Questions about Opening and Service Hours, Library Card, Password, and Address
The reading rooms can be used without a library card at all times. Borrowing, requesting items, and the use of electronic resources, however, are not possible without a library card.
Students of the University of Stuttgart have the student email address stored in the library account automatically.
Employees of the University of Stuttgart with an ac-account have the university email address stored in the library account automatically.
Employees of the University of Stuttgart without an ac-account and private individuals / external users can enter the email address in their library account.
Questions about Item Locations, Requests, Provision of Items, and Borrowing
The closed stacks are not open to the public. Please request items from these locations via the catalog of the University Library.
The closed stacks are manned from Monday to Friday between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. If the location of item and pick-up is the same, the requested items are available for collection after approximately 20 minutes.
Items from the other library location will be available on the next day after approximately 1 p.m. Exception: items requested on Friday or Saturday will be available for collection on Monday after 1 p.m.
You can borrow 150 items in total.
You can check out items that are ready for collection on the pick-up shelves and items from the open shelves at the self-service stations during the entire opening hours. You open your library account by either scanning the barcode of your library card or placing your student ID card on the card reader. Then put the desired items on the marked surface and take note of the dialog on the screen. As soon as the items have been checked out successfully, you receive a loan period slip by pressing the Exit button, and your library account will be closed again.
Because they are old or need to be protected for other reasons or because they are loose-leaf collections.
Yes. Your account will only be blocked once the overdue fines have reached a minimum of €6.
Literature from the holdings of the institute libraries cannot be requested for pick-up at the University Library.
Please turn directly to the library in question, but note that the holdings are usually reference collections. As a rule, they are non-borrowable.
Question about Loan Periods, Loan Period Renewal, Return, Overdue Notices, and Loss of Items
They have to be paid in cash at one of the circulation desks during service hours.
Report the loss in time to one of the circulation desks. If the item cannot be found after a certain period of time, it has to be replaced.