Items from the Central Library
Items can only be returned to the Central Library during opening hours.
At the self-return machine in the foyer on the ground floor
- You can return your borrowed items here as well as print a return receipt.
At the return box in the foyer
- Items not accepted by the self-return machine can be returned to the return box,
- located directly to the right of the machine.
- Your item will be recorded as returned shortly and you will receive a confirmation receipt via email.
At the return box in front of the library
- You can return items here without having to enter the library as well as outside our opening hours.
- The return is processed as soon as possible and you will receive a receipt by email.
By mail
- You also have the option to return items by mail. Items are recorded as returned on the date they are received by the library. Borrowers are liable if the item is not received (see section 16 (3) Framework Usage Regulations).
- Please use the following address when returning items:
Technische Universität Berlin
Universitätsbibliothek
zu Händen Leihstelle
Fasanenstr. 88
10623 Berlin
At the Circulation Desk
- Please return keys for book lockers to the Circulation Desk on the ground floor.
At the Information Desk on the 3rd floor
- Please return keys for book storage trolleys to the Information Desk on the third floor.
Items from the departmental and subject libraries
- Please return items to the library you borrowed them from.
- In the Physics Department Library and the Architecture and Art Studies Department Library, returns are only possible during opening hours.
In the Mathematics Library and the Economics and Management Library (DBWM), items from the holding library can also be returned outside opening hours via return box. - Alternatively, all items can be returned at the return machine or the return boxes in the foyer and in front of the Central Library or by mail.
Inter-library loans
- Please return your inter-library loans using the return box to the right of the self-return machine in the foyer or the return box in front of the Central Library.
- Make sure to include the accompanying loan slip when returning the items. Failure to do so will result in a 5-euro fee.
- You can also return inter-library loans by mail.
