A short Introduction into the ZKM | Media Library

The ZKM | Media Library's exhaustive collection consists of several kinds of information media. Visitors find books, video tapes, CD-ROMs and sound carriers related to 20th and 21st century art. The inventory can be researched with the help of the Virtual catalogue film by KOBV. There the collections of other film libraries are listed too. A server based system provides access to the video collection and the audio CDs. The media library is a reference library, books and other media can only be used on site. The publications of the ZKM and the Hochschule für Gestaltung (State School of Design) make part of the Media Library's stock too. The ZKM | Media Library participates in the Network of Multimedia Resource Centres, which links more than 60 important archives, libraries, document centres, museums and research facilities in various locations. The aims are to secure, preserve, develop and make available audiovisual media and materials as an important cultural resource for the interested public.