TIB – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften und Universitätsbibliothek

TIB, or Technische Informationsbibliothek, is a central specialist library located in Hannover, Germany. Founded in 1959, it serves as the national library for engineering, technology, and natural sciences in Germany. In 2016, TIB merged with the University Library of Leibniz University Hannover, forming the Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and University Library. TIB offers a variety of services, including efficient access to data and information, and it is part of the German Interlibrary Loan System. The library is developing the Open Research Knowledge Graph, which organizes scientific contributions from publications. TIB also acts as a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) registration agency for research data sets and serves as a legal deposit library for research projects funded by German Federal Government agencies. Its facilities feature modern reading rooms and workstations for individual and group study.