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Exam phase in the Library?!
Group study rooms free!
Is your study group looking for a room for exam preparation? We'll make it possible and rebuild for you at exam time. There are now 4 rooms available in the IdeenReich for undisturbed team learning. If you're smart, book now.
Additional tip: Extra-long opening hours during the hot exam period until March 8: Monday - Sunday, 9.00 a.m. - midnight
Have a good preparation phase and good luck with your exams!
New E-Media 2025
Whether in the library, on campus or from home, the e-offers (e-books, e-journals, databases) of the university library are always available to you. We have also revised our offering for the year 2025. We would like to inform you here about innovations and changes in this area.
We have compiled all the information on the expansion of the offer in a structured overview.
Special Collection A Quarter of a Century of Read Capitals of Culture
Chemnitz is Capital of Culture and we are part of it! From now on you can admire our special collection on the European Capitals of Culture of the last 25 years on the 2nd floor around the reading room. Browsing, reading and borrowing are encouraged!
Transformation agreement, Publish & Read – What does that mean?
The University Library offers a wide range of support in the Open Access publication process. This also includes transformation agreements and publish & read contracts. What publication options do such contracts offer and with which providers has the University Library concluded agreements? The course will present the agreements, the framework conditions and special features.

Road2Openness – together in the Open Science Strategy Workshop
Chemnitz University of Technology is one of five higher education institutions that have successfully applied to take part in the Open Science Strategy Workshop of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e.V. (Donors’ Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany). As part of the project, the Stifterverband will support them for a year with workshops, consultation hours, exchange and networking.
OpenAlex: a free alternative to Scopus and Web of Science?
Scientific research tools such as Scopus, Web of Science or Dimensions have now become established. Many researchers have stored complex search queries in their favourite database. However, the cost of these platforms is a significant item in the budgets of libraries and research institutions. What if there was a bold, free alternative to these expensive tools?