Registration

→ Online application for registration
→ Completing documents for registration

• Information on data protection with respect to registration for use
  (Version: July 2020)  (in German)
• PDF version for download 
  (Version: July 2020)  (PDF, 99 KB)  (in German)

A twelve-digit number, the BSB ID, is printed on your library card.

You will also receive a temporary password, which you will please change with your first login.

If you register as a legal entity, you will be informed about the default password upon registration.

Please inform the registration office of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek about the loss of your library card immediately. As a first measure, we can lock your library card to prevent misuse. A replacement library card can be obtained (at a charge) exclusively in person at the library.

You have the following options:

• If you have entered an e-mail address in your library account, you can reset your password yourself using the "Forgot password?" function in BSB DISCOVER!
  Tutorial on YouTube “How can I get a new password?” (in German)
• You can come to the registration office in person, bringing your library card and a valid official personal identity card with you.
• You can phone the Ortsleihe (local lending service; phone: +49 89 28638-2412, Monday – Friday 9:00 – 17:00). Please have your BSB ID at hand when calling us. This telephone service can be used exclusively by the holder of the library card in person.

Stored data

Upon registration, the following personal data are stored within the framework of computer-aided loan administration:

• Name
• First name
• Date of birth
• Address data
• Telephone numbers
• E-mail address
• Nationality
• In case of students also the university/ college

Since the machine-readable library card can also be used at the University Library of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, these data are transmitted there if you have agreed to this data transfer.

How to change data

You can update the following data yourself in your library account in BSB DISCOVER!.
Access to the library account  (by selecting Menu > Library account > Personal details)

• Address data
• Telephone number
• E-mail address

For all other changes, please visit the registration office on the library's ground floor in person, bringing the required documents with you,

As an alternative to registering on site, you can also register online. After an online application for registration you will receive a BSB ID which allows you (initially for a limited time) to use library services, such as, for example, digital services or non-freely accessible e-media services. Please note that you need a library card for collecting ordered media and for accessing the reading rooms. This library card can be collected on site, at the registration office, usually two working days after filing your documents online. You will be informed by e-mail as soon as your library card is available for collection.

Details of the procedure and required documents

For students and employees of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, the LMUcard is also the library card.

In case you have any questions, please contact the IT service desk of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich.
IT service desk of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

For further information please consult the website of the University Library of the LMU.
General information on the LMUcard

Institutes and faculties of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich also contact the University Library for a library card.

Questions with respect to all library cards issued by the University Library of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, need to be directed to:
benutzung@ub.uni-muenchen.de

• Munich City Library Am Gasteig
  Students can usually obtain literature required for presentations or term papers also at the Munich City Library Am Gasteig and acquire the necessary research skills and information evaluation techniques there. The City Library offers special information events for this purpose.

• Nearest library in case of place of residence outside the Munich metropolitan area
  In case you live outside of the Munich metropolitan area (range of the "S-Bahn" commuter railway network), you can also contact the public or academic library that is closest to your place of residence. Depending on your place of residence and the required subject, this library can be a city library or municipal library, a state regional library, college library or university library. Students can find literature required for presentations or term papers and acquire research skills and information evaluation techniques also in these libraries.
  Any books or articles which are not available at your local library can be ordered within the framework of the interlibrary loan system. A library card of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek is not required for this purpose.

Legal entities cannot register online.
Forms are available for the registration of legal entities in accordance with their legal form of organisation. Please fill in the corresponding form and bring it with you for registration.

1. Registration of legal entities under private law
   (i.a. association, limited liability company, public limited company, foundation under civil law)
   The registration of legal entities under private law requires the submission of a corresponding proof of authorisation (e.g. in the form of a copy certified by a notary public or an authority or an official printout of the register of associations, trade register or register of cooperatives). A foundation under civil law is required to submit a certificate on power of representation issued by the responsible foundation authority.
   Form  (PDF, 158 KB)
   
   
2. Registration of legal entities under public law
   (i.a. public corporations, public-law institutions and foundations under public law)
   The registration of legal entities under public law requires the submission of a corresponding proof of authorisation (e.g. in the form of a power of attorney certified by a notary public or an authority). A foundation under public law is required to submit a certificate on power of representation issued by the responsible foundation authority.
   Form  (PDF, 162 KB)
   
   
3. Registration of (restricted) legal capacity business partnerships or companies under foreign law
   (i.a. general partnership (OHG), limited partnership (KG), consolidated company or limited, business corporation, société)
   The registration of (restricted) legal capacity business partnerships requires the submission of a corresponding proof of authorisation (e.g. in the form of the articles of partnership or a copy certified by a notary public or an authority or an official printout of the trade register or register of partnerships).
   Form  (PDF, 157 KB)

In case you do not have a place of residence in Germany, the desired media can be ordered exclusively for consultation in the reading rooms. External access to electronic media (for which the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek holds licenses) is impossible in this case for licensing reasons.
For registration, a valid personal identification card or passport is required.

The collections administrated by the Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books can be used exclusively in the department's reading room. Please show your library card before entering the reference library and the reading room and enter your name in the journal.

In case you come to the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek from out of town (within the framework of a brief visit or study visit) or wish to consult material that is not searchable in our catalogues, it is recommendable to inform us of your visit in writing one week in advance.

The Articles 24 – 25 of the Allgemeine Benützungsordnung der Bayerischen Staatlichen Bibliotheken (ABOB) (General Regulations on the Use of Bavarian Public Libraries) are applicable to the use of manuscripts and early printed works.

Around 150 databases were acquired for Germany-wide access (within the framework of so-called national licenses) with the support of the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Conditions of use

Online registration via the national licenses portal

Provided that you have a permanent place of residence in the Federal Republic of Germany, you can obtain access to these databases by registering. The access data are sent to you by post after successful online registration.
Online form  (and information on the online registration procedure)
Database list  (in the national licenses portal)

Online registration via the Database Information System

The national license databases are all additionally catalogued in the Database Information System (DBIS).
The entry for the database in each case also contains information on the registration procedure.
Database list  (in the Database Information System)

Please note:
In case you already hold a valid library card of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek comprising authorisation for external access, no additional registration is necessary.

With the support of the DFG programme "Fachinformationsdienste für die Wissenschaft" (FID, specialised information services for scholarship and science), digital media (databases, e-books and electronic journals) are made available on a supra-regional level for use by the community of specialists and for scholarly research. Persons entitled to use this service can obtain access codes by registering online.

The following specialised information services of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek are supported by the German Research Foundation:

• FID Ancient Studies – Propylaeum   Services and registration
• FID Historical Studies   Services and registration
• FID Musicology   Services and registration
• FID East, Central and Southeast European Studies   Services and registration