The majority of our holdings are stored in the stacks and must be ordered through the catalogue by clicking on the link “Issue in...” and the button “Order”.

You can order up to ten media. Online publications can be used directly at the reading room computers without ordering them in advance

After you place your order, the media will be made available for you. You can view your ordered media on site as soon as they can be found in "My account" under the loans.

You can use the media in our reading rooms for a period of 14 days from the order date. Borrowed works must be returned to the issues desk before you leave the library.

If the media have not been reserved, you can extend the lending period on two occasions by two weeks at a time through your “My Account” page in the catalogue.

Do you want to order a medium that is already being used by someone else? If so, you can reserve it. You will be notified by e-mail as soon as the medium is ready for your use.

• Fee schedule (only available in German) 655kB, PDF - Barrier-free file

• Conditions of use (only available in German) 200kB, PDF - Barrier-free file

The issues desk is your point of contact for all the media you order. On presenting your library card, the publications will be handed over to you for use in the reading rooms.
In Leipzig, you are also welcome to use the reading rooms in the German Museum of Books and Writing and the German Music Archive. You can also have almost all the media in the German National Library’s collection placed at your disposal in these reading rooms.

We make these media available at specific computers in the reading rooms before the end of the processing period. If you have any questions, please contact the Multimedia/periodical reading room in Leipzig and the media issue in Frankfurt.

These media can be accessed directly in the catalogue at the research workstations in the reading rooms. They do not have to be ordered in advance.

You can take the media off the reading room shelves directly if you wish to work with them.

Submit enquiry

Phone +49 341 2271-453

Submit enquiry

Phone +49 69 1525-2500