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  • JSTOR (JOURNAL STORAGE) WITH EXTENDED PORTFOLIO

    Leipzig University Library has licensed new collections from the digital library JSTOR.

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  • Full-text access to various new e-book packages

    Overview of the e-book packages available from individual academic publishers in 2024.

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  • Studying with a child

    LUL offers support for parents with children

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  • Information on the phasing out of WebVPN

    Access to WebVPN will be switched off on January 1, 2023. Please use instead the VPN client AnyConnect.

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  • Welcome to Leipzig University Library

    Information for all new students of Leipzig University

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  • 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.

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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)

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  • 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"

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  • 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…

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  • 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.…

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  • self-service terminals: switch to PIN operation

    From November 28, the self-service terminals at Leipzig University Library will be converted to use with a PIN (personal identification number)

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  • Digital Future for Germany‘s written cultural Heritage

    German Research Foundation funds the technical development of a new national web portal for medieval and modern manuscripts

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  • New library charges and fines at Leipzig University Library

    Leipzig University’s new charges and fees was introduced on 01.10.2017.

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  • We are Germany's "Library of the Year 2017"

    „Digital autonom, frei zugänglich und innovationsstark” – so betitelten uns heute der dbv und die Deutsche Telekom Stiftung in ihrer gemeinsamen Presseerklärung.

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  • Leipzig University publishes spending on open access

    As of today the 2016 costs for open access articles are publicly available.  Since its establishment in 2014, data from the open access publishing fund of Leipzig University has been published…

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  • New room reservation system now online

    Group study rooms in Bibliotheca Albertina and Campus-Library can be reserved online

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