Business Hours
Central Library
The Central Library is open from Monday to Sunday to 1 p.m., public holidays closed. Some services are only available when library staff is on duty.
Only during Business Hours
Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm and Saturday from 11am to 4pm in our Service Center
- registration
- reference staff
- issue and returning of interlibrary loans (except copies)
- issue of items from special collections
- issue of audio-visual media (e.g. CD-ROM, DVD, ...)
- reissue of returned items
During Opening Hours
Monday to Friday from 8am to 10pm, Sunday and Saturday from 9am to 10pm
- borrowing and returning items
- self issue of reserved books (except books ordered via interlibrary loan)
- self issue of interlibrary loan copies
- collection of overdue fees, postal charges and interlibrary loan charges
- study in the reading room area
- research in catalogues and databases
- internet research (for TU Dortmund members and external Library card holders)
- use of the reference collection
- scanning at the overhead or feed scanners
Departmental Libraries
Other Services
- deposit of your doctoral thesis
- service for the blind and visually impaired
- our Subject Libarians (consultation)
Car Park Escort Service
Users who are working late at the library can be escorted to the car park or to the S-Bahn station. Do not hesitate to approach our service center or our security personnel.