UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

The invasion of Ukraine by troops of the Russian Federation has shocked us all. Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg stands for the European spirit of free and peaceful coexistence of all people. We condemn the unjustified attack on sovereign and democratic Ukraine, which is contrary to international law.

Our thoughts are with all those affected by this war; our solidarity is with the entire Ukrainian population and especially with our 115 Ukrainian students, visiting scholars and university partners in Ukraine, with whom we are closely connected through a variety of cooperations, exchange programs and partnerships. Quite a few of our students, scientists and scholars have remained in Magdeburg after their studies at the university and are in great concern for their families in Ukraine. Our solidarity goes out to them as well.

The university informs about support offers for affected persons or donation campaigns on its homepage.

The University Library also joins the appeal of the Ukrainian Library Association. 

With the beginning of the special opening hours for exam preparation, the UB will provide additional 30 workplaces (with power connections) from Sunday, January 23rd, in compliance with the current distance regulations. The workplaces are located on the 2nd as well as 2.5th floor.

Recently, 20 carrels (rooms 124 to 133 and rooms 201 to 210) have been equipped with monitors (22 and 24 inches). Users can connect their own devices, such as laptops, with the HDMI cables provided. The monitor position can be adjusted horizontally to allow for greater flexibility of use.

Please provide us with brief feedback on the equipment of the carrels with monitors and your usage experience at bibliothek@ovgu.de.

In 2022, it is planned to equip all carrels with monitors in order to offer an even better learning and working environment for our users.

In order to simplify the return of books, books can be returned directly to the security service at the entry.
The condition is that no resubmission is required and no reminder fees have to be paid. The books will be immediately signed out from the user account. In all other cases, please contact the circulation desk at tel. +49 391 67-52925 or ausleihe@ovgu.de.

Weekly carrels can be booked using this form. For double carrels, please use this form.
One-day carrels can be used by availability, please refer to the information desks.

Further information regarding usage conditions is available here.

In order to serve students even after the cafeteria closes at 5:00 p.m., from Monday, October 18, students will be able to use the coffee and snack vending machines and take a break in the cafeteria from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. only via the library's direct internal access to the cafeteria.