Holdings can be consulted in the reading room. You can use our scanner. This is free of
charge but you need to bring a data medium with you.
Institution code: B 2138
Contact
Current regulations for users
ZMO staff can use the library without prior notification, and a limited number of external users with advance notification to screen and scan materials from Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Masks are recommended inside the library. If you have any questions or book pre-orders, please send an email to Thomas.Ripper@zmo.de.
Staff
Alisher Karabaev (special collection, research documents)
Phone: +49-(0)30-80307-106
Email: alisher.karabaev(at)zmo.de
Ursula Benzin (staff publications)
Phone: +49-(0)30-80307-106
Email: ursula.benzin(at)zmo.de
Thomas Ripper (book orders)
Phone: +49-(0)30-80307-110
Email: thomas.ripper(at)zmo.de
Location
Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Kirchweg 33, D-14129 Berlin
Directions by Public Transportation:
S-Bahn 1 or 7 Station Nikolassee (10 minutes walk)
Bus 118 , Stop Quantzstraße
From Berlin central station (Hauptbahnhof), please take the city train S 7 (in the direction of Potsdam HBF) until you reach Berlin-Nikolassee. Leave the station in the direction of Hohenzollernplatz. From Hohenzollernplatz, walk along Normannenstrasse until you get to a little park called Rehwiese. Please take the street across the park and up the big stairway. Turn right on the first street, called Kirchweg, and follow that street until you reach number 33, the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient.
From Schönefeld-Brandenburg Airport:
Please take the city train S 9 (in the direction of Spandau). When you reach Berlin central station (Hauptbahnhof) please follow the instructions above (“By public transportation”).
By Car:
Please take highway A115 to the exit no. 4, called Zehlendorf. Please drive from the exit on Potsdamer Chausee in the direction of Steglitz. Take Kirchweg, which appears on the left side, and follow it until you reach number 33, the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient.
Further Information
Introduction to Libraries in Berlin
Practical advices for the transcription of arabic titles according to DIN/ISO (in German)
The ZMO library - proceedings and prospects (in German)
Project of a catalogue for archival resources at the ZMO Lecture (in German) given on February 17th, 2010 at the State- and University Library Saxony-Anhalt in Halle.