Borrowing and Returns

Students

General reading room collection:

up to 20 items, loan period: 2 weeks, renewable up to 6 times, items can be reserved in advance

Textbook collection:

up to 20 items, loan period: 4 weeks, renewable up to 6 times, items can be reserved in advance

Semester collection (Semesterapparat):

up to 5 items, weekend loan only, not reservable

Journals (reading room collection):

for use in the library only

Magazine:

up to 30 items, loan period: 4 weeks, renewable up to 6 times, items can be reserved in advance

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up to 5 items, weekend loan only, not reservable

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Available only to registered participants of the university revision course (Unirep), up to 5 items, loan period: 2 weeks, renewable up to 6 times, not reservable

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for use in the library only

 

Professors,

Research assistants

General reading room collection:

up to 100 items, 4 weeks, renewable, can be reserved in advance

Textbook collection:

up to 15 items, 4 weeks, not renewable, can be reserved in advance

Semester course reserves (Semesterapparat):

up to 5 items, weekend loan, not reservable

Journals (reading room collection):

up to 5 items, 1 day, not renewable, not reservable

Magazine:

up to 100 items, 4 weeks, renewable, can be reserved in advance

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up to 100 items, 4 weeks, not reservable in advance

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for use in the library only

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up to 10 items, 1 day

 

Non-academic staff

General reading room collection:

up to 25 items, 4 weeks, renewable up to 6 times, can be reserved in advance

Textbook collection:

up to 15 items, 4 weeks, not renewable, can be reserved in advance

Semester course reserves (Semesterapparat):

up to 5 items, weekend loan, not reservable

Journals (reading room collection):

for use in the library only

Magazine:

up to 30 items, 4 weeks, renewable up to 6 times, can be reserved in advance

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up to 20 items, 4 weeks, renewable up to 6 times

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for use in the library only

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for use in the library only

 

Foreign users,
corporate users

General reading room collection:

up to 20 items, 2 weeks, renewable up to 6 times, can be reserved in advance

Textbook collection:

for use in the library only

Semester course reserves (Semesterapparat):

for use in the library only

Journals (reading room collection):

for use in the library only

Magazine:

up to 30 items, 4 weeks, renewable up to 6 times, can be reserved in advance

:

for use in the library only

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for use in the library only

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for use in the library only

 

Users with disabilities

General reading room collection:

up to 20 items, 2 weeks, renewable up to 6 times, can be reserved in advance

Textbook collection:

up to 20 items, 4 weeks, renewable up to 6 times, can be reserved in advance

Semester course reserves (Semesterapparat):

up to 5 items, weekend loan only, not reservable

Journals (reading room collection):

for use in the library only

Magazine:

up to 30 items, 4 weeks, renewable up to 6 times, can be reserved in advance

:

for use in the library only

:

for use in the library only

:

for use in the library only

 

You can access your user account in the OPAC from outside the university via the “Account” or “Log on” menu items.
After entering your user number and password, you will see a detailed overview of your current loans, requests, reservations, and any outstanding fees.
You can also renew loan periods and cancel reservations directly from your account.

 

You may extend the loan period for your borrowed items starting five days before the due date, provided the items have not been reserved by another user.

How to renew:

• Via OPAC: Go to the “Account” or “Log in” menu and enter your user number and password. Under the sub-account “Loans”, you can select “Account renewal” to renew all eligible items. Any items that cannot be renewed will be listed with the reason for rejection.

• By telephone at 0335 / 5534-3366, or

• In person at the circulation desk on the ground floor of the library

Students and external users may renew items up to six times, provided they have not been reserved.
Weekend loans are not renevable.

You can usually reserve books that are currently on loan.

If the title you want is already borrowed, click on the “Get document” button.
In the table that appears, select “reservation” in the first row labelled “Local Holdings”, then enter your user number and password.
To complete the reservation, click on “Send”.

You will immediately see whether your reservation was successful.
We will notify you as soon as the book is available for collection.

Cancelling a Reservation
To cancel a reservation, go to the “Reservations” section of your account, select the title you no longer need, and click on “Cancel reservation”.

You will receive a confirmation message, and the title will be removed from your reservation list.

Use of the University Library and its collections is free of charge.

However, certain special services incur fees, including:

• interlibrary loan requests
• fee-based database searches
• postal notifications

Late fees apply when loan periods are exceeded — including interlibrary loans:

• up to 7 calendar days overdue: €1.00 per item
• up to 14 calendar days: €2.00 per item
• up to 21 calendar days: €5.00 per item
• for each additional week: €5.00 per item

The maximum late fee per item is €20.00.

For weekend loans, the late fee is €1.00 per item and day, plus an additional charge if returned after 11:00 a.m. on Monday.

If you lose a book, you will be charged the replacement cost plus an administration fee of €15.00.

The standard interlibrary loan fee is €1.50 per request.

Payment Options

• Cash payments can be made:
  Monday to Friday, 9:00–16:45 at the library’s payment desk.

• You can also transfer fees to the following account:

Account holder: Stiftung Europa-Universität Viadrina

IBAN: DE82 1705 5050 3003 0030 02

BIC: WELADED1LOS

Reference (important): Universitätsbibliothek + your user number (e.g. 019…)

Fee schedule

Sometimes the OPAC shows the note “in Bearbeitung” (in processing) in the “Shelfmark” field — often followed by a code such as “W324”, which indicates the book’s future shelfmark.

This is because, at the University Library, newly ordered books are listed in the OPAC immediately, even before they arrive or are fully processed.

If you wish to consult a book marked “in Bearbeitung”, please ask at the information desk in the reading room.
The item may already be in the library building, just not yet on the shelf. In such cases, we will prioritise its processing for you upon request.