Faculty of Leipzig University

In brief

Create your library account: register online with your university login
Your library card can be picked up at any of our branches after registration
Loan periods (displayed in our catalog)
- borrowable: standard loan period 90 days
- borrowable (7 days): items that can only be borrowed for 7 days (max. 5 items)
Acquisition of media for research and teaching purposes
Document delivery service
Use e-resources in the campus network or via VPN or institutional access from home
Workshops and Video-Tutorials

More detailed information can be found on this website.

Borrowing

Which print media
Items stored in the open access areas Items stored in the open stacks Items stored in the closed stacks published after 1920 (journals excluded)

How to borrow
Open access area and open stacks: Collect the items directly from the respective shelf by call number, then borrow from self-checkout machines or the service desk with your library card Closed stacks: search the catalog and use the request button (delivery timeframe: Bibliotheca Albertina, Campus Library) Loan period and renewals

Loan periods and renewals

To support research and teaching, we have special conditions for borrowable media for you. We offer you an increased lending limit and extended standard lending period.

Loan Period	max. renewals	max. number of items
borrowable (= standard loan period: 90 days)	6	Professors: 200 items Faculty and staff 50 items
borrowable (7 days)	3	5
on long-term loan	1 year	annual return, recoverable, if there is only one item

You can see how long an item can be borrowed directly in the catalogue. Please always check the loan periods in your library account.

You can extend the loan periods online in your library account.

Special loan conditions apply for lecturers and doctoral students of the University of Leipzig.

Exception: If a book you have borrowed is recalled, no extension of the loan period is possible and the book must be returned in due time.
We will inform you immediately by e-mail in the event of a recall.
Please ensure, especially in the case of longer absences, that the items can be returned on time in the event of a reservation in order to avoid fines.

Online resources

Online ressources
e-books e-journals and -articles databases digitized materials

How to access
use our library computers connect your device with our wi-fi (eduroam) remote access: connect to the university network via VPN or use institutional login (please note that not all platforms can be used with an institutional login yet)

Use only in the library

Which media
Items stored in the open access areas marked with a red dot (non-circulating collection) Items published before 1920 Items in course reserves Microforms: microfiche and microfilm Journals and newspapers

How to find the items
Open access area: Collect the items directly from the respective shelf by call number Closed stacks: Search the catalog and use the request button. Please collect and return requested items at the service desks (delivery timeframe: Bibliotheca Albertina, Campus Library) Reading devices for microforms are available in Bibliotheca Albertina and Campus Library; printing and saving to USB Flash Drive is possible

How to find the items

Open access area: Collect the items directly from the respective shelf by call number
Closed stacks: Search the catalog and use the request button.
Please collect and return requested items at the service desks (delivery timeframe: Bibliotheca Albertina, Campus Library)
Reading devices for microforms are available in Bibliotheca Albertina and Campus Library; printing and saving to USB Flash Drive is possible

Services for Faculty Members and Teaching Staff of Leipzig University

How to Acquire Books and Items for Research and Teaching Purposes

Individually administered acquisition funds
Acquiring literature with the help of subject librarians
Patron-driven acquisition

Patron-driven acquisition of printed books

While searching the catalog you find titles that are marked as not currently held by the library. In this case you can recommend a purchase directly from the catalog. We are of course always open to your suggestions. Please allow us two days for your order to be processed. We will inform you about the purchase of the book and when it will be available.

Patron-driven acquisition of e-books Ebook Central

There is a collection of not yet licensed e-books in our catalog (Ebook Central). These titles may be accessed via short-term loans, costs will be covered by the library. You only need your library number in order to instantly access the resource. This service is for members of Leipzig University only.

Consulting Services

Open Access Consultation

We provide advice and information about how texts, articles and papers can be published on Leipzig University's publication server and help you with rights clearance for all publications. Please contact us.

Publication Server

Members of Leipzig University can publish their scientific work open access on Leipzig University's publication server. This applies for original and secondary publishing. More Detail

Administration of the publication fund

Leipzig University provides funding for the publication of academic texts in open access journals. You can find out about how your journal fees can be covered here.

Reserve Lists

You can create lists of course relevant literature in Leipzig University Library's online catalog and include it into your moodle account. Printed literature for current courses can be temporarily collected in a reserve list and will be blocked from borrowing by others.

To request a reserve list for a particular course please contact your subject librarian or the staff of the particular branch library. To make sure that your reserve list is available when the semester starts it is best to submit the request four weeks in advance.

An extension of the reserve list is possible. Please send us a message at least two weeks before the end of the lecture period.

Overview of reserve lists (Bibliotheca Albertina).