University Library

Digitised Collections

  • DigiTheo

    Central 19th century theology periodicals, which were crucial for the different schools of Theology and their formation, are being digitised in this project, sponsored by the DFG (German Research Foundation).

  • DigiTü

    In an ongoing project since 2010, the University Library has been digitising its holdings of manuscripts and old and rare books. The images are published as open source for worldwide use.


    As partner of the “LEO-BW Portal”, we deliver works with relevance to Baden-Württemberg to this portal of Regional History. See http://www.leo-bw.de
  • DigiAltori

    The University Library As partner of the DFG funded “Propylaeum: the Virtual Library Ancient History”, the University Library is responsible for the section Ancient Near Eastern Studies

    In 2012, the library started to digitise important periodicals and old printed books of Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Near Eastern Archaeology in an ongoing project.

  • DigiSouthAsia

    In 2013, under the name Digital South Asia, the library started with the digitisation of printed and handwritten sources from and on South Asia. It began with the digitisation of the multivolume work “Epigraphia Carnatica”. One volume can already be accessed in a beta version, the rest will follow soon. A project to digitise Malayalam manuscripts and old printed books is planned for the near future.

  • Portraitsammlungen (Portrait Collections)

    The University Library and the “Graphische Sammlung” of the Institute for the History of Art at the University cooperated in the digitisation and indexing of some 10,000 portraits from the university’s collections. The image database is open access.