[4] After the founding of the university (1914) it became the Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main (StUB).

[11] UB Frankfurt is a member of the Hessisches BibliotheksInformationssystem [de] (hebis) (Hessian library information system).

[16][17] The UB Frankfurt possesses the largest Judaica and Hebraica collection in Germany.

[18] The modern library building by Ferdinand Kramer was erected in 1964[19] and inaugurated on 29 April 1965.

[4][20] At the entrance to the reading rooms stands the bronze figure Prometheus by Ossip Zadkine.