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Using the library

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Limited study spaces this year

Few study spaces are available as we renovate the entrance and first floors.

The Wallengren reading room is open for studies during the renovation.

Welcome!
More about how things work during the renovation

Get help exploring other options

Students, each with a laptop on their lap, are conversing. Photographer Johan Persson.

Find a study space

Are the study spaces occupied? This page will give you an overview of study spaces at the University.

Students working on their laptops along a table. White bookshelves in the background. Photographer Johan Bävman.

Find a library

Do you want to study at another library? On this page, you will find all libraries at the University.

An open laptop with hands on the keyboard. Photographer Johan Persson.

Find a card office

Do you need an LU Card? Find an open card office on the LU Card website.

More about how things work during the renovation

The library on floor three

The information desk, books, self-service machine and printer are on the third floor. You will read your reading room loans on this floor.
A librarian helps a student at the information desk. Photographer Johan Bävman.

The information desk

The information desk has moved to floor three. Get help from us and retrieve your reading room loans.

Two students work at a table with bookshelves behind them. Photographer Johan Bävman.

Books

The reference collection has moved to the open collection on the third floor. You can also pick up and borrow requested books.

A man and a woman use printers. Photographer Johan Bävman.

Printer

A printer has moved up to floor three. You can also find a printer in the basement.

Find your way around the library

Continue researching in the library

The Special Collections, microfilms, and scholars' reading rooms are open.
A librarian and scholar are standing at the information desk together, looking in a binder. Photographer Johan Bävman.

The Special Collections Reading Room is open

The reading room is open during the renovation. Walk-ins are welcome If seats are available.

Green metal shelves filled with white boxes. A man holds a box. Photographer Johan Bävman.

The microfilm reading rooms are open

The microfilm reading rooms are open. The newspaper computer is relocated to the third floor.

A researcher with a trolley filled with books. Photographer Johan Bävman.

The scholars' reading rooms are open

The scholars' reading rooms are open during the renovation.

Do your research in the library