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We have large collections containing many different types of images. These include photographs, drawings, engravings, portraits, postcards, and chest prints. Only a small part of our image collections is searchable online. Please get in…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/find/images- 2024-06-04

UNESCO has added the unique archive of 500 in-depth interviews with Holocaust survivors to the Memory of the World Register. It recognises the Ravensbrück Archive as an example of a cultural heritage of great value to humanity. The…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/ravensbruck-archive-receives-memory-world-status- 2026-08-21

The University Library | UB This guide briefly explains how the library works. Please visit the information desk on the entrance floor. We will be happy to help you with your questions. Key things to know about the University Library:You…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/use-library/guide-library- 2026-08-10

The building that houses the University Library has been named the most beautiful in Lund and Sweden several times. After the renovation, we hope you feel that the inside of the building harmonises with the outside. See a glimpse of how it…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/renovated-library-awaits-you-autumn- 2025-09-15

The University Library is releasing a new search system for digitised card catalogues. Are you looking for royal decrees, occasional poetry, school books, or older newspapers? Then the search system will help you find them. We will…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/new-search-system-card-catalogues- 2025-09-15

Search with Finn Search Instructional videos for Finn Get help with Finn Find out more about Finn Use Finn to search for books, articles, journals, and databases at Lund University. Log in to make requests, check your loans, read full…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/find- 2026-02-23

You can find books in the libraries at Lund University using the Finn search tool. However, many older books are not visible in Finn. Instead, you can locate them in Catalogue -1957. With the search tools on this page, you can find books…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/find/books- 2025-12-09

The libraries at Lund University are launching a new search system, making searching easier. LUBcat and LUBsearch will close on 1 October, and the new search tool Finn will replace them. With the shift to a single search system, the…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/searching-becomes-easier-finn- 2025-10-01

The University Library is within walking distance of central Lund, the main train station, and most of the campus area. It takes about ten minutes to walk from Lund central station to the University Library. Getting here by public…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/contact/getting-here- 2026-07-30

The page links to Lund University's people and address directory. Library Director and Office Library Director Håkan CarlssonLibrary Office Departments CollectionsITLibrary ServicesLegal Deposit and MetadataPreservation and…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/contact/find-staff- 2026-08-17

Finn, finn.lub.lu.se, is run by the University Library of Lund University. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website, and this document describes how Finn complies with the accessibility regulations, any known…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/accessibility-finn- 2025-10-22

Through its extensive digitisation of older card catalogues, Lund University Library has made an unexpected discovery: a copy of astronomer Copernicus' famous work from the 16th century, which presents the theory that the Earth revolves…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/digitisation-card-catalogues-led-unexpected-discovery-university-library- 2025-12-09

The International Dialogue Project was initiated in 1978 by the geographers Anne Buttimer and Torsten Hägerstrand to explore alternative means to communicate across disciplines and diverse fields of interest. They argued that the…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/find/digital-collections/dialogue-project- 2026-01-15

We are so proud of our colleagues Håkan Håkansson and Tomasz Lesniak. Their work to make the Ravensbrück archive's testimonies from the Holocaust freely available to everyone led UNESCO to recognise the archive as a world memory last year…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/university-administrative-award-recognises-work-ravensbruck-archive- 2026-02-02

On this page, you will find the Library’s regular opening hours and any exceptions to them. Summer hours apply at the Library until 30 August. Welcome! Summer Hours Opening hours from 8 June to 30 AugustMonday-Tuesday10:00-16:00Wednesday …

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/contact/opening-hours- 2026-07-28

Four themed collections to experience in the library Our public collection on the entrance floor has four themed displays. They showcase samples from the library's diverse and unique collections. Feel free to check them out. The items on…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/about-lund-university-library/themed-collections- 2026-08-18

Through national publisher agreements, researchers at Lund University can publish open access in many journals at reduced cost or with fully covered fees, while benefiting from simplified administration. This page lists all publishers with…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/publish/open-access/publishing-agreements-and-discounts/current-agreements- 2026-08-12

An overview of publication patterns and publishing costs The University Library monitors the proportion of open-access academic publications authored by researchers and doctoral students at Lund University on an annual basis. The aim is to…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/open-access-lund-university-2024- 2026-04-09

9 May 2026 10:00 to 28 February 2027 15:00 | Exhibition Are you curious about science? Do you appreciate the Lund student carnival tradition? Then you are more than welcome to the University Library’s new exhibition! Here you’ll experience…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/calendar/freedom-thought-copernicus-celestial-carnival- 2026-04-24

A sensational book discovery, forbidden ideas and Lund’s most beloved student tradition come together in the University Library’s new exhibition. On 8 May, ‘Freedom of Thought – from Copernicus to the Celestial Carnival’ opens – an…

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/banned-science-carnival-satire-new-exhibition-university-library- 2026-05-12