Online or in Person Training Session "Library Essentials"
Target audience: Students (primarily freshmen) and staff of Bayreuth University
Duration: approximately 60 minutes
- Library Essentials for Students
- Library Essentials for University Staff
Contents of the Training Sessions
In our training session Library Essentials for Students we give you an overview of the services for students of the university provided by Bayreuth University Library: Which libraries consitute Bayreuth University Library? How do I log into my library account? Which media does Bayreuth University Library offer and how do I find what I am looking for? For how long can I borrow different items? How does my library account work? How can I access digital media? How can I access items from other libraries?Dates
- Face-to-face: Thursday, 17th April 2025, 10.30 am (registration optional)
- Face-to-face: Thursday, 24th April 2025, 2 pm (registration optional)
- Online: Tuesday, 6th May 2025, 3 pm (registration optional)
- Face-to-face: Thursday, 10th July 2025, 11 am (registration optional)
- Online: Thursday, 25th September 2025, 11 am (registration optional)
All dates start s.t.
Contents of the Training Sessions
Have you been employed at the university for some time and would like to know what services the university library offers especially for employees at the chairs? Or have you only recently joined and want to find out first-hand how to benefit the most from the services the library offers? Do you need to search in the catalogue from time to time and would like to be more confident in doing so?In the course "Library Essentials for University Staff" we explain the basics of using the library and our services for chairs, such as course reserve collections, new acquisitions lists or purchase suggestions and take time to answer your current questions about the library.
Dates
- Online: Monday, 2nd June 2025, 2 pm (registration optional)
- Online: Thursday, 17th July 2025, 11 am (registration optional)
All dates start s.t.
For groups of five or more, we will gladly arrange individual dates with you. Feel free to contact us: bibliotheksfuehrung@uni-bayreuth.de
Alternatives to Live Training Sessions
- Self-study courses are compilations of online learning materials with which you can study the contents of a course yourself, so that you can decide on the time and place you want to work through the materials. You can either use our self-study courses as additional information to our live sessions or as an alternative to them.
The self-study course "Library Essentials - An Introduction to Bayreuth University Library (self-study)" gives an overview of the services for students provided by Bayreuth University Library. It focuses on library research and access to digital library contents. The self-study course "Library Essentials - An Introduction for Students and Staff of the Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition & Health (self-study)" gives the same overview, but this course teaches both basic library knowledge as well as advanced knowledge, specifically designed for the particular requirements of the Faculty of Life Sciences (location Kulmbach).
Self-study courses are available on Moodle, the e-learning platform of the University of Bayreuth. You can register with your bt-ID. - We also offer various (German only) video tutorials. You can check them out here.
Short Guided Tours Through the Libraries
Target audience: Students (primarily freshmen) and staff of Bayreuth University
Duration: approximately 15-20 minutes
Contents of Guided Tours
Where and how can I print, copy or scan? Where do I find a workstation? Where do I find the literature of interest to me and how do I borrow items from the library?We advise you to participate in the training session "Library Essentials for Students" (see above) or to complete the self-study course of the same name, so that you can learn the basics of shelfmarks, the library catalogue, library account and how to access digital media beforehand. The training sessions are either held as online or in person sessions, the in person session include short guided tours through the Main Library.
Dates
Feel free to schedule a date with the staff in the library in question (starting with 5 people) or contact us via mail at: bibliotheksfuehrung@uni-bayreuth.deAlternatives to Live Training Sessions
- Self-study courses are compilations of online learning materials with which you can study the contents of a course yourself, so that you can decide on the time and place you want to work through the materials. You can either use our self-study courses as additional information to our live sessions or as an alternative to them.
The self-study course "Library Essentials - An Introduction to Bayreuth University Library (self-study)" gives an overview of the services for students provided by Bayreuth University Library.
It also containts virtual tours through the Main Library, the Departmental Libraries RW and NW II.
Self-study courses are available on Moodle, the e-learning platform of the University of Bayreuth. You can register with your bt-ID.
Library Escape Game „The Professor's Curse" (for students of the Humanities, in person)
Target audience: Students (of the Humanities)
Duration: approximately 60-90 minutes
Over a period of 60 to 90 minutes, students try to solve a solve a mystery about a fictitious professor in the Main Library. This escape game not only aims to teach library basics, but also spatial orientation in the Main Library and how to develop various research strategies using the library catalogue and databases. The participants work together in groups of two to five people.The language of the game is English.
For this escape game, registration is mandatory. Please register for dates using the e-learning platform Moodle. There you will also find more detailed information on the individual dates.
Dates
- Face-to-face: Thursday, 8th May 2025, 11 am (registration deadline: 7th May 2025)
- Face-to-face: Tuesday, 3rd June 2025, 10 am (registration deadline: 2nd June 2025)
- Face-to-face: Tuesday, 16th September 2025, 2 pm (registration deadline: 15th September 2025)
All dates start s.t.
If you would like to include a library course or guided tour through a library into your own course schedule, feel free to contact us: bibliotheksfuehrung@uni-bayreuth.de
