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Federal Department of Defence
Civil Protection and Sport

The Library Am Guisanplatz

The Federal Military Library founded in 1848 became the Library Am Guisanplatz (BiG) on 27 October 2007. It is an institution of the Swiss Confederation under public law. Since 1 January 2009, the library has been coordinating and managing the libraries of the Federal Administration, ensures close cooperation in the fields of IT and documentation, leads the Federal Documentation Committee and is responsible for Alexandria the library network of the Federal Administration.

The BiG is open to the public. In a rapidly changing environment it ensures the provision of international technical literature in several fields such as history, politics, armed forces, civil protection, traffic, energy, migration, architecture, environment, agriculture, finances and economics. Such specialised documentation can be found in the library catalogue of the Alexandria network.

 

Online Collections

Online catalogue

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Alexandria is the online catalogue of the Swiss Federal Administration Libraries.

Heberlein Collection

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Visit the autograph collection of Dr. Georg Heberlein of the Library Am Guisanplatz. (Informations only in German!)

Military postcard collection

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The military postcard collection of the Library Am Guisanplatz is one of the most important collections of this kind countrywide.

For questions about this page: Public service BiG
Last updated: 09.02.2012

Opening hours - Lending


Monday - Friday
08:30 - 11:00 und 14:00 - 16:30

If you wish to study at our facility through the lunch hours, please submit your request 10 days in advance to Public service BIG or phone 031 324 51 21.

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