When is the library open?

The library is open to the public and can be used during the opening hours,
Monday - Friday, 8.00 a.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Please take notice of current information. Exceptions and changes to the opening hours are announced on our homepage, on notice boards, and on the SIC screens.

Who is eligible to borrow and for how long?

Enrolled students, employees, and professors at Saarland University and the participating institutes
are eligible to borrow materials.
The loan period is 4 weeks.

How and where can I register for borrowing privileges?

You can register at the library onsite or online using this link.
You have to show your UdS ID-card to borrow materials.

How do I create my library account?
To register you need your:
  • institute email address
  • HIZ or MPI ID and the corresponding password
  • mailing adress

Please use either this link or the link "Sign up / Login" on our homepage, and then click "log in to your account" at the top right, where you enter your personal information.
The newly created account will be activated when you borrow materials for the first time.
An email will inform you that your account has been activated successfully.

Where do I find my library account?

You can view your library account by logging on to our online catalog Koha via the library homepage.
Please use either this link or the link "Sign up / Login" on our homepage, and then click "log in to your account" at the top right.

How  and for how long can I extend the loan period?
  • Online: via your personal library account
  • by phone: 0681 / 302-70602
  • by email: library(at)infomath-bib.de
  • on site at the information desk

The loan period for an item can be extended from the fifth day before the loan period ends.
Multiple extensions of up to a maximum of 12 months in are possible (if the item has not been reserved).
After that, the item must be returned to the library and borrowed again.
If the regular loan period has been exceeded and two reminders have been issued, and online extension is no longer possible.

How can I reserve materials on loan?

You can check the availability status of materials in the online catalog Koha.
You can reserve borrowed items on site or online and will receive an email notification when the reserved items are available to pickup.

How can I return items?
  • at the front desk (during opening hours)
  • at the book return box to the right of the library entrance (outside of opening hours)
Which collections can I find in the library and where?
Electronic media
Here you can find further information on:
Printed media
Bound journals, sorted by shelfmark  Basement 
MPS publications  Basement 
Technical reports  Basement 
Saarbrücken reports  Basement 
Series, sorted alphabetically  Basement 
Seminars (mathematics)  Basement 
Conferences/Colloquia  Basement 
Theses  Basement 
Lecture Notes (Springer)  Ground Floor 
Reference works  Ground Floor 
Computational Linguistics  Ground Floor 
Course reserves, sorted by courses
not for loan, marked with a red dot 
Ground Floor 
Textbook colletion, sorted alphabetically by author
marked with a green dot 
Ground Floor 
Textbook colletion (didactics), sorted alphabetically by author,
blue shelfmark 
Ground Floor 
Language course books  Ground Floor 
Mathematics didactics, sorted alphabetically by author
blue shelfmark 
Ground Floor 
Mathematics didactics (selection)*, sorted alphabetically by author
blue shelfmark, marked with a blue dot 
E2 4
Schoolbooks, sorted alphabetically by publisher  Ground Floor 
Programming languages  Ground Floor 
Current journals (unbound issues)  Ground Floor 
Monographs, sorted alphabetically by author  First Floor 
Bring and Borrow (selection of fiction)  First Floor 
* located at the outsourced special locations:
"Didactics Laboratory" (Heike Morlo, morlo(at)math.uni-saarland.de, phone 0681 302 4577) or
"Classroom" (Karin Mißler (mathematikdidaktik(at)mx.uni-saarland.de / phone 0681-302-6634)
in building E2 4 (reference collection only)
Where can I find recommended literature for courses in my degree program?

You can find relevant literature for current semester courses, which is constantly uptdated, in the course reserves on the ground floor of the library and also online on our homepage under "Course Reserves", including links to the corresponding courses.

How can I order a book or an article that is not available in the library?

Please send your request to: library(at)infomath-bib.de
We will try to provide you with the item as soon as possible, either through interlibrary loan or by purchase.

Do we not have some important or interesting literature, or do we need a new edition of something?
Please send your order suggestion to library(at)infomath-bib.de

Further information about the library services can be found here:
All library services at a glance
Contact

You can contact us if you need assistance on site during opening hours,
or by e-mail: library(at)infomath-bib.de
or by phone: 0681-302-70602, 0681-9325-5740