Swiss National Library

The Swiss National Library (German: Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek; French: Bibliothèque nationale suisse; Italian: Biblioteca nazionale svizzera; Romansh: Biblioteca naziunala svizra) is the national library of Switzerland. It is in the capital Bern. It was founded in 1895.

Swiss National Library

Swiss National Library building in Bern
Established	1895 (130 years ago) (1895)
Reference to legal mandate	Law about the Swiss National Library (available in German, French and Italian)
Location	Bern, Switzerland
Coordinates	46°56′29″N 7°26′59″E
Collection
Items collected	books, journals, newspapers, magazines, maps, official publications, posters, drawings and manuscripts
Size	5.1M items
Criteria for collection	Helvetica: publications published in Switzerland or written by Swiss authors or concerning Switzerland
Legal deposit	No, but agreements with publishers
Access and use
Access requirements	Reading rooms: free. Registration for lending: be Swiss resident or citizen over 18
Other information
Budget	37.8M Swiss francs (2023)
Director	Mr. Damian Elsig (since 2021)
Staff	151 FTE (2023)
Website	nb.admin.ch

Other websites

• Official website (in English)