If you have any questions about literature research, please contact the staff at the Information Desk.
Telephone: +49 6131 12-2652
stb.infostadt.mainzde

You can find the print editions of the current, regularly updated daily newspapers in the reading room. They may be used on site but may not be checked out.

You can view e-paper editions of the following regional daily newspapers on the computers at the circulation desk, in the research library, and in the reading room:

Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz (September 2010 through the end of 2019)
Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz Rheinhessen (from 2020)
Allgemeine Zeitung Alzey (from February 2013)
Allgemeine Zeitung Bingen, Ingelheim (from May 2013)
Allgemeine Zeitung Landskrone (August 2014 through the end of 2019)
Allgemeine Zeitung Rhein-Main-Anzeiger (September 2014 through the end of 2020)
Wormser Zeitung (from September 2010)

Access from off-site and/or on personal devices is not permitted due to copyright restrictions and is therefore not possible. If you have any questions, the library staff on site can assist you or provide information via stb.infostadt.mainzde.

Historical daily newspapers are primarily available on microfilm. These can be accessed at the microfilm scanner in the circulation desk area. From there, you can print out the articles or save them to a USB drive. There is no index, so you should have a general idea of when an article was published.

To use the microfilm scanner, you must schedule an appointment. Please make a reservation by
calling +49 6131 12-2652 or by emailing stb.ausleihe@stadt.mainz.de. 
The scanner is available: Mon and Wed 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and 2–6 p.m., Fri 10 a.m.–1 p.m. You can also make an appointment by phone
during these hours. If you’d like to know right away whether your preferred time slot is available, we recommend calling.

Some issues of Mainz daily newspapers from the period 1850–1920 have been digitized and can be found at www.dilibri.de.

Books printed before 1900 may only be used in the reading room of the city library.

Since pigments containing heavy metals were sometimes used to color book edges and covers until the 19th century, we recommend wearing gloves when handling books printed before 1900. We will provide gloves upon request.

In the circulation desk area and the reading room, you can print documents from the Internet using the library computers. You can obtain the printouts from the library staff for 0.10 euros each. Please note that no word processing software is available and that saving files to USB drives is not possible.

A self-service scanner is available in the library foyer. You can make printouts (0.10 euros per page) and scans to save to USB drives (0.10 euros each).

The microfilm scanner in the circulation desk area allows you to both print documents and save files to a USB drive. Prints cost 0.30 euros each for DIN A4 and 0.60 euros each for DIN A3. Scans are free of charge.

We offer reproductions (scans or copies) on request (subject to a fee). You can find more information here.

The City Library accepts donations only if they fit its collection profile and thus meaningfully supplement its media collection. The collection profile includes: 1. Regional materials from and about Mainz and Rheinhessen, 2. Research literature on working with our historical and special collections. The materials must also be in good condition.

If you would like to offer us a donation, please always contact us in advance by email at stb.infostadt.mainzde.

Duplicates are generally not accepted. Therefore, we require a list of the books intended for donation so that we can cross-reference them with the library catalog.

Yes. You can find information about this here.

Yes. You can find information about this here.