Collection of German Prints

{{Short description|National library}}

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| scope = Entire German-language literature

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The Collection of German Prints ({{langx|de|Sammlung Deutscher Drucke}}) or SDD is the virtual German national library. Founded in 1989 by an association of six German libraries it covers the entire German-language literature.

Each library is responsible for a specified period of time:

• 1450–1600: Bavarian State Library (Munich)
• 1601–1700: Herzog August Library (Wolfenbüttel)
• 1701–1800: Göttingen State and University Library
• 1801–1870: Frankfurt University Library
• 1871–1912: Berlin State Library
• since 1913: German National Library