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The German Book and Writing Museum of the German National Library has published a publication titled "Deep Drilling. A Different Provenance History". The book tells the story of the museum from the perspective of the origin of its collections and sheds light on cultural heritage. It raises questions about the historical and social development of the collections as well as the intentions behind donations and endowments. The publication also includes a media history from the beginnings of writing to the digital age. In addition to the publication, there is a virtual exhibition and a film series on provenance stories. With its new location on Schlüterstraße, the ZBW is opening a hub that brings together visitors, library users, and guests from around the world virtually and in person. The city of Hamburg is providing an area of ​​around 52,000 square meters, of which the ZBW will use about a quarter. The property in neo-Gothic style, which was the largest telecommunications office in the world, will be completely renovated and converted. The move is planned for early 2026. Prof. Dr. Klaus Tochtermann, Director of the ZBW, was the only representative of a scientific library to be admitted to the Scientific Senate of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). The NFDI is intended to systematically develop and network data collections from science and research. The Martineum Halberstadt Gymnasium from Saxony-Anhalt won the international final of the YES! - Young Economic Summit. They presented an app that makes company data tracking visible. The Buckhorn Gymnasium from Hamburg took third place in the Young Economic Summit with the idea "UseH2 for more sustainable air travel". The St. Raphael Gymnasium from Heidelberg received the prize for the best scientific analysis with the idea "Bring the public back into public procurement!". The best international team was chosen by the Sheffield Girls' Sixth Form with the solution idea "Migration Education for the Misinformed Nation". The Young Economic Summit is a school competition in which students independently develop and present solutions to global challenges. The project is under the patronage of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy and is a collaboration between the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics and the Joachim Herz Foundation. The Bavarian State Library has acquired the archive of photographer Nikolai Molodovsky, which includes around 69,000 photographs. Molodovsky documented rural everyday life in post-war Bavaria with his camera. The Bavarian State Library is expanding its image archive and securing rare snapshots of Bavarian post-war history. The analogue photo archive consists of black and white negatives, color slides, and high-quality prints. The Bavarian State Library will permanently preserve and make Molodovsky's life's work accessible. The Bavarian State Library has published its three millionth digitization, a Ukrainian poetry booklet by Olena Teliha. The author was murdered by the German occupiers during World War II. The digitization of the collections of the Bavarian State Library is carried out with external service providers and the digital copies are offered almost exclusively in open access for worldwide use. The Klassik Stiftung Weimar has restituted 13 books from the former ownership of Julius Wahle, a Jewish literary scholar, to his heirs. Two books were returned and the rest were handed over to the Klassik Stiftung. As part of the restitution, stumbling stones were laid for Julius Wahle and his four family members who were murdered in Auschwitz. A small working group has created a new questionnaire for [Extracted from the article]