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The German Digital Library or Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB) currently contains around 38M Cultural Heritage Objects (CHOs) from hundreds of providers belonging to 7 sectors, namely: GLAM institutions (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums), multimedia libraries, cultural sites, and research institutions.

Figure 1 illustrates the proportion of each sector’s metadata contribution as of August 2021. The grayed-out portions are non-digitized CHOs.

DDB's collection per sector (August 2021).
DDB’s collection per sector (August 2021).
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