DEUTSCHE NATIONALBIBLIOGRAFIE FROM 2010 BIBLIOGRAPHY YEAR AS ONLINE JOURNAL

Some time ago we informed you that it was no longer possible to recoup production costs for the printed lists of the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie on account of the significant reduction in the number of subscribers. For this reason, publication of the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie in printed form is to be discontinued after a history of publication stretching back almost a century.
The same applies - albeit after a shorter period of time - for the CD-ROM version.
As announced by the publishers, subscriptions of individual series of the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie in printed form or on CD-ROM will therefore end as follows:

Instead, from 2010, the universally accessible database https://portal.d-nb.de, which the German National Library uses to fulfil its legal brief of recording new publications, and new electronic methods, which have been specially devised taking customers' requirements into account, will replace the printed lists and CD-ROMs.

The division into series A, B, C, H, M and T and the new publication service remains unchanged; the frequency of publication will not be altered either.

The portal catalogue of the German National Library features additional possibilities such as applying filters to the individual series of the Nationalbibliografie, searching for bibliography volumes, selecting specific types of media such as online publications or dissertations, saving search profiles or exporting hit lists to HTML files. The new electronic services reflect users' changing needs and replace the printed and CD-ROM versions of the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie.

Taking the earlier printed edition as the template, the German National Library will be offering the Nationalbibliografie in PDF format as an online journal * ; its content will in some cases be simplified and it will be offered free of charge via its database. 
In addition, the PDF files can also be purchased and downloaded via the WWW or from the FTP server of the German National Library; we also offer the PDF content in hard copy in response to requests from many existing users.
Costs and conditions of the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie as online journal in PDF format

  1. Access via the portal catalogue: free of charge
  2. Provision of PDF files via the WWW and on the FTP server of the German National Library: EUR 5.00 per download
  3. Hard copy of the downloads (banded and hole-punched):
    Per delivery, including national postage. Purchase also possible via book trade.

    Series A: EUR 12.50
    Series B: EUR 5.00
    Series C: EUR 6.00
    Series H: EUR 14.00
    Series M: EUR 4.00
    Series T: EUR 4.00
    New publication service: EUR 9.50

Further usage possibilities stemming from the printed version of the Nationalbibliografie are offered via the DNB portal, e.g.

RSS feeds and alert services are also planned for later.

*Example of online journal indexing in the German National Library catalogue: http://d-nb.info/998466212.
The individual issues of a journal are listed as related volumes at the end of the journal listing. The list of brief outlines can be called up by clicking "Publications". Clicking on an outline opens the full description of the volume in question; access is then gained to the full text via the URN in the "Persistent Identifier" label.

Address any inquiries to Address any oders to
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Bibliografische Dienstleistungen Bibliografische Dienstleistungen
Claudia Werner Christa Junker
Tel.: +49-69-1525-1630 Tel.: +49-69-1525-1634
c.werner@d-nb.de c.junker@d-nb.de