From 2 January 2017, we will be open again during regular opening hours.

Of course you will have access to our electronic services such as catalogue, library account, databases and electronic full texts via WWW during the closing times.

Please remember to renew borrowed items via your library account or (if they are reserved) to return them in good time.

Of course you have access to our electronic services such as catalogue, library account, databases and electronic full texts via WWW during the closing times.

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The University Library will be closed on Tuesday, 1 November 2016 (All Saints' Day).

Of course, you will have access to our electronic services such as the catalogue, library account, databases and electronic full texts via WWW on this public holiday.

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From 11 to 21 October 2016, you will find our Info Point in the entrance area of the University Library. From 10:00 to 15:00, librarians will be on hand to answer your questions about the library and its services. The questions can range from "What do I need to borrow books from the University Library" to "What is a seminar apparatus?" And if you can't find a quick answer, we're sure to know someone who can help.

The University Library will be closed on Monday, 3 October 2016 (German Unity Day).

Of course, you will have access to our electronic services such as the catalogue, library account, databases and electronic full texts via WWW on this public holiday.

If you have forgotten your password for your library account, we now offer you a convenient way to reset your password yourself online.

In this case, simply click on the link "I have forgotten my password" on the login page.

Further information can be found at:
https://blogs.uni-paderborn.de/ub-katalog/2016/06/28/passwort-zuruecksetzen/

With the start of the examination period around the end of the summer semester, the demand for workstations in the library increases significantly. In order to avoid seat reservations and to support a fair allocation of workstations, we offer you break discs in our workstation areas, which function like car parking discs: When you leave your workstation, you set the start of your break. After 30 minutes, or 60 minutes at lunchtime, the space may be occupied by other library users.

Of course you can access our electronic services such as catalogue, library account, databases and electronic full texts via WWW during the closing times.

The time has finally come! The University Library has adapted its website to the corporate design of Paderborn University. We hope that you will find what you are looking for on our new pages and look forward to your feedback!

Of course you can access our electronic services such as catalogue, library account, databases and electronic full texts via WWW during the closing times.

Of course you can access our electronic services such as catalogue, library account, databases and electronic full texts via WWW during the closing times.

Since 2008, Paderborn University Library has offered all students and staff at Paderborn University a free campus licence for the reference management programme Citavi. The system supports literature research from specialist databases and library catalogues as well as the effective indexing and integration of research results in academic papers. In addition, Citavi enables effective task planning: from the recording of upcoming tasks with details of deadlines, importance and work status to the creation of task lists.

The University Library has now extended the Citavi licence for a further three years until 30.04.2019. If you are already a user of the Citavi campus licence, the new licence key will be sent automatically by email to your university email address.

As a new user, you have the option of downloading the software free of charge via http://www.citavi.com/de/download.html and requesting the required licence key via our Citavi website: http://www.citavi.com/upb. As soon as you have received your personal licence key by email, you can start Citavi and enter the licence key. Follow the instructions in the email when entering the licence data.

On 3 March from 7:30 pm to 7:30 am on 4 March 2016, the Competence Centre for Writing and the University Library, supported by other institutions of the university, are organising the first Long Night of Writing.

The library will be open all night. Students from all faculties are invited to start or simply continue their term papers, theses or other texts in this special and productive atmosphere of the 'night'. We support you with writing counselling, short lectures on literature searches and many other offers.

Participation is free, but registration is required from Monday to Friday from 7.30 am to 7 pm and on Saturdays from 9 am to 5 pm at the library's local circulation desk.

Further information is available at: https://www.uni-paderborn.de/universitaet/kompetenzzentrum-schreiben/schreibenlana/

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Paderborn University Library launched its new catalogue on 26.01.2016. Conceptually, this new search portal consists of two basic components: the catalogue interface and the search engine.

While the catalogue interface was developed in-house by the University Library, the commercial product Primo from Ex Libris was previously used as the search engine component. This will now be replaced by an in-house developed solution based on the open source software Elasticsearch.

With this innovation, the University Library intends to make its catalogue, the central reference tool for the electronic, printed and audiovisual information media it provides, even more efficient and better tailored to the needs of its users than before.

You can find our catalogue as usual at: https://katalog.ub.uni-paderborn.de.

More detailed information: https://blogs.uni-paderborn.de/ub-katalog/2016/01/26/neue-version-des-katalogs/.

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With the start of the examination period around the end of the winter semester, the demand for workstations in the library increases considerably, as expected. In order to avoid 'seat reservations' and thus support a fair occupancy of the workstations, we ask you to use our break discs. These work like car parking discs: When you leave your workstation, you set the start of your break. After 30 minutes, or 60 minutes at lunchtime, the space may be occupied by other library users. Do not leave any valuables unattended!

To ensure that all our users have a clean and quiet place to study and work, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that eating and drinking (with the exception of water in transparent bottles) is not permitted in the University Library.

We ask for your understanding that regular patrols are carried out by library staff to ensure compliance with the rules.

All members of staff at the University Library will be happy to help and advise you in the subject libraries, at the Information Centre and in the local lending desk. Talk to us!

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