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Digitised collections

Cover of an issue of “Nebelspalter” from 1980. All issues of the satirical magazine up to 2017 are available online.

Principles of digitisation

The Swiss National Library digitises documents from its collections and making them available online, subject to the requirements of copyright law.

10 December 2018

Digitised newspapers

The Swiss National Library digitises newspaper titles from its collection and making them available on the platform e-newspaperarchives.ch.

Digitised periodicals

The Swiss National Library digitises periodicals from its collection and making them available online at E-Periodica. The ETH Library operates the platform.

Digitised image documents

Digitised prints, photographs, picture postcards, pictures and plans, buildings, places and artists held by the Prints and Drawings Department, the Swiss Literary Archives and the Centre Dürrenmatt.

Other digitised collections

The Swiss National Library provides online access to many types of media from its collections, including books, audio documents, sounds, images, photographs, postcards and posters.