German National Library of Science and Technology
| German National Library of Science and Technology | |
|---|---|
| Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) | |
| 52°22′53″N 9°43′11″E / 52.381262°N 9.719848°E | |
| Location | Welfengarten 1 B 30167 Hanover, Germany |
| Type | |
| Scope | Engineering, architecture, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics |
| Established | 1959 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, journals, electronic media |
| Size | 8.9 million media units 17.3 million patents |
| Legal deposit | Yes |
| Access and use | |
| Population served | Researchers, business clients, students, general public |
| Other information | |
| Director | Sören Auer |
| Employees | 500 (2022) |
| Website | www |
The German National Library of Science and Technology (German: Technische Informationsbibliothek), abbreviated TIB, is the national library of the Federal Republic of Germany for all fields of engineering, technology, and the natural sciences. It is jointly funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the 16 German states. Founded in 1959, the library operates in conjunction with the Leibniz Universität Hannover.: 72–74 In addition to acquiring scientific literature, it conducts applied research in such areas as the archiving of non-textual materials, data visualization and the future Internet. The library is also involved in a number of open access initiatives. With a collection of about 8.9 million items in 2012, the TIB is the largest technology and natural science library in the world.