As of now, the WTI TEMA database is no longer available at TUHH. As already announced at the beginning of the year, the background for this is the insolvency of WTI Frankfurt GmbH.
Your tub.
Database TEMA away
Diamonds as a way out of the crisis? A (partial) look at Diamond Open Access and the OA color palette
The Open Access movement is a comparatively young movement. It developed in the 1990s as a result of the so-called journal crisis. During this crisis, prices rose, especially in STEM subjects – a collective term for professions or fields of study in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology, which are also referred to as MINT subjects in Germany. At the same time, library budgets stagnated or shrank. One consequence: the number of paid journal subscriptions declined. Publishers tried to compensate for this loss of revenue with further price increases – a cycle that Open Access wants to break.
Continue readingBook flea market from today, 15-6-2022
After three years, it’s that time again: on the day of the TUHH summer festival, the book flea market will take place in the University Library.
The tub. is offering discarded textbooks and reference books, older duplicates, and other printed materials for sale at a book flea market. You will find the flea market starting today, June 15, 2022, at 12 noon in room 0.004 of the first floor reading room (behind the collection shelf on the right).
Sales at very low prices are only during service hours Monday through Thursday from 9am to 7pm and Friday from 9am to 6pm!
Enjoy browsing!
Opening hours Ascension and Pentecost 2022
Ascension Day, Thursday, 26-5-2022, and Pentecost weekend, 4-6-2022 – 6-6-2022, the reading rooms and study rooms will be open.
| Ascension Day | 10am – 8pm |
| Pentecost Saturday | 8am – 8pm |
| Pentecost Sunday/Monday | 10am – 8pm |
We wish you nice holidays!
Now available online: Schneider Bautabellen and Handbook of porous materials
The tub. has just acquired two new eBooks to make it easier for you to access these frequently used books:
The Schneider Bautabellen have been used by engineers for over 45 years now, they are a standard work. Although we have numerous printed copies in the textbook collection, the title is now also available digitally. This means that you can use the current edition of the construction tables wherever you are, e.g. search online or print out selected documents.
The second title is the Handbook of porous materials and consists of these four volumes:
Continue readingOpening Hours Easter 2022
Easter weekend, Friday, 15-04-2022 – Monday, 18-04-2022, the reading and learning rooms of our library are open.
| Friday | 10am-8pm |
| Easter Saturday | 8am-8pm |
| Easter Sunday/Monday | 10am-8pm |
We wish you happy Easter!
Survey results on reference management at TUHH
Via a blog post and other communication channels, the tub. in cooperation with the Computing Center invited participation in a survey on the topic of reference management. The feedback will help to ensure that the service offering for reference management continues to provide TU members with the best possible support in the future, in line with existing requirements and needs. The results are now available.
Continue readingZotero 6 is released
Zotero is an open source application for collecting, managing and citing literature. The software is available for free and can be used on Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems. Zotero 6 was released on March 17.
Continue readingStaff meeting on Tuesday 29 March 2022
On Tuesday, 29.03.2022, the reading rooms of the University Library will be open from 9am – 9pm.
Our ServicePoint will be staffed from 12 pm on this day.
Windows-Pool Maintenance 29.3.-30.3.2022
On Tuesday 29.03.2022 and Wednesday 30.03.2022 the offers on the Windows-Pool computers in room 1005 (upper floor) are not available all day due to maintenance work! The windows pool computers in the reading room on the upper floor remain operational.
Update 30.03.22: The computers in the pool room upstairs (room 1.005) are already operational again this morning, 30.03.22, and can be used!