Royal Danish Library
Det Kgl. Bibliotek | |
Country | Denmark |
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Type | National Library, University Library, National Center for Shared Services for Public Libraries |
Established | 1648 |
Location | Aarhus, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Collection | |
Size | 42,504,062 physical units, 8,615,234 electronic titles (as of 2017)[1] |
Legal deposit | Since 1697 |
Other information | |
Director | Svend Larsen |
Staff | 800+[2] |
Website | www |
Royal Danish Library (Danish: Det Kgl. Bibliotek) is a merger of the two previous national libraries in Denmark: the State and University Library in Aarhus and the Royal Library in Copenhagen. Although now under a single organisation, the separate locations in both cities are maintained.
The merger came into effect on January 1, 2017.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Årsrapport 2017 for Det Kgl. Bibliotek" (PDF) (in Danish). Det Kgl. Bibliotek. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Job og karriere" (in Danish). Det Kgl. Bibliotek. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Det nye nationalbibliotek kommer til at hedde Det Kgl. Bibliotek" (in Danish). Retrieved 2018-03-03.
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