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New Library Building
The library is getting a new building! The new blog of the library informs about all current developments and planning.

1.6.2023: Service partially limited until 10/10.30 a.m.
On Thursday, June 1, the library will open with limited services or later due to an internal event.

Accessible Documents now also for People with Reading Disabilities
The Service for the Blind and Visually Impaired now also offers documents in an accessible format for people with reading disabilities.

Photo Exhibition on the Situation of Yazidi Displaced Persons in Northern Iraq
At the University Library, students from the Department of Spatial Planning display photographs of displaced persons camps in northern Iraq from…

Library closed on Holidays in May/June
Please remember that the library will be closed for the upcoming holidays.
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From 1 April open again until 1 a.m.!
The Central Library will reopen regularly in April, the Emil-Figge-Bibliothek will also be open on Saturdays.

Licensing temporary access to e-books
In addition to our many already unlocked ebooks, we are able to offer time limited access through special promotions from publishers.

Opening Hours
- Central Library
Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 1 a.m., Saturday, Sunday 9 a.m. - 1 a.m. (business hours) - Emil-Figge-Bibliothek
Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. (business hours), Saturday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Departmental Library of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. (during the lecture period) - Departmental Library of Spatial Planning
Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. (during the lecture period)
Public holidays closed (from Christmas Eve until New Year's Day: company holidays)
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