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Opening hours and group study rooms during the examination phase
During the examination period, as well as in the period before (January 25th to March 7th, 2026), the University Library is open from Monday to Sunday from 09.00 to midnight. In addition, our group study rooms can be booked again with immediate effect for the period from February 7th to March 7th, 2026, Monday to Sunday.
The information and circulation desks are not staffed on Sundays during this period. You can study and work in the University Library at the weekend. It is also possible to borrow and return books via the self-checkout and return machines. No interlibrary loans can be collected, fees paid or user data changed.
Currently no card payment possible
Unfortunately, it is currently not possible to pay fees and printing costs by EC card! We will keep you informed as soon as there are any updates.
Special Collection A Quarter of a Century of Read Capitals of Culture
Chemnitz is Capital of Culture and we are part of it! 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!
From preregistration to open source and publishing - unique Open Science commitment at Chemnitz University of Technology
In the aftermath of Open Access Week 2025 and the presentation of the Open Science Award, we remember an eventful week. Together, the Open Science Team of the University Library, the D2C2 project and the ACROSS Alliance put on a varied program. The highlight was the presentation of the Open Science Award.
The Stockholm Declaration: A Call for the Reform of Scientific Publications
The scientific publishing landscape is facing one of the greatest crises of all time. Paywalls block access to publicly funded knowledge, predatory journals flood the literature with unreliable works, and paper mills produce masses of fake studies with AI-generated data, texts, and images. The Stockholm Declaration is an urgent call to action.
Between exam stress and assignments – surviving exam period
Anyone who followed our Instagram channel closely during the last exam period or was a regular visitor to the university library will certainly have seen our survey on learning habits during exam stress. We don’t want to keep the results from you, so we have summarised the votes and opinions we received in this blog post.