Tools for Your Work in the Library

Students at Bielefeld University can reserve a discussion room for group work using our room booking system. Reservation is only possible / necessary Mon - Fri from 8 – 18 (see also instructions and rules of use for reserving discussion rooms). After 18.00 and on weekends no reservation is possible and the discussion rooms are open to all users.

In order to offer student learning groups a modern media-supported presentation, learning and working environment, we have equipped various discussion rooms with SMART Boards.

We offer two types of SMART Board (the room numbers are given in the respective instructions)

• The SMART Board 7000/R (White) is an interactive whiteboard with an Android interface. The device can be operated directly from the screen and digital content can be written on at the same time with the appropriate pens.
  Manual for Smartboard-SB-7000/R (in German only)
• The SMART Board 8000i-G4 (Black) is a combination of an electronic whiteboard and a computer desktop. It can be operated directly from the screen and digital content can be written on simultaneously with the appropriate pens.
  Manual for Smartboard-SB-8000i-G4 (in German only)

Scanning

The book scanners can be found in various departmental libraries in the main university building in D1, T1, U0, and V1, as well as in the Interim Building (IUB) and the library in Building X (see Site Maps of the Departmental Libraries for the exact locations). No UniCard or login is required for use. You can save the scanned documents on a USB flash drive or transfer them directly to your smartphone or tablet using the free Scan2Pad app from the App Store (for iOS devices). For Android devices, you can also directly download the latest version of the software and install it manually.

Microforms can be viewed and scanned free of charge in the Library Service Centre (U0) using special equipment and saved as a PDF file on a USB stick. The staff at the Service Desk of the Library Service Center will help you to use these devices.

Printing

Cost-free printing service for students

Bielefeld University students can create print jobs at all public PC workstations in the library and print them out free of charge. Printing is only possible in black and white on DIN A4 paper. This service is not available to non-students - please use the scanners, for example.

This is how it works:

• Log in at any PC workstation in the library with your UniID (BITS username) and your BITS password (click on the "Person" icon in the Windows taskbar below)
• Open the document you want to print
• Open the print menu by pressing Ctrl+P
• In the print menu, select the destination (the printer) where you want to print:
  • Bibliothek_UHG-I_D1 (printer in D1 - the entrance area of the subject library UHG-I in the main university building)
  • Bibliothek_UHG-II_V1 (printer in V1 - directly to the rear of the glass door at the pessage from area U1 to area V1 in the subject library UHG-II in the main university building)
  • Bibliothek_Gebaeude_X-F1 (printer in the subject library building X in room F1-203 near the library entrance)
•   Depending on the file type, select the following
  • PDF files: "Einstellungen" (settings)
  • Web pages: "Mit Systemdialog drucken" (print with system dialogue), then "Eigenschaften" (properties)
  • Word files: "Druckereigenschaften" (printer properties)
• Change the job type to "Vertraulicher Druck" (confidential printing), enter a password of your choice (numbers only, 4 to 8 digits) and a user ID if required and click "OK"
• If required, select the number of copies
• Click on "OK"
• Click on "Drucken" (print)
• Go to the printer that you have selected for the print job
• Click on "Job drucken" (print job) in the printer display
• Click on your login name
• Enter the password that you entered when creating the print job, click on "Fertig" (done) and then on "OK"
• You will now see a list of the print jobs you have created
• Click on the print job you want to print now and then on "Druck" (print)
• Confirm the question by clicking on "Drucken" (print)

After printing, the print job is deleted immediately. Each print job can therefore only be printed once. Unfinished print jobs are automatically deleted after 8 hours.

Bielefeld University students can also print free of charge in the BITS PC pool rooms (UHG, V0-218 and V0-101) on 3 printers in the BITS anteroom (V0-224). Opening hours: Mon - Fri, 7 – 22 and Sat / Sun, 8 – 22.

Printing at the Central Duplicating Office

If you are not a student at Bielefeld University, or if you would like to print larger texts and/or bind or laminate printed materials, the "Zentrale Vervielfältigungsstelle" (Central Duplicating Office, ZV) in T0-103 (to the right of the Infopoint in the University Hall) offers suitable facilities. Prices can be obtained there.

Opening hours: see the Central Duplicating Office webpage

Copying

Copying is no longer possible at the University.

At the PC workstations in the library you can access e-media licensed by us (databases, e-journals, e-books) and selected academic websites even without a BITS ID and save content on a USB flash drive.

This is how it works:

Open the web page or PDF file in the browser and insert a USB flash drive into the USB port on the side of the screen.

To save a web page or PDF file you have opened in the browser, click on "Datei" in the menu bar at the top left and then on "Seite speichern unter". Select your USB flash drive as the save location (usually drive D) and click "Speichern". After saving, click on the "USB flash drive icon" at the bottom right and select "[device name] sicher entfernen". You can now remove the USB flash drive.

You cannot open other files (Word, etc.) directly on the PCs in the library without a BITS login. In this case, right-click on the link leading to the file and select "Ziel speichern unter".

Some databases offer their own export functions. In some cases, however, not the complete texts are saved / sent, but only a link to the text. Therefore, if possible, use the function as described above.

Alternatively, you can make a screenshot. This saves a copy of the browser window as an image file. Only the part of the page that you currently see in the browser window is saved. If the page is longer than the browser window, you may need to take multiple screenshots. To create a screenshot and save it to a USB flash drive, click the "Print" button at the top right of the keyboard and then click the "Folder" icon at the bottom of the screen (usually the second from the right). Now drag and drop the file(s) onto your USB flash drive.

If you have any questions, please contact the staff at the Service Desk in the Library Service Center.

Eduroam is an international university initiative that enables students and academics to use Wi-Fi easily and free of charge at all participating universities worldwide.

Students and staff of Bielefeld University and Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (HSBI) can access the university's and HSBI's IT services and the Internet via "eduroam". You will need a BITS account. The Wi-Fi is available in all areas of the University. Eduroam can also be used in some parts outside Bielefeld University ("eduroam off campus"). The exact locations in Bielefeld can be found on the WLAN BI-free and Eduroam map.

Academics and students from other universities can use the Wi-Fi of their home university via eduroam at Bielefeld University. The condition is that the respective home university offers eduroam. It is not possible to access licenced services of Bielefeld University Library when logging in. There is also a special guest access for day visitors. Further information / instructions

People who are not members of the university can also use the WLAN: In the university - and thus in the library rooms - the free WLAN BI-free of the city of Bielefeld is also available. In cooperation with BITel, it is distributed via the university's access points. Connections to BI-free are automatically disconnected after one hour, but you can reconnect afterwards.
Free WiFi in Bielefeld