Regional state libraries
The regional state libraries are part of the academic library system in the Free State of Bavaria . Their core tasks include supplying scientific literature from their respective region and collecting the literature that deals with their respective region. Organizationally, they belong to the division of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, Science and Art and are subordinate to the Bavarian State Library as an intermediate authority. With the exception of the Augsburg State and City Library, they are solely state sponsored. Together, the libraries have around 2.5 million volumes, including 19,000 manuscripts and autographs, 10,000 prints from the 15th century, and 5,100 current journals.
They include the following institutions:
- Amberg Provincial Library (State Library Amberg) in Amberg
- State Library Ansbach (Castle Library ) in Ansbach
- Aschaffenburg Court Library in Aschaffenburg
- State and City Library Augsburg in Augsburg with legal deposit right for Swabians
- Bamberg State Library in Bamberg with the right to deposit copies for Upper Franconia
- Coburg State Library in Coburg
- Dillingen Study Library in Dillingen an der Donau
- State Library Neuburg an der Donau in Neuburg an der Donau
- Passau State Library in Passau with legal deposit for Lower Bavaria
- Regensburg State Library in Regensburg with legal deposit rights for the Upper Palatinate
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The regional state libraries in Bavaria. A position determination. . Accessed October 28, 2016 (pdf)
- ↑ holdings . Retrieved October 28, 2016
