University Information and Library Service (HIBS) University Information and Library Service (HIBS)

Your electronic student ID card (also known as your chip card) is still valid as your library card. Please continue to use it as your library card!

HAW Hamburg members can use e-media licensed to HAW Hamburg (e-books, e-journals and databases) on campus via the WLAN network or from outside HAW Hamburg via VPN. Shibboleth is now also functioning for some publishers.

WLAN is available in all HAW Hamburg rooms (i.e. not just in the libraries, but also in the Stiftstraße buildings). Additionally, access to the licensed e-media from outside the university via VPN is now available again. Step-by-step instructions for setting up the new VPN connection can be found here. Shibboleth is now also functioning again for some publishers. All e-media resources can be accessed via the HAW Catalogue.

The online catalogue is functioning, and it is possible to use open-access electronic media. It is also possible to extend the borrowing period for items you already have on loan using your user account.

The various libraries are open during the periods listed on the website. You can work in the libraries and use the print materials on site. In addition to using our digital offers (see above), you can also scan print materials in all of the libraries. Normal borrowing of library items is now possible in all of the HAW Hamburg libraries: at the self-service checkout stations at all times during opening hours, and at the service desks when these are open. 

Returns via the automated returns shelves are possible again. 

The book ordering and reservation services, which were deactivated following the cyber-attack, have now been reactivated. You can use the HAW Catalogue to order items from other HAW libraries for pick up in your HAW library or to reserve items that are currently on loan. Both services are free of charge and are available to all library users. More information about reserving and ordering library items

The EC-card readers are now operating again. This means that you can make payments with a debit or credit card during the HAW libraries' service hours. If you are requested to pay fees, these will be from the period before 2 January 2023 or new fees accumulated after 1 November 2023. For the period between these two dates, no fees were charged due to the cyber-attack.

As of 1 November 2023 we will be reinstating overdue notices and fees. These have been on hold since the beginning of 2023 due to the cyber-attack. Items that are not returned on time will be subject to overdue fees after this date. This means that overdue notices will be issued for all overdue items and fees will be charged if these items are not returned or extended.

Since March 2023, the Business, Engineering and Computer Science (TWI) Library has been located at Berliner Tor 7 (second floor). It is home to the collections from the former TWI 1 and TWI 2. The Pop-Up Libary at Berliner Tor 5 (seventh floor) will close on Monday, 17 July 2023. The rooms that have been home to the Pop-Up Library over the last two months will now be transformed into a modern study space.

It will consist of different types of individual study spaces, more possibilities for group work and relaxation areas. The renovated study space will most likely open in 2024. Until then, the usual study spaces are available in the TWI Library (Berliner Tor 7, second floor), the S&P Library (Alexanderstraße 1) and the foyers of Berliner Tor 5 and Alexanderstraße 1.

Ideas for the study space, which will be developed on an ongoing basis, can be sent to library staff via fbtwi_info (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de. Please note that the library materials will remain permanently at the TWI Library at Berliner Tor 7.

For general requests and questions, please use our contact form. If you would like to make a purchasing suggestion, please use thepurchase request form. You can also write directly to HIBS_Service (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de.

General email address: HIBS_Service (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de

Transparency Portal, Open Access and Publication Services: hibs.oa (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de

Business, Engineering and Computer Science Library (TWI): Berliner Tor 7, 20099 Hamburg, T +49 40 / 428 75 3667

Social Work and Nursing Library (S&P): Alexanderstraße 1, 20099 Hamburg, T +49 40 / 428 75 7021

Design, Media and Information Library (DMI): Finkenau 35, 22081 Hamburg +49 40 / 428 75 4631

Life Sciences Library (LS): Ulmenliet 20, 21033 Hamburg +49 40 / 428 75 6468