Opening hours from 23th December 2024 to 6th January 2025

From 23rd December 2024 to 6th January 2025:

  • the reading rooms of the Special Collections and Austrian Library will be closed,
  • the Library will operate in the following mode:
Opening hours of the Library Operating hours of departments:
Registration, Information Desk,
Circulation Desk, Reading Room
Opening hours of cloakroom with staff
23rd December (Monday) 0-24
(partially in self-service mode)
9-16 0-22
24th December 2024 (Christmas Eve) 0-16 (in self-service mode) closed closed

(Please, use the self-service lockers on level -1 and the hangers which will be set up at the main entrance)

25th-26th December 2024 (Christmas) closed
27th December 2024 (Friday) 8-24 (in self-service mode)
closed 8-24
28th December 2024 (Saturday) 0-24
(in self-service mode)
only Information Desk is open 9-21 0-24
29th December 2024 (Sunday) 0-24
(in self-service mode)
only Information Desk is open 15-20 0-24
30th December 2024 (Monday) 0-24
(in self-service mode)
only Information Desk is open 9-21 0-24
31st December 2024 (Tuesday) 0-24
(in self-service mode)
closed closed

(Please, use the self-service lockers on level -1 and the hangers which will be set up at the main entrance)

1st January 2025 (New Year) closed
2nd January 2025 (Thursday) 8-24
(in self-service mode)
only Information Desk is open 9-21 8-24
3rd January 2025 (Friday) 0-24
(in self-service mode)
only Information Desk is open 9-21 0-24
4th January 2025 (Saturday) 0-24
(in self-service mode)
only Information Desk is open 9-21 0-24
5th January 2025 (Sunday) 0-22
(in self-service mode)
only Information Desk is open 15-20 0-22
6th January 2025 (Epiphany) closed

In the self-service mode:

  • You can enter the Library only with a valid library card.  UW students and staff can activate online their card as a library card at any time. If you are not a University member and do not have a valid library card, your first visit must be scheduled during the opening hours of the Registration Point.
  • You can use our collections in the Open Stacks area, WiFi (BUW.Hotspot) and online resources.
  • You can borrow books from the Open Stacks and the Textbook Collection, renew the return dates and pay fines at the Selfcheck stations.
  • You can pick up books ordered from the Closed Stacks in the Pick-up Locker 24 hours a day.
  • You can return borrowed books to the Return Box or via the Selfcheck stations.

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