Frankfurt University Library
| University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg | |
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| Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg | |
Central Library Building in 2007 | |
| 50°7′13.4″N 8°39′11.2″E / 50.120389°N 8.653111°E | |
| Location | Bockenheimer Landstraße 134–138, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Established | 1484 (predecessor) 1 January 2005 |
| Architect(s) | Ferdinand Kramer |
| Reference to legal mandate | Vertrag zwischen dem Land Hessen und der Stadt Frankfurt am Main zur Ergänzung und Änderung des Universitäts-Übernahmevertrages [Contract between the State Hesse and the City of Frankfurt for Complement and Chance of the University Transfer Agreement] (PDF) (StAnz. 25/2000 page 1824, § 4) (in German). 26 March 1999. |
| Service area | Hesse and Hessian Interlibrary loan region (Alzey-Worms, Mainz, Mainz-Bingen, Worms) |
| Branches | 9 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | books, magazines (both print and digital) |
| Size | 11.6 million (As of 2023) |
| Criteria for collection | scientific literature, all publications published in Frankfurt, all German prints of the years 1801 till 1870 |
| Legal deposit | Yes, Frankfurt am Main area |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Students and employees of Goethe University Frankfurt, also people, who study, live or work for at least 3 months in Hesse or in Hessian Interlibrary loan region; Library card or Goethe card is required to visit the reading rooms |
| Circulation | 750,000 (As of 2023) |
| Population served | Hesse |
| Members | 59,705 (As of 2016) |
| Other information | |
| Budget | €25.41 (As of 2023) |
| Director | Daniela Poth (since 2020) |
| Employees | 209 FTE (As of 2023) |
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| Website | ub.uni-frankfurt.de |
| References: "Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg Frankfurt am Main: Übersicht 2023" (in German). 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023. | |
The Frankfurt University Library (German: Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main (UB Frankfurt), or Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, ISIL DE-30) is the library for the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.