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3 to 5 July 2024

Wednesday, 3 July 2024: The old technology reading room is closed due to the construction work.
On 4 and 5 July 2024, use of this reading room and WiFi access may be affected by construction work. The computers in the reading room are not available.

DNB Glossary

Have you ever been asking yourself what “Germanica” is? Or what is meant when we talk about “online publications”? With our glossary, we offer you the possibility to look up these and many other terms commonly used at the German National Library. Please note that the terminology collection is under construction and does not claim to be complete.

Are you missing a term? Then feel free to contact us at webredaktion@dnb.de.

Web archive

German: Webarchiv

Digital archive in which harvested websites are stored and made permanently accessible.

More about web archive on our website

Web harvesting

German: Web-Harvesting

The collection of website content for storage in a web archive. During this process, the web harvesting software accesses predefined web addresses and stores the website along with all the linked content in the domain.

More about web harvesting on our website

Contact: webredaktion@dnb.de

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