The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology has one of the largest specialized libraries in Europe.
Holdings of the ZSM (as of end of 2013)
Library Sigil: <M 71>
- 40,680 books, including many valuable works from the 16th-19th centuries C.
- 2,537 journals, of which 752 are ongoing
- 288 exchange partners 65 countries
- 99,315 volumes (total books and magazines)
- 131,127 cataloged reprints, in addition about 250,000 not yet cataloged separata from estates and donations
- 2,172 tickets, collection focus Bavaria and Alpine countries
- 3,275 microfiches
- 271 Digital Storage Media (CD-ROMs, DVDs)
- 174 sound recordings (LPs, MCs, CDs)
- 210 audiovisual media (slides, films, videos)
- 1,502 PDFs (only internally available in the ZSM)
- 45 posters
Total holdings of ZSM library: 238,191 media
Holdings of the Munich Entomological Society e.V. (as of end of 2013)
Library Sigil: <M 171>
- 1,859 books
- 813 magazines, of which 382 are running
- 218 exchange partners from 50 countries
- 15,372 volumes (total books and magazines)
- 6,800 offprints
- 46 Digital Storage Media (CD-ROMs, DVDs)
Total MEG Library: 22,218 media
Holdings of the Ornithological Society of Bavaria e.V. (as of end of 2013)
Library Sigil: <M 172>
- 4,231 books
- 519 magazines, of which 224 are running
- 139 exchange partners from 31 countries
- 11,544 volumes (total books and magazines)
- 3,191 reprints
- 63 Digital Storage Media (CD-ROMs, DVDs)
Total holdings OG library: 14,798 media
Total holdings of all three libraries (as of end of 2013)
- 126,231 volumes (total books and magazines)
- 3,869 series of periodicals, including 1,454 consecutive
- 141,118 reprints
- 7,858 other media
Total: 275,207 media
Journal exchange with 75 countries
205,718 stored records in Bibliotheca 2000 (BOND) (as of 18.2.2014)