Library Englischer Garten closed from 04 August to 28 September 2025

During the summer, a large portion of the collection in the Subject Library Englischer Garten will be reorganized according to a standardized shelving system: the Regensburg Classification Scheme (RVK). The collection will receive new call number labels and must be reshelved accordingly. Unfortunately, these activities require an interruption of library services.

Before the closure: 03 July – 02 August
Starting 03 July, items with the following location codes can no longer be borrowed:

• 1212 (Empirical Cultural Studies & European Ethnology)
• 1216 (Ethnology)
• 1408 (Center for Information and Language Processing)
• 1500 Open Stacks (Subject Library Englischer Garten)
• 1502 (Geschwister-Scholl Institute of Political Science)

Starting 28 July, the following holdings from the closed stacks will no longer be requestable:

• Monograph holdings (1500/M … including 1500/M A…, 1500/M G…, 1500/M K…)
• Computer Science dissertations (1500/DISS…)
• Journal holdings (1500/M Z…)
• Newspapers and press media collection (1506/…)

Important: Some materials are only available for use in the reading room. Items requested from the stacks before 28 July will still be made available for home lending or in-room consultation until 2 August.

Full closure: 04 August – 28 September
The Subject Library will be completely closed:

• No access to workspaces in the library.
• The collections are inaccessible: during the closure, neither open access nor closed stack materials can be borrowed or consulted.
• Returns are not possible. Due dates falling within the closure period will be automatically extended until the library reopens.
• Items from the Japanese Studies collection (1217), the Textbook Collection (1599), and loanable stack materials (1500/M …) may be borrowed before the closure and kept during the entire closure period.

Alternatives

• Alternative room for students during the subject library closure period: L155
• For workspaces: Use the UB Learning Centers or other subject libraries.
• For required materials: Books can be consulted or borrowed at the Main Library or other subject libraries.
• In addition, many other academic libraries are available in Munich, such as the Bavarian State Library.
• You also have access to the UB's extensive collection of digital media.
• If necessary materials are not available in any Munich library, you may submit an interlibrary loan request during the closure.

UB Space Finder
Overview of UB locations
Link to the Interlibrary Loan Request Form

Note for researchers
If you are a researcher, please place your Campus Delivery Service requests before 28 July.
Requests involving items from the Subject Library Englischer Garten cannot be fulfilled after that date.