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The [Berlin State Library](https://staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/) (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, SBB) is one of the largest scientific universal libraries in Germany and a central supplier of national and international literature. More than 11 million volumes of printed material alone have accumulated since the library was founded in 1661. A constantly increasing number of databases and other electronic resources complement the collection.
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The SBB is digitizing its holdings and making them available free-of-charge via the 'Digital Collections' online portal: https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/. Additionally, in a number of projects such as [OCR-D](https://ocr-d.de), [Qurator](https://ravius.sbb.berlin/) and [Mensch.Maschine.Kultur](https://blog.sbb.berlin/mensch-maschine-kultur-neues-projekt-zur-kuenstlichen-intelligenz/), the SBB is currently researching and developing AI/ML technologies for computational analysis and enrichment of the digital collections. A growing number of datasets and demos is made available via the [SBB-LAB](https://lab.sbb.berlin/?lang=en).
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