News from the University Library

Library services are currently restricted due to an IT attack. 

• Further informationen and updates about library services
• Please also note the Information on Restrictions to IT Services at TU Berlin

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Due to the official holiday, the University Libraries of TU Berlin and UdK Berlin as well as the Department & Subject Libraries will be closed on Saturday, 1 May 2021.

Libraries are increasingly funding publication costs instead of acquiring published (e-)books or (e-)journals. TU Berlin has been running a publication fund with the support of the German Research Foundation (DFG) since 2017. The University thus supports scientists in financing articles in open access journals. A review of the publication year 2020...

Pursuant to the most recent coronavirus regulations of the state of Berlin, all persons on campus are required to wear FFP2 masks. Community masks (mouth-nose protection) can no longer be worn in University buildings, including the Library.

Information Letter from the TU Berlin Crisis Committee from 31 March 2021

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2020 was a complicated year worldwide. No one could have foreseen the developments. The Corona pandemic highlighted the importance of the free access to research results. It was a year in which science communication was discussed in public more than ever before. The topic area of scientific publishing received special attention. Suddenly, the terms...

Missing the library as a place to work? We are bringing the library to your home and airing a premiere on 16 March 2021 on our YouTube channel to help you work with focus. Using the Pomodoro technique, we work in a focused way in several 25-minute phases and schedule 5-minute breaks. The special feature is that you will be accompanied by different...

For the coming summer semester, single study rooms are available from 06.04. to 29.09.2021. The use depends on the current pandemic situation.

Applications may be submitted from 23.02. to 26.03.2021, 16:00.

Apply for a single study room

Study spaces in the TU Berlin libraries remain closed for use. Any changes thereafter will be communicated accordingly.

The libraries continue to be open during their respective opening hours for you to order, borrow and collect items.

Please note our FAQs on Current Services and Current Services of the UdK Library (in German).