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  • 4 December: shortened service hours 9 am–6 pm

    On Thursday, 4 December, the service desk in Bibliotheca Albertia is only staffed until 6 pm.

    We kindly ask for your understanding.

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  • Christmas and New Year's Holiday opening hours

    Information to all locations of Leipzig University Library

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  • 20 November: Open until 2 pm

    The Library of Musicology will only be open until 2 pm on Thursday, 20 November 2025. We apologise for any inconvenience.

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  • Change to the terms of use for the carrels on the 1st floor eastern wing

    We are currently in the process of changing the terms of use for the individual work places (carrels) on the 1st floor eastern wing. In future, these spaces will no longer be bookable but will be…

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  • 10–11 November: Group study rooms with limited use

    On 10 and 11 November 2025, repair work will be carried out in group study room 4 of Campus Library, meaning that the room will be unavailable for use throughout the day. Noise disturbance is to be…

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  • 09–11 October: changed service hours

    On 9 and 10 October 2025, the service desk at Campus Library will close at 4 pm. There will be no service on Saturday, 11 October 2025. Opening hours remain unchanged.

    We kindly ask for your…

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  • Opening hours 3 October (public holiday)

    Bibliotheca Albertina and Campus Library are open without library services. All other branches remain closed

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  • New Students: Welcome to Leipzig University Library

    With your student card you can also use the LUL. After registering online once, your UniCard also serves as your library card. Here you will find the link to the online registration form and important…

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  • 20 September: service desk closed

    On 20 September 2025 the service desk at Campus Library will remain closed.

    The opening hours of the library remain unchanged.

    We kindly ask for your understanding.

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  • Campus licences for the use of specialised dictionaries

    All members of Leipzig University now have access to renowned online specialist dictionaries focusing on law, economics and politics for German, English, French and Spanish languages.

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  • 16 September: service desk closed

    Due to surveying work, the area under the glass dome in the reading area on the second floor (eastern wing) of the Bibliotheca Albertina will be closed on 16 September from 8 am until approximately 6…

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  • Library of the German Literature Institute: Transfer of the holdings to the Bibliotheca Albertina

    The holdings of the German Literature Institute (DLL) will soon be made available in the Bibliotheca Albertina. DLL location will open its doors for the last time on 10 July 2025 and the books will be…

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  • New Research Platform: scite_ai

    The LUL now subscribes to scite_ai, an AI-powered research platform that finds, analyzes and provides citation context for scientific papers, helping researchers evaluate the credibility and impact of…

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  • News from around the world: UBL licences Newsbank

    Since January, Leipzig University Library has been offering all users access to the Newsbank platform with over 7,000 news sources from more than 200 countries.

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  • JSTOR (JOURNAL STORAGE) WITH EXTENDED PORTFOLIO

    Leipzig University Library has licensed new collections from the digital library JSTOR.

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  • Full-text access to various new e-book packages

    Overview of the e-book packages available from individual academic publishers in 2024.

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  • Studying with a child

    LUL offers support for parents with children

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  • Information on the phasing out of WebVPN

    Access to WebVPN will be switched off on January 1, 2023. Please use instead the VPN client AnyConnect.

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  • Welcome to Leipzig University Library

    Information for all new students of Leipzig University

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  • Call for Digitization Requests 2022

    Thanks to renewed funding by the Saxony State Digitization Program, Leipzig University Library (UBL) will be able to continue the systematic digitization of its book manuscripts in 2022.

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