News Archive: Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig

10/12/2022

On Friday, 14 October open only from 10 a.m.

Due to the implementation of the inventory in the reading areas, the Medicine and Sciences will be open from 10 a.m. until midnight on coming Friday 14 October.

10/06/2022

Special Collectings Reading Room closed from October, 10–October, 20 2022

Due to construction, the Special Collectings Reading Room will be closed from October, 10–October, 20 2022. Please direct inquiries as usual to: sondersammlungen@ub.uni-leipzig.de.

09/30/2022

Welcome to Leipzig University Library

Information for all new students of Leipzig University

07/18/2022

Opening hours during semester break

The Library of Archaeology, Prehistory and Ancient History will have modified hours of operation during semester break.
Beginning 18 July, 2022, the location will be open as follows:

Monday–Friday
10...

07/04/2022

Changed service hours until 9 July 2022

Until 9 July 2022, library service hours are shortened in the Medicine and Sciences Library.

05/19/2022

Changed opening hours on 24 May 2022

The Library of Education and Sport Science opens from 9 am to 10 pm on Tuesday, 24 May 2022.

05/06/2022

New university hygiene concept: update on mandatory masks

With the new hygiene concept of Leipzig University, it is now only mandatory to wear a mouth-nose protection in the library branches if the minimum distance of 1.5 m is not reached.

04/26/2022

Call for Digitization Requests 2022

Thanks to renewed funding by the Saxony State Digitization Program, Leipzig University Library (UBL) will be able to continue the systematic digitization of its book manuscripts in 2022.

04/26/2022

Vulnerability at Leipzig University Library's IT system

On 19 April 2022, a vulnerability was discovered in an IT system at Leipzig University Library. This resulted in external access to about 70,000 records of library users. Affected users were informed...

03/08/2022

Пропозиції від бібліотеки Лейпцизького університету для біженців / Services offered by Leipzig University Library for refugees

Жахлива війна в Україні сколихнула весь світ. Ми також хвилюємося за людей в Україні та тих, хто в цій ситуації залишився без домівки. Ми хотіли б допомогти, роблячи те, що вміємо – надаючи швидкий і...

03/02/2022

Sexualised harassment: Update 2 March

On 24 January 2022, the Leipzig University Library (UBL) informed about cases of sexual harassment in the Bibliotheca Albertina and Campus Library, by actively addressing its patrons and the general...

02/25/2022

Changes to university VPN: Access to eletronic resources with new profile

On 1 March 2022 from 8 to presumably 8:15 am maintenance work on the university's VPN dial-in will take place. After that there will be two profiles, only one will allow full access to licensed...

01/24/2022

Sexualised harassment in the Bibliotheca Albertina and Campus Library

Four cases of sexualised harassment by an unknown perpetrator were reported to Leipzig University Library. (Trigger warning: sexualised violence, sexualised assault)

06/24/2021

End of June: no more automatic renewals

The automatic renewal of books and items will expire at the end of the month. Loans must then be renewed by the patrons themselves.

04/27/2021

Extended loan periods for Law Library

From Thursday, 29 April 2021, the lending periods for reference collections in the Law Library will be extended. From then on, it will be possible to borrow up to five books for one week. This means...

10/23/2020

Law Library II: open from 26 October

Second branch opens at Burgstraße 21

10/15/2020

Open Access Week 2020: Open with Purpose

From 19 to 25 October 2020, the international Open Access Week will take place with the slogan "Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion"

06/17/2020

Start of FOLIO library service platform at Leipzig University Library

After two years of preparation and development, Leipzig University Library put the open source Library Service Platform FOLIO into operation on June 11 2020. We have thus reached a further milestone...

07/01/2019

DEAL: Open Access at Wiley

From 1 July 2019, authors of Leipzig University will be able to publish scientific articles and reviews Open Access in all Wiley journals with the OnlineOpen option at no additional cost for authors....