Our organisation
Royal Danish Library is divided into a number of subject areas and departments.
The library's subject areas
Chief Executive
- Cultural activities
Physical information supply and library service
- Library service for Aarhus University
- Library service for the Danish public libraries
- Acquisition, registration and lending of printed books and periodicals
Library Services and Partnerships
- Library service to University of Copenhagen, Roskilde University and the IT University
- Gender research service and service for the central administration
- Operation of the library system for Danish universities and vocational colleges, etc.
- Management of licenses for e-books and e-journals for Danish research and educational institutions and youth programmes
Cultural heritage
- Collection, preservation and providing access of digital cultural heritage
- Collection, preservation and providing access to cultural heritage collections (letters, manuscripts, maps and pictures, printed newspapers, audiovisual media, etc.)
- Digitisation of cultural heritage collections
- Research
Digital transformation
- Development, adaptation and operation of systems for providing access to the collections and for preserving the digital cultural heritage collections
- Strategic communication, website, brand platform
Administration
- Buildings, HR, Security, Finance
Direktør for Det Kgl. Bibliotek
![Director Svend Larsen](https://www.kb.dk/sites/default/files/styles/630_415/public/2023-05/Svend%20Larsen.jpg?h=01d46876&itok=L0bXplKb)
Direktøren er den øverste leder af Det Kgl. Bibliotek og varetager som sådan også opgaven som bindeled til Kulturministeriet.
Administration
![Deputy director Steen Heilmann](https://www.kb.dk/sites/default/files/styles/630_415/public/2023-05/Steen%20Heilmann.jpg?h=0727ec57&itok=V7n9WY6h)
Vi understøtter Det Kgl. Biblioteks arbejde med effektiv og sikker drift. Vi sikrer robuste strukturer og danner grundlag for tværgående sammenhænge.
Biblioteksservice og partnerskaber
![Deputy Director Kira Stine Hansen](https://www.kb.dk/sites/default/files/styles/630_415/public/2023-05/Kira%20Stine%20Hansen.jpg?h=c68b2676&itok=BWVdqqVi)
Vi leverer biblioteksservice til Københavns Universitet, Roskilde Universitet, IT-Universitetet, centraladministrationen og kønsforskningen i Danmark.
Digital transformation
![Cecile Christensen](https://www.kb.dk/sites/default/files/styles/630_415/public/2023-05/Cecile%20Christensen.jpg?h=01c6beb7&itok=QSsz-xTl)
Vi arbejder med at udvikle, sikre og vedligeholde bibliotekets digitale løsninger samt skabe gode brugeroplevelser og strømlinede infrastrukturer.
Fysisk informationsforsyning og biblioteksservice
![Portrait photo of Line Renate Hanssen](https://www.kb.dk/sites/default/files/styles/630_415/public/2023-05/Line%20R.%20Hansen.jpg?h=6a84cc08&itok=F6OMfpq4)
Vi leverer biblioteksservice til Aarhus Universitet og til de danske folkebiblioteker. Derudover forvalter vi de fysiske materialer og har fokus på de fysiske biblioteksrum.
Kulturarv
![Søren Bitsch Christensen, Vicedirektør for Kulturarv](https://www.kb.dk/sites/default/files/styles/630_415/public/2024-06/soren-bitsch-christensen_foto_thomas-sondergaard.jpg?itok=5IR84iCq)
Vi bevarer og forvalter både den fysiske og digitale danske kulturarv – lige fra aviser og håndskrifter til reklamefilm og musik.