Latest Updates on the Library Relocation

May 5, 2025

Photo report: Departmental library UHG-II in U0

The Psychology, Educational Science and Music collections have moved from building T1 to the new location in U0. New workstations have also been set up. Here are a few impressions of the remodelled library premises - we look forward to your visit!

March 26, 2025

Departmental library UHG-II: Service counter Testothek now open at the new location in U0

The Testothek can now also be found at the new location of the Psychology, Education and Music collections in unit U0. Test procedures can now be borrowed from Monday - Friday, 1 - 2 pm at the service counter in U0. Please send an e-mail in advance to testothek.ub@uni-bielefeld.de with the required test procedures.

The Testothek stores media that cannot be placed in a freely accessible location due to the complexity of the material, some of which comprises many individual elements. The focus is on an extensive collection of around 1500 different psychological test procedures (often in several copies), which can be borrowed under strictly controlled conditions in accordance with the guidelines of the German Psychological Professional Association (BDP) and the International Test Commission (ITC). The test collection includes German and foreign test procedures from the fields of Psychology, Clinical Linguistics, Education, Sports Science and Health Sciences.

March 24, 2025

Subject collections Psychology, Educational Science, Music accessible from 26 March at the new location in U0 - unit T1 closed from 31 March

The relocation of the Psychology, Educational Science and Music collections will be completed shortly. The collections will be available again at the new location in U0 in the departmental library UHG-II from Wednesday, March 26. Subsequently, some workstations will gradually be set up again in U0 over the coming weeks.

The workstations in unit T1 can still be used until Sunday 30.03.25. From March 31, the area will be closed so that the areas in the 2nd construction phase for the modernisation of the main university building can be cleared. Please switch to other workplaces.

March 14, 2025

Relocation of Psychology, Educational Science and Music to the new location in U0 - inventory closed from 17/03/25

From Monday, March 17, 2025, the Psychology, Educational Science and Music collections will be temporarily closed for use. The semester collections will remain at their previous location in T1 and can still be used.

For urgent on-site consultation or borrowing of items affected by the move, please contact the UHG-II lending terminal.

The workstations in T1 are still accessible and may be used, but disruptions are to be expected.

In the coming week, some workstations in unit U1 will have to be dismantled so that the areas in the 2nd construction phase for the modernisation of the main university building can be cleared.

March 10, 2025

Start of relocation in departmental library UHG-II: Psychology, Educational Science and Music - journal holdings closed from 10/03/25

From Monday, March 10, 2025, the departmental library UHG-II will begin moving the psychology, Educational Science and music collections from unit T1 to the new location in U0. The journals will then be closed for use. Older journals will be stored and can be ordered via the Katalog.plus! in future.

For urgent on-site consultation or borrowing of the holdings affected by the move, please contact the lending terminal UHG-II.

The shelves with the items to be moved will be marked with coloured paper flags by the library staff. Please do not remove the flags or change their position.

The workstations in T1 are still accessible and may still be used, but disruptions are to be expected.

Once the move has been completed, the specialised collections in unit U0 will be available again. To ensure that the work runs smoothly, U0 will remain closed for use until then. The move is necessary as unit T1 is part of the 2nd construction phase for the modernisation of the main university building.

March 7, 2025

New lockers in building section A/B

Since Monday, March 3, 2025, library lockers have also been available in the new building section A/B, which can be used while visiting the library. The lockers are located in the hall, near the stairs to the library entrance on gallery K1.

The lockers can be used daily from 8:00 am to 2:00 am. Please note that the lockers are emptied outside of the usage hours. The removed items can be collected from the facilities management/ lost property office on the next working day. Valuables and food may not be locked in. The library is not liable for locked items.

The library lockers with coin deposit lock in the UHG will now be disposed of. Lockers with a numerical code will soon be available in front of library entrance V1.

If you have any problems with the lockers, the team from the Library Service Centre (BDZ) will help you from Monday to Friday between 8am and 4pm. Outside of these hours, please contact the security service in emergencies.

February 11, 2025

Opening of the Library Service Centre (BDZ) on February, 17, 2025 at 10 a.m. in the redesigned building section A/B

The new BDZ will open its doors for the first time at 10 a.m. on February 17, 2025. The redesigned library section A/B on level 1 houses the new service counter, the Information Science and Sports Science subject collections, the special reading room, the university publications and exchange centre and numerous modern workstations. The diverse range of workstations invites you to study alone or together in a quiet environment - whether classically at a desk, relaxed on upholstered furniture or concentrated with the option to withdraw. PC workstations and workstations with monitors are also available.

