The Swiss National Library has launched the general catalogue "HelveticAll", which offers a single access to and across its main catalogues and databases. This makes searching for and ordering resources easier for users.
From 4 March to 1 July 2022 the exhibition “Snow” invites you to engage with the wonder in white through a range of playful, scientific, poetic and artistic exhibits. Guided tours, a reading evening and other events complement the exhibition.
The Swiss National Library endorses the common position of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL) regarding the current military aggression against Ukraine, which threatens the intellectual and cultural heritage of the country as much as it threatens its population.
The collections of the Swiss National Library consist of books, newspapers and periodicals, websites, maps and atlases, university and corporate publications, official publications and printed music.
The collection of the Prints and Drawings Department includes prints from the 17th to 21st centuries, photographs, postcards, posters and artists’ books, as well as documents on historic monument preservation since the end of the 19th century.
The National Library’s Literary Archives are home to the leading
collection of literary estates, libraries and archives from authors of
the 20th and 21st centuries.
The Swiss National Sound Archives in Lugano collect sound recordings and preserve them for posterity. They have been archiving Switzerland’s audio heritage and making it available to anyone with an interest since 1987.
Yearning for snow is a thing of the past because the wonder in white can be manufactured by machines at the touch of a button. But the use of snow cannons is a topic of debate. The NL tracks their history in the digital newspaper archive.
Neben handschriftlichen Manuskripten und Briefen füllen zunehmend auch Disketten, CD-Roms und Laptops das Magazin des Schweizerischen Literaturarchivs.
Press releases
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