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.

Part of the Federal Office of Culture, it is charged with collecting, cataloging and conserving information in all fields, disciplines, and media connected with Switzerland, as well as ensuring the widest possible accessibility and dissemination of such data.

[4] The building was designed in the Modernist style of New Objectivity and is a listed historic monument.

The first underground stack opened in 1997 and holds books, literary archives, and special collections.

The National Library's book collection contains the entire output of Swiss publishers in all languages and adds almost 15,000 new publications in a given year.

There is no legal deposit law in place but rather an agreement with Swiss publishers.

This collection consists of six components:[14] In 1901, the library published the first volume of the Swiss Book, the national bibliography of Switzerland.

Swiss National Library main reading room
Stacks at the National Library