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Press Releases (PDF)
09.07.2024 - Transparency and Dialogue: German Digital Library Launches Online Portal “Collections from Colonial Contexts”
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20.04.2023 - Culture and education digital. The German Digital Library extends its offer
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30.11.2021 - “Collections from Colonial Contexts” online portal launched
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28.10.2021 - The German Digital Library starts the German Newspaper Portal with central access to historic newspapers from 1671 to 1950
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09.09.2021 - Update: Musterverfahren Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
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26.07.2021 - Update: Test Case German Digital Library vs. VG Bild-Kunst
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18.06.2021 - Test Case German Digital Library vs. VG Bild-Kunst
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12.03.2021 - Test Case German Digital Library vs. VG Bild-Kunst
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14.09.2020 - Diversity of collections, participatory cultural education, promotion of digitisation: The German Digital Library will receive funds from "Neustart Kultur"
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03.02.2020 - Joint management of the German Digital Library is complete
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17.12.2019 - Change at the top of the German Digital Library
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08.10.2019 - DDBstudio: Mit virtuellen Ausstellungen Geschichten erzählen - neuer Service der Deutschen Digitalen Bibliothek
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13.09.2019 - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB): 30 Millionen Objekte aus Kultur- und Wissenseinrichtungen jetzt online. Neue Systemarchitektur besteht Stresstest erfolgreich.
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26.04.2019 - Bundesgerichtshof setzt "Framing Rechtsstreit" bis zu einer Entscheidung des Gerichtshofs der Europäischen Union aus
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18.02.2019 - BGH hears "legal dispute concerning framing" between Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst and Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek"
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17.07.2018 - Performance, Speed, New Usage Scenarios – Modernisation of Total Architecture Secures Sustainability of the DDB
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10.07.2018 - Kammergericht Berlin (Court of Appeal) Decides Copyright Dispute in Favour of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
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05.03.2018 - The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek at the Leipzig Book Fair: 15-18 March, 2018
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20.11.2017 - Save the Date: The Coding da Vinci Prize-giving Ceremony in the Jewish Museum Berlin
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19.07.2017 - The cinema of World War I as transnational media history - a virtual exhibition of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek curated by the Deutsches Filminstitut (German Film Institute)
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19.04.2017 - Bahnriss?! Papier I Kultur - A virtual exhibition of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek curated by the Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum/ German Museum of Books and Writing of the German National Library"
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17.02.2017 - Information Day of Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek and Saarländischer Museumsverband e.V. in Cooperation with the State Government of Saarland
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13.10.2016 - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek publishes Strategy 2020
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07.09.2016 - New release: Federal Diversity – Global Networking. Strategies of the Federal States for the Cultural Heritage in the Digital World
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25.05.2016 - "Archivportal-D" wins "Heritage in Motion Award" 2016
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29.04.2016 – New member in the competence network: FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure
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09.03.2016 - The German Digital Library presents itself: CeBIT Hanover 14 – 18 March 2016, Library Congress Leipzig 14 – 17 March 2016, Leipzig Book Fair 17 – 20 March 2016
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04.11.2015 - DDBpro is online: The new information portal for data partners of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
24.06.2015 - A boost for digital access to cultural heritage: BAM Consortium for Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
22.06.2015 - Press discussion and awards ceremony ‘Coding da Vinci’ – first German culture hackathon
21.04.2015 - ‘Coding da Vinci’ – 2nd edition of Germany’s first culture hackathon
26.02.2015 - Press Release Book Launch and Reception 'A Future for the Past'; Leipzig Book Fair
10.11.2014 - Shaping Access: International conference of experts reviews measures taken so far to preserve cultural heritage in digitised form
29.09.2014 - Panel discussion and reception at Frankfurt Book Fair Digitisation and the Law: What is the DDB’s position?
24.09.2014 - Roll-out of Archivportal-D: Germany’s archives now online and easier to access
08.07.2014 - ‘Coding da Vinci’ Culture Hackathon: Culture and digital content feed off each other
30.06.2014 - Awards Ceremony, 6th July 2014, ‘Coding da Vinci’ – the first German culture hackathon
10.04.2014 - “Coding da Vinci” – Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek organises Germany’s first culture hackathon
31.03.2014 - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek presents first full version
04.11.2013 - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek publishes API
17.10.2013 - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek supports Berlin Appeal for the Preservation of Digital Cultural Heritage
21.06.2013 - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek continues to expand