The entrance is located in K1, which can be reached barrier-free using the lift.

At the new service desk, users can pick up interlibrary loan requests as usual, get support with literature research and answers to all questions regarding library use, have new UniCards issued or pay fees.

Media can be borrowed and returned at the self-checkout machines and at the counter. A printer for students and a book scanner are of course also available.

The BDZ is open Monday to Friday from 8 am to 1 am and on weekends and public holidays from 9 am to 10 pm. The service desk is open Monday to Friday from 8 am to 6 pm.

February 3, 2025

Relocation of Sports Science to the newly designed building section A/B - existing building closed from 05.02.25

Next Wednesday, February 5, 2025, the relocation of the Sports Science media collection to the new location of the Library Service Centre (BDZ) in building section A/B will begin. The collection will therefore be temporarily closed for use. Until the opening of the BDZ, the term papers will remain at the previous location and can still be used.

For urgent on-site consultation or to borrow items affected by the move, please contact the UHG-II lending terminal.

The library staff will mark the shelves with the items to be moved with coloured paper flags. Please do not remove the flags and do not change their position.

January 23, 2025

Relocation of Information Science to the newly designed building section A/B - existing building closed from 27.01.25 - Sports Science to follow next

Next Monday, January 27, 2025, the relocation of the Information Science media collection to the new location of the Library Service Centre (BDZ) in building section A/B will begin. The collection will therefore be temporarily closed for use.

The Sports Science media collection will follow in the following week and will then also be closed for use. We will inform you about the exact start date here and in our blog .

For urgent on-site consultation or to borrow items affected by the move, please contact the UHG-II lending terminal.

The shelves with the items to be moved will be marked with coloured paper flags by the library staff. Please do not remove the flags and do not change their position.

January 9, 2025

Daily newspapers, microform scanners, access to the collection - Current information on the relocation of the BDZ

The relocation of the library service centre is in full swing. There are currently the following service restrictions:

The daily newspapers are temporarily available in the entrance area of the departmental library UHG-II in V1.
magazines such as Focus, Geo etc. are unfortunately not available for use at the moment, but will only be available again when the BDZ opens in the new part of the building.

The use of microforms is still possible to a limited extent. A device for reading microforms is available, but without a scanning function.

Access to the Information Science holdings is still possible - please contact the service desk.

December 18, 2024

Start of the relocation of the Library Service Centre (BDZ) to the newly designed unit A/B at the beginning of 2025

In the course of January 2025, the Library Service Centre (BDZ) will move from U0 to the newly designed unit A/B.

Due to the move, Lernort.plus! will be permanently closed on January 6, 2025.

The Information Science book collections will then be closed and relocated at the end of January; Sports Science, which will also be located in the new BDZ in the future, will follow shortly afterwards.

The service counter in U0 and the special reading room will remain open for as long as possible. However, there will also be temporary service restrictions here.

The newly designed BDZ with a wide range of workstations is expected to open in February.

December 16, 2024

Library entrance V1 now open

Following the successful relocation of the circulation desk and the self-checkout machines, the entrance to the departmental library UHG-II in V1 is now open.

Entrance U1 is permanently closed.

December 9, 2024

Relocation of the library entrance UHG-II from U1 to V1

Update from December 11: The new entrance in V1 will open on December 16 and the U1 entrance will be permanently closed.

The entrance to the UHG-II departmental library will soon be moved from U1 to V1. Entrance U1 will remain permanently closed. Access to the specialised collections and the BDZ will be possible via V1.

The relocation of the lending terminal and the self-checkout machines will start on Monday, December 9, 2024, and there may be temporary interruptions to services. Displays in the entrance area will draw attention to the relocation measures.

December 5, 2024

Photo report: Library in Units A/B

In the course of the first few weeks of the next year, the Library Service Centre (BDZ), including the workstations for individual learning and group work, will be relocated into the modernised Units A/B of the Main University Building (UHG). We would already like to give you a first insight into the new library rooms that are currently being set up.

June 3, 2024

IUB Officially Opened

The construction and relocation works at the Interim Building of the University Library (IUB) were completed on time and the IUB was opened for regular use as planned in May. The official opening of the IUB took place on Monday, June 3. Chancellor of the University, Dr. Stephan Becker, Dean of the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies (LiLi), Prof. Dr. Johannes Voit, Library Director, Barbara Knorn, and Head of the User Services Department and Manager of Library Building Affairs, Dr. Sabine Rahmsdorf, were personally present to witness the successful start of operations at the new library building and to wish the staff every success in the new premises.

