In the library the wearing of mouth-nose cover is obligatory for all persons. The obligation to wear a mask applies on all traffic routes and at all workplaces. In principle, a minimum distance of 1.50 m must be maintained between persons.
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10 individual workstations especially for participation in online courses:
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At each of the PC workstations in the library you can:
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Discussion room numbers C1-127 and V1-207 are primarily intended as family-friendly Parent-Child Rooms.
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Advice and Support at Lernort.plus!
You will get qualified reference and information retrieval assistance Mon-Fri 8-18 by librarians from the reference department.
Qualified tutors of the writing consulting project Peer Learning are on site on Monday and Wedenesday 14.30 - 16. The peer learning project will assist on request to work together with students on writing and presentation projects.
Usage not possible at the moment due to Corona regulations
How about reading your textbooks in a pleasant ambience?
Homely furnished reading nooks in all areas invite you to pause and browse.
The reading nook in the Reference Department offers magazines like Chip, Emma, Focus, Geo, Natur & Kosmos, Öko-Test, Spiegel, Stern, Test and Theater heute.
For parents withe their children there are several especially equipped rooms within and outside the library.
The rooms C1-127 and V1-207 are intended as Parent-Child Rooms. A diaper changing table is provided in room C1-132.
Outside the library, the rooms D0-130 and U3-154 are nursing rooms. In addition, D4-111 and S5-121 are nursing and relaxation rooms.
Print jobs can be sent from a private laptop (with Windows 7 or higher) to the printers in the library. Precondition is the installation of a special printer driver. The driver can be installed only within the university's WiFi network or via Eduroam.
Download printer drivers / Installation guides (in German)
Choose e.g. "Treiber Win7/10 64Bit" to download the 64-bit-driver for Windows 7 or higher from the list on the bottom right side. You will find more drivers and installations guides in this list, too
The library bag in addition to the baskets allows you to carry comfortably work materials, notebooks or books within the library. The bag is:
The library bag is available only at the UniShop in the central hall of the main building for 4 €.
Except for the library bag and the previous plastic bags for laptops, no bags are allowed in the library - for the benefit of a good learning and working atmosphere and in order to continue to do without general bag checks.
Each departmental library provide copiers. These machines are designed to scan and print as well. You can determine the actual placements of the copiers in the respective floor plans.
The amounts due (see price list on the right) are debited to your UniCard (Student ID card) or Servicecard.
Scanned documents can be saved directly to USB flash drive.
Coin-operated copiers can be found in the departmental libaries in C, U and in Building X.
In the discussion room of the law library (U1-142) a special shelf was put up, where current editions of relevant books are arranged and tied with chains. These books cannot be taken away for copying etc. For this reason the library has installed a scanning machine right in front of the shelf in order to enable users to scan pages and save them to USB flash drive. You may choose between the options colour, gray-scale and black-and-white (text scans). Colour and gray-scale scans will automatically be saved in JPG format, text scans in TIF format. The handling is easy and free of charge.
Print jobs can be sent from every PC in the library, from your private laptop or USB flash drive.
Printing is possible at any of the provided copy machines in the library. The amounts are debited to your UniCard (Student ID card) or Servicecard.
If you need assistance, the library personnel in the reference deparment will be glad to support.
Print jobs can be sent from a private laptop (with Windows 7 or higher) to the printers in the library. Precondition is the installation of a special printer driver. The driver can be installed only within the university's WiFi network or via Eduroam.
Download printer driver (via Ricoh Printservices, in German only)
Usage not possible at the moment due to Corona regulations
In the library in the UHG we provide you with relax loungers for a short rest. If the day on campus is long, we would like to offer you the opportunity to briefly regenerate your ability to concentrate for a successful study day. Take advantage of our offer to gather your mental strength, to relieve stress or simply to relax your spine - also by a short power napping.
Use of the relax loungers:
Bielefeld University offers its students and research teams a dynamic learning environment. In cooperation with the University computing center, Service Center Medien and the library the discussion rooms C1-133, T1-224 and V1-205 have been equipped with a so-called SMART Board. There are also SMART Boards in the Lernort.plus! in U0 and in the liberary in Building X.
This device is a combination of a blackboard and a computer. You navigate and project the contents of presentations or web pages onto the screen and edit by means of electronic crayons. They are open to every working group and free of charge. Reservations can be made in advance.
What can I use the SMART Board for?
The SMART Board is a combination of computer and blackboard and supports you especially in small learning and working groups. The following possibilities are available here in combination:
Who may use the SMART Board?
Students, learning groups, tutorials and research groups, also individual working groups from seminars. Complete seminars please only for individual dates after consultation, as this room is not intended as a seminar room. Only members of Bielefeld University are entitled to use the room. A corresponding BITS login is required.
Can I reserve the SMART Board?
Although the discussion rooms are primarily intended for spontaneous use, they can of course also be reserved for SMART Board use. For short-term appointments, please enter your name in the list at the door. Here you will also find contact information to reserve appointments for longer periods in advance. However, the SMART Board in Lernort.plus! cannot be reserved.
Do I have to consider anything special when using it?
How do I start the SMART Board?
How do I end the session?
To quit, please simply log off under Windows. The computer will then go into sleep mode after a short time and automatically switch the screen to stand-by.
How can I use the cursor or the "electronic" pens?
Where do I find the right mouse button (context menu)?
The right mouse button (context menu) is called by the key with the mouse symbol "Right mouse button" in the key panel directly in the middle below the screen. Alternatively, you can also press with your finger on the same spot on the screen until a context menu appears.
How can I make keyboard entries on SMART Board?
You want to connect your laptop via VGA connection?
Or do you already have a laptop with HDMI connection?
Would you also like to be able to operate your laptop like a SMART board?
Would you like to view digitally enlarged books on the SMART Board with several people instead of making costly copies for everyone?
Due to Corona regulations no "Tischapparate" can be set up at the moment
When you are working on your bachelor, master, or doctoral thesis you have the option to place library items on a "Tischapparat". This includes the privilege to borrow any 20 titles for a limited period of time and keep it at your workplace in the library. The only precondition is that you have to prove your eligibility by a written confirmation issued by your lecturer.
The items in your "Tischapparat" do not circulate then, but other patrons must be given the opportunity to view and copy the material at any time. In all departmental libraries you can borrow a mobile filing pedestal, where you can lock books and other items.
For further details please contact your departmental library.
In the library students and employees of Bielefeld University and the University of Applied Sciences may use IT services provided by the two instituitions and access the internet with their private laptops, tablets, smart phones or other mobile devices.
The library is integrated into the area-wide WiFi network (WLAN) of the university. A BITS account (University IT-Service-Centre) account may be used. You can use the WiFi all over the library, in the main hall of the university, the Westend-Cafeteria, the lecture rooms, the "Audimax" and at all seminar rooms on second floor level in the Main University Building. In Building X WiFi is available everywhere.
People who are not members of the University may also use Wi-Fi: inside the university - and therefore in all rooms of the library - the free Wi-Fi BI-free of the city of Bielefeld is available. After one hour connections to BI-free are automatically disconnected but you can reconnect again.
Visitors from an organisation that provides an eduroam "home" service for their staff and/or students should be able to use eduroam at Bielefeld University. Before your visit, you should set up your device according to your own organisation's instructions. If you have already configured your laptop/mobile device, you should be able to connect to the "eduroam" wireless network.
Get detailed information (in German)