merger of the former cantonal and city libraries. Its history ultimately goes back to the Stiftsbibliothek of the

's private library, and the library catalogue in 1551 lists 770 volumes. The city library had been established in 1634, and its policy to allow access only to citizens of Zürich led to disputes with the university, which led to the establishment of a cantonal library in 1835, built from some 3,500 volumes with 14,000 titles of the Stiftsbibliothek, some 340 volumes of the recent University Library (since 1833) and some 1,700 volumes of the Gymnasiumsbibliothek (since 1827).

Cultural heritage

See also

• Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Zürich, a public library network in Zürich

References

External links

• Official website
• Main public library catalog (NEBIS)