About us
The University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt combines the provision of academic information with its role as the central state library. Find out more about our remit, structure and services, our history, and the people who make the ULB a modern hub for research, study and knowledge.
Overview
About the library
The University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt (ULB), as the central library of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, is responsible for providing information to around 20,000 students and over 4,000 staff members, and is also open to the public. As State Library Saxony-Anhalt collects and preserves literature from and about the Central German region and houses an extensive collection of relevant maps.
In her Stock The collection of almost 5 million items includes more than 26,000 current periodicals, in either printed or electronic format, as well as 290,000 microform items. The approximately 1,400 study spaces are spread across the specialist branch libraries. Delivery and interlibrary loan services facilitate access.
Throughout its history spanning more than 300 years, History The library has been able to acquire a rich and historically interesting collection. The historical collections are being gradually digitised as part of various projects and made available free of charge for use.
About the Repositories Share_it and Share_DIGit can be used to access these and other open-access collections and research data. At the library, the Specialist Information Service Middle Eastern, North African and Islamic Studies, supported by the virtual specialist library MENAlib and the MENAdoc repository, provides researchers with predominantly specialised literature in the original languages.
The ULB offers Training courses and advice on topics such as using the collections, conducting research, academic publishing and research data management.
It is part of the Joint Library Network (GBV) and uses the acquisitions and cataloguing modules of the PICA library software. The library supports open access publishing and favours open-source products when selecting its software solutions.
In figures
Annual Reports
Hidden treasures, new structures, old newspapers, Openness and much more kept us busy in 2021. We are delighted to be able to offer you another little glimpse behind the scenes in this annual report.
2020 was a year in which many things turned out differently than expected. You can find out in the annual report what challenges the ULB faced, what solutions were found and what else has been on our minds over the past year.
In 2019, we were able to carry out a wide range of projects: from relocations, exhibitions, data protection and text recognition, right through to cashless payments. You can read about this and more in the ULB’s annual report.
2018 was an eventful year – we invite you to take a look back: In the ULB’s annual report, you can find out what we have set in motion, changed and achieved over the past year to consolidate and improve the quality of our services.
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Our services support you through every stage of academic work – from information retrieval and access to resources right through to publishing and research.
Do you have any questions about our programmes, services or specialist areas? Here you’ll find the right points of contact at the ULB Saxony-Anhalt. This will help you quickly find the right person to contact regarding your enquiry.
Here you will find the vacancies currently advertised at the University and State Library.
The ULB provides training for both middle and senior civil service roles. Here you will find an overview of our vocational training programmes. We also regularly offer work experience placements at our library.
The ULB Saxony-Anhalt is involved in numerous projects. Find out more about our current and completed projects, through which we make knowledge accessible and create new digital services.
The University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt is a member of the following institutions and bodies.