Books

Books account for the majority of the Helvetica collection and include the entire output of Swiss publishers on all subjects and in all languages.

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Content and scope

• Almost 15,000 new (printed) publications per year
• All books published in Switzerland
• By Swiss or foreign authors
• Works on Swiss topics or people
• Edition publications, publications by governmental and non-governmental organisations based in Switzerland as well as art galleries and museums, and self-published works
• In print or in digital form (e-books)

Collection principles

• One copy of each publication is deposited and archived.
• On paper or digital
• Digital publications are collected selectively.
• No legal deposit requirement, but books are collected under an agreement with Swiss publishers’ associations

Research and access

• Documents listed in Helveticat
• Listed in the national bibliography “The Swiss Book”
• Annual production statistics drawn up by the NL
• Full texts in the e-Helvetica Access database

• Helveticat
• HelveticArchives
• e-Helvetica

The Swiss Book. The National Bibliography

• Agreement between the NL and publishers’ associations (in French)

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