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Borrowing and ordering

The Clausthal University Library is a central facility of Clausthal University of Technology and at the same time a publicly accessible library for all citizens, authorities, companies and schools in the region.

A valid library card is required to borrow and order literature.

Library card

Library card for guests

Library card for language students

TUCard for employees

TUCard for students

First have your TUCard activated at the Service Desk.

In your library account you will find

  • which media you have borrowed
  • the loan period end date of the media you have borrowed
  • the media you have ordered
  • whether items you have borrowed have been reserved
  • reservations you have made
  • outstanding fees
  • your personal data
  • the possibility to change your password

User number and password
The user number is located on the back of the library card below the barcode. You can use this to log in to your library account to order media or view your account. The user card is password-protected. The default password is your date of birth DDMMYYY. Please change it the first time you log in

The loan periods are generally 28 days for normal loans and for interlibrary loans from other libraries. This period is reduced to 14 days for language students. The short loan period is 8 days.
If you are not sure when your loan period ends, please check your library account.

Please note that fees will be charged if you exceed the loan period.

Extending the loan period
If a title you have borrowed has not been reserved elsewhere, you can extend the loan period up to three times:

Books on interlibrary loan can only be renewed upon request at the Service Desk and subject to reservation. Books on short-term loan cannot be renewed.

Reminder about the expiry of loan periods
Users who have registered their e-mail address at the Service Desk will be notified by Clausthal University Library by e-mail about the expiry of a loan period.

Use of the library is free of charge.

However, fees are charged for some services in accordance with the fee schedule of the state of Lower Saxony.

The most important fees
1. Reminder € 2.00 per volume
2. Reminder € 5.00 per volume (plus fees from 1st reminder)
3. Reminder € 10.00 per tape (plus fees from 1st and 2nd reminder) and 2nd reminder)
Interlibrary loan € 1.50 per item (as a rule) -- (free of charge for TU members)
Library card € 5.00 (renewal free of charge)
 

You have the option of paying the reminder fees in cash at the Service Desk or online. A corresponding link is included in the reminder letter.

Would you like to borrow media from Clausthal University Library? Please search the CLAIM discovery system in advance. There you will find information about the location, call number and loan status of the desired item.

Depending on the location, you can take the ordered media from the shelf yourself and borrow them via the self-checkout system. Media from the stacks must be ordered.

Reading room
In the reading room you will find literature on all subjects represented at the university: Reference works, current books, current printed journals from the last 10 years and newspapers. Basic reference works from other subject areas are also available. The list is organized by subject area. With the exception of some reference holdings, which are marked with a red shelfmark, books can be borrowed from the reading room via the self-checkout system.

Textbook collection
The textbook collection contains several copies of important textbooks from the individual subject areas. The books are arranged according to subject area. They can be taken from the shelves independently and borrowed at the self-checkout near the information desk. The loan period is four weeks. You will find a non-loanable reference copy of each title in the reading room.

Books from the stacks from publication year 1946
... are ordered via the CLAIM discovery system.

Media that you order before 2 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays can be collected on the same day. Media that you order after 2 p.m. will be delivered the next working day (Monday - Friday) from 9 a.m. onwards. The media will remain on the collection shelf for 5 days.

At the Service Desk you will only receive reserved media and deliveries from the interlibrary loan service.

Media from the collection shelf, as well as reserved media, must still be borrowed via the self-checkout system. Items can be returned via the return machine in front of the Service Desk.

Self-checkout- self-service borrowing
At the self-checkout in the catalog room, you can borrow items that are freely available and ready for collection directly. All you need is your library card.
Place your library card and the media individually on the designated areas. They will be booked automatically and displayed on the screen, along with the loan period. This completes the borrowing process and you can take the media home with you.

Returning items - at any time at the machine
Simply place the items on the return machine in the marked area and they will be automatically returned. You can track the return in your library account if required.

To ensure that our valuable books are preserved safely, volumes up to and including the year of publication 1945 and holdings from the Calvör Library cannot be borrowed. You are welcome to view these works in the catalog room.

To ensure smooth access, please contact the Service Desk at least three days in advance or send us an e-mail to service@ub.tu-clausthal.de.

 

Borrowed titles can be reserved in the classic online general catalog or in the CLAIM discovery system. Reserved titles will be held for you for five opening days after you return them to the Service Desk. At the same time, you will be notified by email that the book is available.

Can't find what you're looking for locally? Media can be ordered from other libraries throughout Germany or internationally via interlibrary loan.