Current news from the BiG.
Many events are held every year at the Library Am Guisanplatz. You will find more information about them here.
List of new acquired books and articles at the BiG
The BiG offers titles and collections on various topics, both in print and in digital form.
With its digitised special collections the Library Am Guisanplatz grants its customers on-line access to some of its special assets.
With its non-digitised special collections the BiG offers further insight into its unusual inventory.
With its publication series the BiG promotes historical and cultural research.
BiG remains closed until further notice due to COVID-19.
At der BiG you may use quiet and well illluminated workplaces free of charge.
The BiG is easily accessible, situated diagonally opposite the Guisanplatz tram stop.
The BiG ist open to the public. The content of its inventory can be either lent out or consulted at the library.
The BiG offers numerous services to ensure that you receive the information and media you seek in the best possible quality and within reasonable time.
We would be glad to hear what documents you cannot find in our library and propose for acquisition.
The e-books on demand service enables you to order complete electronic copies of copyright free books from the BiG’s inventory.
A team of BiG employees with a scientific background will be glad to help you in your research.
If our library does not have a publication you seek, it will, at your request, be searched for in libraries in Switzerland and abroad, ordered and lent to you.
Various rooms at the BiG can be used free of charge; both by members of the federal administration and the public.
On this page, you can find documentations on a variety of topics presented to you by the Library am Guisanplatz.
You will find more information on lending from other libraries and documentation centres on this page.
Here you will find additional information on libraries, archives and collections.
The Library Am Guisanplatz BiG is the main library of the federal administration and the Swiss Armed Forces.
Since 1 October 2016, Mr Daniel Kohler is in charge of the BiG.
The BiG directs the FDC which is the coordinating body of the federal administration for information and documentation.
Key figures and annual reports of the Library Am Guisanplatz
In the following page you will find the most important BiG sectors at a glance.
The job vacancies at the BiG are always published on-line on the federal job website.
Partnerships and activities in external committees and working groups of the Library Am Guisanplatz
19 libraries and documentation services within and without the Federal Administration have merged to form the Alexandria Library Network.
The BiG is engaged in training in the field of «information und documentation», which addresses the past, the present and the future, and offers a variety of training options.
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The job vacancies at the Library Am Guisanplatz are always published on-line on the federal job website.
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