Metadata service newsletter

Are you interested in receiving regular information about the latest developments and activities carried out by our metadata services and format changes? If so, you are welcome to subscribe to the newsletter here:

Subscribe to the metadata service newsletter

Previous issues are available at our newsletter archive.

Mailing lists

Do you use our SRU or OAI interfaces? Do you regularly receive metadata from the German National Library (DNB), the Integrated Authority File (GND) or the German Union Catalogue of Serials (ZDB)? Subscribe to the corresponding mailing list to make sure you always have the latest, most important information about changes, new developments, waiting times or disruptions.

SRU interface mailing list – for the German National Library’s SRU interface and the JSON interface of the German Union Catalogue of Serials (ZDB)
OAI interface mailing list – for the German National Library’s OAI interface
DNB metadata supply mailing list – for the German National Library’s metadata supply
GND metadata supply mailing list – for the Integrated Authority File (GND) authority data supply
ZDBINFO mailing list – for information on regular ZDB production operations, deliveries of metadata and the ISIL- and Library Code Directory
EZB-ZDB-Dienste mailing list - for the services of the Electronic Journal Library (EZB) and the German Union Catalogue of Serials (ZDB)
Kataloganreicherung mailing list - for the German National Library’s metadata on digitised tables of contents (TOC)
GND-WebCat mailing list - for the Web Form of the Integrated Authority File (GND) for active contribution to the GND
ONS-SRU-RU mailing list - for the Online Standard Interface (ONS) via SRU Record Update for active contribution to the GND
LDS mailing list - for the German National Library's Linked Data Service
GND ontology - for the ontology of the Integrated Authority File (GND)

Information about format changes

We keep you informed of current changes in the metadata services offered by the German National Library via the Metadata service newsletter and on our page Metadataservice Info. We announce these modifications three months beforehand.

Would you like to stay informed about changes well ahead of time? Subscribe to our metadata service newsletter.