Library locations & opening hours

All faculties at the University of Bayreuth are assigned to a specific departmental library. All print and media materials are accessible to users, i.e. they may be removed from the shelves. The individual departmental libraries are usually located in close proximity to the other geographical entities of the faculty. Their exact location can be found on the Library Plan (see below).

Please note potentially differing opening hours in "News".

The University Library maintains the following library locations (marked green in the map below):

Main Library (Linguistics and Literary Studies, Humanities)

Contact

Information team: 0921 / 55 - 3420

                                                              0921 / 55 - 3458

Opening hours Circulation services, reading rooms

Mon - Fri
08:00 - 22:00 (user registration until 18:45)

Sat, Sun
09:00 - 19:00

public holidays
closed

Media from the stacks can usually be collected the same day, if ordered until 5 pm (Mon-Fri).

Opening hours Special reading room and reading room for microforms

Mon - Fri
08:00 - 22:00 (Assistance with the readers for microforms only until 18:45)
Sat, Sun
09:00 - 19:00 (No assistance possible)
public holidays
closed


Departmental Library RW (Law and Economics)

Contact


Opening hours

Mon - Fri
08:00 - 24:00 (user registration until 21:00)

Sat
08:00 - 22:00 (user registration until 17:00)

Sun
09:00 - 19:00

public holidays
closed

Departmental Library NW I (Biology and Chemistry)

Contact


Opening hours

Mon - Fri
08:00 - 20:00

Sat, Sun, public holidays
closed

Departmental Library GEO (Earth Sciences)

Contact


Opening hours

Mon - Fri
08:00 - 20:00

Sat, Sun, public holidays
closed

Departmental Library LEG (Food, Nutrition & Health, location Kulmbach)

Contact


Opening hours

Mon - Fri
08:00 - 15:00
Mon - Fri
15:00 - 19:30 (unstaffed hours, access to the library only possible with a valid library card/Campus-Card)

Sat, Sun, public holidays
closed


The library is located on the second floor of the main building of the Old Spinning Works (Alte Spinnerei). Access to the building is possible Monday through Friday until 6 pm. Please note: starting 29th July 2024 up until 4th October 2024 access to the building of the Old Spinning Works (Alte Spinnerei) will only be possible until 4 pm. If you are already inside the building before the building's closing times, you can access and use the library during the opening hours listed above.

Map of the Departmental Library locations on the campus of the University of Bayreuth