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

................................................................................................................................................................................................

HIBS Learning Center (Berliner Tor 5 study space)

................................................................................................................................................................................................

Social Work and Nursing (SWN) Library

................................................................................................................................................................................................

Design, Media and Information (DMI) Library

................................................................................................................................................................................................

Life Sciences (LS) Library

................................................................................................................................................................................................

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

  • You can return items in all of the HAW libraries. Returns via automated returns shelves are possible again. You will still not incur any new fees at the moment.
  • 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 are primarily from the period before 2 January 2023.
  • 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. Borrowing is no longer restricted to members of HAW Hamburg and Hamburg's state universities, but is also open to external library users.

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 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.

Social Media Social Media