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The German National Library in Frankfurt am Main will be closed from 10 to 22 March 2025. The exhibitions of the German Exile Archive will open Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 21:30 and on Saturdays from 10:00 to 17:30.

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Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN)

  • Launched: Founded in 1917, the collaboration has been ongoing since the 1980s
  • Objective: Create an independent platform for standardisation in Germany and globally.
  • Role of the German National Library: Member of some working groups and one of the sponsors of the Standardisation Committee for Information and Documentation (NID). We also participate in the working groups for quality measures for national libraries and for Universal Coded Character Set run by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
  • https://www.din.de/de/mitwirken/normenausschuesse/nid
  • https://www.din.de/de/mitwirken/normenausschuesse/nia

Last changes: 23.04.2021

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