Opening hours and locations

Each of the HAW libraries has its own contact information and opening hours. To find the information for the library you want to use, please click on the library name below.

Business, Engineering and Computer Science (TWI) Library

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Berliner Tor 5 study space (TWI journals)

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Social Work and Nursing (SWN) Library

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Design, Media and Information (DMI) Library

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Life Sciences (LS) Library

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Information about the situation following the cyber-attack

  • It is still possible to scan print media in all of the libraries.
  • Within the HAW Hamburg WLAN network, full access to the libraries' e-media resources is available.
  • WLAN is available in all HAW Hamburg rooms (i.e. not just in the libraries, but also in the Stiftstraße buildings.
  • Additionally, selected e-books can be downloaded and read at home.
  • All e-media resources can be accessed via the HAW Catalogue.

Current information about returning and borrowing items at the service desks

  • You can return items in all of the libraries, but there may still be delays in booking the items back in properly. Fees for overdue items will not be charged.
  • Borrowing is currently only possible for HAW Hamburg members!
  • Borrowing items during service-desk hours is now possible in all of the libraries.

Borrowing and returns during periods without loan desk service

There are certain times when the libraries do not provide any loan desk services but remain open to students. During these opening hours you can work, read and do research in our libraries. It is also possible to borrow and return items.

Borrowing

Borrowing library items is only possible via the self-service checkout stations.

Automated returns

All of the HAW Hamburg libraries have automated returns shelves, which automatically record the returns when books are placed in them. Most items are then immediately available for borrowing again.

Returns bins

It is possible to return items via the returns bins – even when the libraries are closed: 

  • Returns bin, Ulmenliet 20, left of the Mensa beside the blackboard and the cement pillars
  • Returns bin, Finkenau 35, new building
  • Returns bin, Alexanderstrasse 1, in the foyer of Haus A

Please note that the return is not recorded in the system until the next day the library is open. This date is considered the return date. Immediate borrowing of the item or the payment of fees is not possible.

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