Guide to the library
This is how it works at the library after the renovation
This guide describes how the library operates after the renovation. Most importantly, the library mainly operates on the entrance floor again, and the information desk has returned to that floor. Please visit the information desk with your questions; we will gladly assist.
Use the main entrance
We are excited to announce that the renovation is complete. The main entrance is open again. Come up the stairs and experience the stunning new interior. Welcome!
The information desk, books, and self-checkout machine are back on the entrance floor. Floor three is currently closed. However, group workspaces will be available there this autumn.
The third floor's open collection (ÖS) is closed, and you can no longer pick up and borrow from it.
The Special Collections Reading Room and newspapers on microfilm remain in the basement, and the newspaper computer has moved back there.
Study at the University Library
The library offers functional study spaces on the entrance and first floors. Each study space has its own light fixture and power outlet.
Group study rooms are on the first floor above the information desk. The rooms have monitors and whiteboards. Students and staff at Lund University can book group study rooms.
This autumn, there will be group workspaces on the third floor.
The public collection is for in-house use only
You will find a selection from our previous collections on the entrance floor. The selection includes items from the open collection (ÖS) and the reference collection. Additionally, we have four themed collections featuring the library's large and diverse collections. The themes are personal archives, book history, sustainability research, and maps.
We call it the public collection; you can only read it in the library.
Borrow and return
Borrow
Everything you can borrow is in storage, so you must request it in advance. The requested books are on the pickup shelf on the entrance floor. To borrow, please use the self-checkout machine.
You can no longer borrow course literature from the University Library. Instead, you borrow course literature from your faculty library.
Returning books
You return books to the self-return machine on the entrance floor.
Until 1 July, you can also use the book drop box.
Reading room loans are available in Bengtssonsalen
You pick up and store your reading room loans in Bengtssonsalen. Borrow using the self-checkout machine. You are welcome to read these loans anywhere within the building. You return reading room loans at the information desk.
LU Card
You cannot get an LU card at the University Library, as the library no longer has a card office.