Royal Danish Library
Royal Danish Library (Danish: Det Kgl. Bibliotek) is a merger of the two previous national libraries in Denmark: the State and University Library in Aarhus and the Royal Library in Copenhagen. Although now under a single organisation, the separate locations in both cities are maintained.
| Det Kgl. Bibliotek | |
 The Royal Library in Copenhagen | |
| Country | Denmark |
|---|---|
| Type | National Library, University Library, National Center for Shared Services for Public Libraries |
| Established | 1648 |
| Location | Aarhus, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Collection | |
| Size | 42,504,062 physical units, 8,615,234 electronic titles (as of 2017)[1] |
| Legal deposit | Since 1697 |
| Other information | |
| Director | Svend Larsen |
| Staff | 800+[2] |
| Website | www |
The merger came into effect on January 1, 2017.[3]
References
- "Årsrapport 2017 for Det Kgl. Bibliotek" (PDF) (in Danish). Det Kgl. Bibliotek. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- "Job og karriere" (in Danish). Det Kgl. Bibliotek. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- "Det nye nationalbibliotek kommer til at hedde Det Kgl. Bibliotek" (in Danish). Retrieved 2018-03-03.
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