The IUB serves as temporary accommodation for the LiLi subject collections, which had to be moved from Unit C to another location during the modernisation of the second construction phase of the Main University Building. Many factors und guidelines were taken into account while planning and setting up the IUB – including the sustainable and resource-efficient management of the new campus building. In this context, Dr. Sabine Rahmsdorf pointed out that the furnishing of the IUB was achieved by efficiently reusing and distributing the furniture and inventory already present at the library. For Dean of the LiLi Faculty, Prof Dr. Johannes Voit, it is particularly pleasing that one can still borrow media from the open shelves at the IUB.

With regard to the upcoming relocations, Library Director Barbara Knorn is also confident that these will go smoothly, given the successful example of the IUB:

“The example of the IUB makes it clear that the central principles of our library – good accessibility of media, long opening hours and a wide range of services – are still important and in demand. The teaching staff and students can therefore be sure that their library will continue to support them in their work and studies during the next phases of the university’s modernisation.”

Chancellor of the University Dr. Stephan Becker is also looking ahead:

“The construction of the Interim Building of the University Library on campus is the result of excellently coordinated collaboration between the Building and Real Estate Management North Rhine-Westphalia (BLB NRW), several university institutions and external service providers. I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to all those involved for this outstanding achievement. I am firmly convinced that future projects on our campus will also be characterised by good cooperation, well-founded decisions in favour of work and education as well as future-oriented ideas and sustainable solutions.”

Among the sustainable solutions mentioned by Dr. Stephan Becker is the water management system implemented at the IUB: A retention basin next to the Interim Building collects excess rainwater, thereby protecting the building from flood damage during heavy rainfall events.

May 13, 2024

IUB Departmental Library Now Open

The Interim Building of the University Library (IUB) is now open for use. The IUB accommodates the Subject Collection Linguistics and Literary Studies (LiLi) and provides the standard library services such as free scanning devices, PC workstations and self-service desks for quick borrowing and returning of library materials.

The IUB Departmental Library has the same opening hours as the library areas in Units D and E of the Main University Building (UHG). The IUB is open from Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 22:00. The library staff is present on weekdays until 18:00. On weekends and holidays the IUB is open from 9:00 to 19:00.

The IUB serves as an interim location for the LiLi Subject Collection, which had to be relocated from Unit C to another location due to the upcoming second phase of the UHG modernisation. Establishing the IUB has allowed the affected libraries to be remain undivided, while still maintaining long hours and easy access to open shelves.

May 6, 2024

Library Area C1/C0 is Closed – IUB Opens on May 13

The relocation of the Subject Collection Linguistics and Literary Studies (LiLi) from Units C0 and C1 is in its final phase. As a result, this library area at the Main University Building (UHG) is now closed for use. The Departmental Library at the Interim Building of the University Library (IUB) located between the UHG and Building X – the new location for the Subject Collection LiLi – will open as planned on May 13.

With an area of 2,000 square meters, the IUB provides space for approximately 400,000 media items. In addition, two free book scanners and PC workstations are available to users. Lockers with mechanical combination locks that do not require coins are also available at the IUB.

Throughout the year 2024, further library relocations will take place. After the completion of the first construction phase of the UHG, the Library Service Center (BDZ) and the Subject Collection Sports Science will move there. The remaining subject collections from Unit T1 (Music, Psychology and Educational Science) will be relocated into Unit U0.

May 2, 2024

Photo Update: Final Preparations at the IUB

The relocation of the “LiLi” Departmental Library is progressing as planned and the opening of the IUB is drawing closer. Here are some photos from the IUB showing the progress of the final preparations.

April 30, 2024

Reserve Literature for Lecturers Move from LiLi into IUB – Library Area in C1/C0 Closed from May 6

As of today, April 30, the reserve literature for lecturers (“Semesterapparate”) – the last part of the book collection of the Departmental Library for Linguistics and Literary Studies (“LiLi”) – will be moved into the Interim Building of the University Library (IUB). These books are now unavailable for use.

The two book scanners from the LiLi Library have already been relocated into the IUB. The device for free scanning in Unit D1 remains available to all users of the department libraries in Units D to E.

The vacated library area in Units C1 and C0 will be completely closed for use from May 6 (Monday) onwards. We kindly ask you to use PC workstations and discussion rooms in other library areas.

April 24, 2024

Relocation at the LiLi Library: German Studies Books & Low German Literature are Next to Be Moved into IUB

Update from April 25: As part of the ongoing relocation work at the LiLi Library, books on General and Comparative Literature as well as journal volumes are now being transferred into the IUB too and are therefore unavailable for use. Reserve literature for lecturers remains accessible.

