The reading rooms and study rooms will be open on Ascension Day, Thursday 18-5-2023, and Pentecost weekend, 27-5-2023 – 29-5-2023.
| Ascension Day | 10am – 8pm |
| Pentecost Saturday | 8am – 8pm |
| Pentecost Sunday/Monday | 10am – 8pm |
We wish you nice holidays!
The library offers not only a large selection of print and e-media, but also space for studying. A total of 71 individual seats and 8 group rooms (for TU members only) for 4-6 people can be reserved.
You can make a reservation from the comfort of your home up to one week in advance. Simply visit our homepage and click on “Reservations”. And this is how it works:
Don’t forget to bring your library card on the respective day. You will need it to confirm your reservation via the scanner in the entrance area. This is possible at the earliest 30 minutes before the scheduled time. If you do not check-in, your booking will expire 30 minutes after the start of the reservation.
If you no longer need your reservation, you can easily delete it under “My reservations & cancellation”. Here you will also find an overview of all your booked workspace.
On Tuesday 27.09.2022 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: Maintenance work completed, 4.15 pm – 28-09-22
The offer at the Windows-Pool computers in room 1005 on the upper floor is now available again!
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!
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!
Dear patrons,
we are opening more desks and rooms for you! As this is happening during the opening hours, we ask for your understanding for the preparations and clearing work during this week.
In our short survey during the last weeks, a large part of the respondents was in favour of keeping the option to reserve desks.
We are therefore taking this service on permanently.
On 1 March 2022, the University Library launched a short survey on the topic of desks, learning spaces and reservation options in the future.
A total of 150 people participated during the 10-day survey period. Thank you for your participation and feedback!
We received a clear response: the option to book seats is gladly used and 89% of the respondents would like to keep it.
When asked what amount of individual workstations should be reservable in the future, 41% were in favour of half of the spaces and 42% were in favour of more than half.
With regard to the learning spaces, a clear majority of 58% were in favour of the spaces remaining partially reservable.
We will take your vote into account in our planning and preparations as soon as we can release more places and rooms.
We would like to point out that any future changes must continue to comply with the regulations for university libraries of the Containment Ordinance of the City of Hamburg “Eindämmungsverordung” – this also applies to the FFP2 mask requirement that continues to exist in the space.
Dear patrons,
Since spring 2020, the course of the Covid19-pandemic has also shaped the opening times and services of the University Library.
Due to the respective containment ordinance (Eindämmungsverordnung) of the City of Hamburg, a limited number of learning desks could only be used by reservation during the last two years. Looking to the future, we now hope to be able to release further workplaces again.
We would also like to make an offer for the reservation of workplaces available on a permanent basis. In order to be able to include your wishes in our considerations and planning, we are now asking for your feedback within the framework of a short survey.
We will have questionnaires available for you at the ServicePoint and at the individual desks from 1 to 10 March 2022 – please place the completed questionnaires in one of the collection boxes at the ServicePoint.
After evaluation, we will inform you about the survey results here on our blog.
Thank you very much!
Dear students,
In the next week, routine maintenance work will have to be carried out on our power supply. This can lead to power cut-offs every now and then. This happens on the following days:
Wednesday, 16.2., reading room 1 of the library, between 7am and 4pm
Thursday, 17.2. reading room 2, also between 7am and 4pm
However, you may still use the reading rooms!
Continue reading
Here, of course, is meant the term paper in the context of the study, that is, the one that has to be written ;-)
Term papers are not necessarily a favorite activity for many students during their studies. However, they are a good way to prepare for writing a thesis. If you are going to write a term paper soon – perhaps during the Christmas break or at another time – then we can recommend a practical handout from the ZBW – Leibniz Information Center for Economics to support you. It provides you with the most important information on how to get started. The handout is not only suitable for the subject of economics, but also describes the general procedure for writing a term paper or bachelor thesis.
One focus is on finding the right literature, i.e. research and tips on this, such as the search term diagram. But also the evaluation of sources is discussed and of course the creation of an exposé and the correct citation. On the pages of the ZBW you will also find more information.
And for those who would prefer to have the brochure in printed form, there are several copies in German or English available at the tub. service desk.
