Swiss National Library
E374668
The Swiss National Library is Switzerland’s central library institution responsible for collecting, preserving, and providing access to the country’s published cultural and documentary heritage.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swiss National Library canonical | 7 |
| Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek | 2 |
| Biblioteca nazionale svizzera | 1 |
| Biblioteca naziunala svizra | 1 |
| Bibliothèque nationale suisse | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3638548 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss National Library Context triple: [Federal Department of Home Affairs, oversees, Swiss National Library]
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A.
University Library of Basel
The University Library of Basel is one of Switzerland’s oldest and most significant academic libraries, serving as a major research and cultural institution for the University of Basel and the region.
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B.
Austrian National Library
The Austrian National Library is the largest library in Austria and a major cultural institution in Vienna, renowned for its historic baroque State Hall and extensive collections of books, manuscripts, and archival materials.
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C.
German National Library
The German National Library is Germany’s central archival and bibliographic institution responsible for collecting, documenting, and providing access to all German and German-language publications.
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D.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
The Bibliothèque nationale de France is France’s national library and one of the world’s major research libraries, housing extensive collections of books, manuscripts, and cultural heritage materials.
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E.
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek is a major research and universal library in Munich, Germany, renowned as one of Europe's most important repositories of manuscripts and historical collections.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss National Library Target entity description: The Swiss National Library is Switzerland’s central library institution responsible for collecting, preserving, and providing access to the country’s published cultural and documentary heritage.
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A.
University Library of Basel
The University Library of Basel is one of Switzerland’s oldest and most significant academic libraries, serving as a major research and cultural institution for the University of Basel and the region.
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B.
Austrian National Library
The Austrian National Library is the largest library in Austria and a major cultural institution in Vienna, renowned for its historic baroque State Hall and extensive collections of books, manuscripts, and archival materials.
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C.
German National Library
The German National Library is Germany’s central archival and bibliographic institution responsible for collecting, documenting, and providing access to all German and German-language publications.
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D.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
The Bibliothèque nationale de France is France’s national library and one of the world’s major research libraries, housing extensive collections of books, manuscripts, and cultural heritage materials.
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E.
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek is a major research and universal library in Munich, Germany, renowned as one of Europe's most important repositories of manuscripts and historical collections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
library
ⓘ
national library ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NB ⓘ |
| buildingStyle | modernist architecture ⓘ |
| collectionFocus |
Helvetica
ⓘ
surface form:
Helvetica (Switzerland-related publications)
Swiss cultural heritage ⓘ Swiss documentary heritage ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
Federal Archives of Historic Monuments
ⓘ
Graphic Collection and Photo Archive ⓘ Swiss Literary Archives ⓘ audiovisual media ⓘ digital publications ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ maps ⓘ newspapers ⓘ periodicals ⓘ photographs ⓘ posters ⓘ printed books ⓘ web archives ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.nb.admin.ch ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bern ⓘ |
| inception | 1895 ⓘ |
| languageOfService |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh language ⓘ
surface form:
Romansh
|
| legalDepositLibraryFor | Switzerland ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Canton of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| location | Bern ⓘ |
| mandate |
collect Swiss publications
ⓘ
preserve Swiss publications ⓘ provide access to Swiss documentary heritage ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Swiss National Library
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Biblioteca nazionale svizzera
Swiss National Library self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Biblioteca naziunala svizra
Swiss National Library self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Bibliothèque nationale suisse
Swiss National Library self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
|
| offersService |
digital library access
ⓘ
interlibrary loan ⓘ online catalog ⓘ reading rooms ⓘ reference services ⓘ |
| opened | 1899 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
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surface form:
Swiss Confederation
|
| owner |
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
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surface form:
Swiss Confederation
|
| parentOrganization |
Swiss Federal Office of Culture
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Office of Culture
|
| partOf |
Swiss Federal Office of Culture
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Office of Culture
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Swiss National Library Description of subject: The Swiss National Library is Switzerland’s central library institution responsible for collecting, preserving, and providing access to the country’s published cultural and documentary heritage.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern
subject surface form:
Département fédéral de l’intérieur
this entity surface form:
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
this entity surface form:
Bibliothèque nationale suisse
this entity surface form:
Biblioteca nazionale svizzera
this entity surface form:
Biblioteca naziunala svizra
this entity surface form:
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek