Frankfurt University Library

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.

University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg
Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Central Library Building in 2007
50°7′13.4″N 8°39′11.2″E
LocationBockenheimer Landstraße 134–138, Frankfurt, Germany
Established1484 (1484) (predecessor) 1 January 2005 (2005-01-01)
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]. § 4, StAnz. No. 25/2000 page 1824 of 26 March 1999 (PDF) (in German).
Service areaHesse and Hessian Interlibrary loan region (Alzey-Worms, Mainz, Mainz-Bingen, Worms)
Branches9
Collection
Items collectedbooks, magazines (both print and digital)
Size10.8 million (As of 2021)
Criteria for collectionscientific literature, all publications published in Frankfurt, all German prints of the years 1801 till 1870
Legal depositYes, Frankfurt am Main area
Access and use
Access requirementsStudents 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
Circulation1.62 million (As of 2018)
Population served~ 6.3 million + (population of Hesse As of 2021)
Members59,705 (As of 2016)
Other information
Budget24.45 M (~ 28.92 M US$, As of 2021)
DirectorDaniela Poth (since 2020)
Employees222 FTE + 19 apprentices/interns (As of 2021)
Public transit access
  • Bockenheimer Warte
  • 16 Bockenheimer Warte
  • 32, 36, 50, N1 Bockenheimer Warte
Websiteub.uni-frankfurt.de
References: "Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg Frankfurt am Main: Übersicht 2021" (PDF) (in German). 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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