Facts and figures

70 million scholarly sources, 2,000 advisory services, and endless opportunities to get involved: Here you will find all facts and figures about SLUB Dresden at a glance. You can also learn more about our history and organization.

The Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library - SLUB for short - is one of the most efficient academic libraries in Germany:

  • As a classical state library, it comprehensively collects and archives publications about Saxony as well as publications subject to delivery in Saxony.
  • As the library of the Technical University of Dresden, it provides information for a research-intensive full university with a particularly broad range of subjects.
  • As a state library, the SLUB fulfils important coordination and service functions for the libraries in the Free State of Saxony.

At our six locations we have created lively sites of academic exchange. Our mission is: With the help of forward-looking technologies, we want to create knowledge, network it transparently and make it available at a low threshold. In doing so, we are committed to our extensive heritage spanning six centuries, and today we resolutely uphold the ideals of open access.

The SLUB in figures

70 million scientific sources

In the SLUB catalogue you will find more than 70 million objects: Literature, digital full texts, journals, audio and film documents, subject-specific databases, photos, maps, sheet music and much more.

2.5 million volumes and graphic media

Currently, you have access to more than 700,00 volumes and over 1.8 million graphic media (photographs, maps, drawings) in our digital collections.

2.3 million images

In the Deutsche Fotothek you can search through more than 2.3 million images from 97 institutions - including photographs, paintings, graphics as well as maps and architectural drawings.

2,000 advisory services

Whether research, literature management, citing or publishing: Every year, our experts offer you more than 2,000 free advisory services.

100 events

With around 100 events of various formats every year, we enable you to engage in a creative exchange on current topics.

2,300 workstations

The SLUB offers you a total of more than 2,300 workstations on campus - whether in the group work area, in the quiet reading room atmosphere or in the lockable work cabin.

104 hours per week

We are open 104 hours a week for you and offer you plenty of opportunity for quiet work or creative exchange. Our online services are of course available around the clock.

  • 2.5 million volumes and graphic media

    2.5 million volumes and graphic media

    You currently have access to more than 700,000 volumes and over 1.8 million graphic media (photographs, maps, drawings) in our digital collections.

  • 2,000 advisory services

    2,000 advisory services

    Whether it's research, literature management, citing or publishing: Every year, our experts offer you more than 2,000 free advisory services.

  • 104 hours per week

    104 hours per week

    We are open 104 hours a week for you, giving you plenty of opportunity for quiet work or creative exchange. Our online services are of course available around the clock.

100 events

With around 100 events of various formats every year, we enable you to exchange ideas creatively on current topics.

2,300 workstations

The SLUB offers you a total of more than 2,300 workstations on campus - whether in the group work area, in a quiet reading room atmosphere or in the lockable work cubicle.