The relocation of the media holdings from the Departmental Library for Linguistics and Literary Studies (LiLi) is entering the home stretch. Starting today, April 24, books on German Studies and Low German Literature – including Dutch Studies and Scandinavian Studies – will be transferred into the Interim Building of the University Library (IUB). These titles are now unavailable for use.

If you urgently need to read or borrow any items that have been affected by the relocation activities at the LiLi Library, please contact the circulation desk in Unit D1. The media holdings remaining at the LiLi Departmental Library – reserve literature for lectures, journal issues and books on General and Comparative Literature – will continue to be available without restrictions in Unit C, but will also be relocated into the IUB shortly.

April 22, 2024

Books on Classical Philology, Slavic Studies & Other Literature to be Moved into the IUB

The next phase of the relocation of the Departmental Library for Linguistics and Literary Studies (“LiLi”) will begin on Monday, April 22. The books on Classical Philology, Slavic Studies and Other Literature will then be transferred into the Interim Building of the University Library (IUB) and therefore closed for use starting April 22.

If you need to read or borrow any items that have been affected by the relocation activities at the LiLi Library, please contact the circulation desk in Unit D1. The reserve literature for lectures (“Semesterapparate”) and the media holdings from the departments for German Studies, Low German Literature as well as for General and Comparative Literature are still available at their original locations in Unit C without any restrictions.

Printer in C1 to be Transferred into D1

The printer at the Departmental Library for Linguistics and Literary Studies (“LiLi”) in Unit C1 will be moved into Unit D1 on Monday, April 22. The device providing free printing services for students will be set up in the entrance area near the PC workstations.

Please note that it may take a few days before the printer is ready for use at its new location. Until then, please use the printer in Unit V1.

April 18, 2024

Photo Update: Relocation Works at the IUB

The relocation of the book collections from the LiLi Departmental Library into the Interim Building of the University Library (IUB) is in full swing. We are excited to provide you with a glimpse into the ongoing relocation process.

April 15, 2024

Relocation of Books on Roman Studies and Linguistics Starting April 15

The relocation of the Departmental Library for Linguistics and Literary Studies (LiLi) is proceeding as planned. Starting April 15, the books on Roman Studies and Linguistics will be moved into the Interim Building of the Library (IUB).

Please note that these book collections – just like the journals and books on English and American Studies previously – won’t be available for use or loan. If you urgently need to access media from the blocked collections, please contact the circulation desk in Unit D1. We appreciate your understanding and will continue to keep you updated.

April 8, 2024

Relocation of the “LiLi” Library Begins on April 8 – Books on English and American Studies & Journals Unavailable

The relocation of the Departmental Library for Linguistics and Literary Studies (LiLi) into the Interim Building of the University Library (IUB) starts as planned on April 8. Print journals and books on English and American Studies (Anglistik) will be the first to be moved and therefore unavailable from April 8.

If you urgently need to access books from the restricted collections, please reach out to the library staff at the circulation desk in Unit D1. The required books will then be provided for on-site use or for borrowing. We appreciate your understanding that immediate access may not be possible, as the availability of books depends on their current status in the relocation process.

For the time being, all other media holdings of the LiLi Library remain fully accessible.

April 2, 2024

Preparations for the Relocation of the “LiLi” Departmental Library

From April 8, the book collections of the Departmental Library for Linguistics and Literary Studies (LiLi) will be relocated from Unit C of the Main University Building (UHG) into the Interim Building of the University Library (IUB). The IUB is scheduled to open for regular library services on May 13. However, before the relocation of the affected library holdings can begin, the following preparations are necessary to ensure a swift and smooth relocation process:

• From April 2 onwards, the moving company will remove books dating from 1800 to 1900 from the LiLi Departmental Library due to possible arsenic contamination and move them to a separate storage area.
• At the same time, bookshelves will be installed at the IUB. Some of the required shelving components are currently located in rooms in Unit C1. The removal of these shelves may cause some short-term disruptions there.
• The shelves containing the items designated for the relocation will be marked with coloured paper flags by library staff. This will not cause any disruption. Please do not remove the flags or change their position.

For an overview of the service adjustments that will take place starting April 8 because of the relocation of the library holdings into the IUB, please read our post “Relocation of the LiLi Departmental Library into the Interim Building (IUB)” (see below).

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the library relocation and look forward to welcoming you at the IUB soon. If you have any questions, please contact the library team.