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The library is open to members of Braunschweig University and the general public. When you have registered, you can collect your library card at the circulations desk. Having registered means that users have accepted the terms of membership. When collecting your library card, please have ready:

• identity card or
• Valid passport and certificate of residence

AND

• Students: valid student ID
• Staff Members: valid work certificate
  

    Online registration

Library cards are generally valid for one year. Membership can be extended by presenting the registration documents to the circulation desk in person.

Please report any changing of your address to the circulation desk as soon as possible.

In your own interest, please report any loss of your library card to the circulation desk as soon as possible. On request, a new library card can be issued (fee: EUR 5,00).

Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig
- Leihstelle -
Pockelsstr. 13
38106 Braunschweig

Phone: 0531/391-5017
Fax: 0531/391-5002
E-mail: ub-leihstelle@tu-bs.de

Opening hours

Loan periods are:

Loan terms can be renewed when nobody has reserved the borrowed books.

Unless the books you have borrowed have been reserved by somebody else, you can renew them up to five times

• through the online catalogue (link Borrower Info)
• by fax (0531-391-5002)
• by mail to:
  
  Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig
  - Leihstelle -
  Pockelsstr. 13
  38106 Braunschweig

• renewals by telephone
• renewals of inter-library loan orders

Books on loan can be reserved through the online catalogue. Reserved titles are held for you at the circulation desk for five working days. At the same time, a notice is placed in your Borrower Account (heading: Loans).

For all reservations, a fee is required (postage)! Students of Braunschweig University can cancel the notification by e-mail. To do so, please contact the circulation desk.

Books can be returned at the circulation desk during its opening times. If the circulation desk is closed, books can be returned at the information desk. Returning books by mailing them to the circulation desk is at your own risk! For mail returns, the date of arrival at the circulation desk is relevant.

You will find information on any fees you have to pay in your reader account. Access is through the online catalogue; click on Borrower Info. Please pay fees immediately between Monday and Friday at the circulation desk; otherwise, your library card may be blocked!

This list of fees is based on the Gebührenordnung für Bibliotheken des Landes und Hochschulbibliotheken (only in German).

For inter-library loan orders, you can open an inter-library loan account (and pay money into it) between Monday and Friday at the circulation desk.