Library tour for new students

Library tour for new students

Welcome to the library of the HTWK Leipzig!

The picture on the screen shows an exterior view of the library building.

On the screen is a photograph of a female student entering the library.

Before you enter, you can leave your bag in one of the lockers.

You need a 1 or 2 EUR coin for this.

A picture of the lockers is shown. There are lockers in different sizes.

Ground floor

When you have walked through the second set of doors, you are standing in the foyer of our library.

As you can see, we have

• a service desk
• relaxing sofas
• research and computer workstations
• a central printer, self-service stations
• a bathroom for disabled persons / baby-care room
• a desk with newly arrived books

Pictures of all of these things are shown.

... and also

• Orientation literature (books which help you with your studies, literature on the history and the culture of the region, literature for learning German)
• Newspaper
• Information material

This is where exhibitions take place as well as special activities and public reading events during the Leipzig Book Fair.

Photographs of different events are shown, including exhibitions and a reading event.

Now we are in the large staircase.

On the right is the charging station. If you want to copy or print something, you need to charge your student ID.

There is also a validation station located here.

In the large staircase – and also on every floor – there is an information board which helps you find your way around the library.

An information board is shown with the information of the subjects found on each floor. The subjects are colour-coded.

0: cloak room, service desk, information, research

1: single-study rooms, group-study rooms, textbook collection, theses

Grey: academic learning and writing, languages

2: single-study rooms

Royal blue: Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Green: IT, Natural Sciences

3: work and study places, reference collection

Red: Economics, Media, Communication

Light blue: Law

4: Brown: Architecture

Orange: Library and Information Science

Yellow: Museology

Pink: Social Sciences

You can use the lift for barrier-free access to all areas of the library.

Now we are on the first floor.

The floor with the yellow reading room.

On the screen is a picture of study places in the reading room, each with an outlet and a lamp.

There is an info desk with research computers, office supplies and a phone - just like on all other floors. Feel free to call the service desk, if you need help.

There is also a scanner on this floor.

On the screen is a photograph of the info desk on which are 3 computers and a scanner at the end.

This is followed by a picture of a bookshelf where theses can be seen and then another picture with dictionaries on a bookshelf.

The theses of HTWK graduates as well as literature for language learning are situated on this floor.

A picture of books on academic learning and writing appears ... and also a large collection of books on academic learning and writing.

Then the picture shows a bubble with the following terms: academic papers, structuring theses, rhetoric, M.A. thesis, citation, giving presentations, presenting, B.A. thesis.

Then a different picture is shown: a shelf with books that are marked by a yellow bar in addition to the normal labels.

The textbook collection is also located on this floor. This collection consists of multiple copies of recommended reading for all university courses.

You can recognise these textbooks by the yellow bar.

A picture of a male student in a single-study room is shown.

... and there are also seven self-study rooms on this floor.

We recommend that you make a timely reservation

• via the form on the website

or

• by phone, e-mail or in person at the service desk.

On this floor are also

• group-study rooms which are equipped with a whiteboard and 55” screens. One of them is a room for parents and children where toys and books are provided.

Please make a reservation via the form on the website, in person, via e-mail or phone.

• There is also a training room with a number of computers which you are welcome to use when there are no courses or other events taking place.

On the way to the group-study rooms we have just walked past the toilets which are in just this location on all four upper floors.

A picture of the door to the toilets is shown. An arrow points to the toilets which are on the left-hand side on the way to the group-study rooms. Across is the door to the small staircase.

Welcome to the second floor!

Where the purple reading room is situated.

A picture is shown of the reading room with individual study places. Each of them consists of a desk with a chair, an outlet and a lamp.

Here is literature on

• Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
• Mathematics
• Natural Sciences
• Information Technology

There are also 7 more single-study rooms.

A picture of a male student in a single-study room is shown.

Are you looking for a specific journal?

On every floor, the corresponding journals for the subjects are also located on that floor. The current issues are behind the “flap”, issues since 2002 are in bound volumes on the shelves and older issues are in the closed stacks. Please order these via our website.

You can see how this is done right here:

https://mediaserver.htwk-leipzig.de/permalink/v125f58078b6c75tzgz0/

Watch out! Journals cannot be checked out. Please read them in the library.

Now we have arrived on the third floor!

The floor with the blue reading room.

A picture is shown of individual study places. Each of them consists of a desk with a chair, an outlet and a lamp.

Then, there is a picture of a student who chooses books from a bookshelf.

Here is the literature on:

• Economics
• Law
• Media and Communication

... and also a small collection of fiction and children's books.

Bookshelves from the reference collection in the blue reading room can be seen.

There is also the reference collection (books which cannot be checked out). This includes lexicons, dictionaries, large-format volumes which can only be used in the library. Furthermore, there is one reference copy for every title of the textbook collection (unless an e-book is available).

Pictures of the scanner and the work and study place for visually impaired persons are shown.

There is also

• a scanner
• a work and study place for visually impaired persons

and

• the orientation literature. These are books which help you with your studies, literature on the history and the culture of the region and for learning German.

And now we have arrived at the top – on the fourth floor!

The floor with the best view.

This floor is the location of literature on

• Social Work
• Architecture
• Museology
• Library and Information Science
• and Journalism/Publicity

... as well as more study places and a copying machine.

We will use the small staircase for going back down. The door is right across from the toilets.

You can use this staircase for making phone calls so that other users will not be distracted.

You would like to know more? Our e-learning courses and tutorials can help you!

Click here to access the services.

And we, the library staff, are here to help and support you!

Opening hours

Monday through Friday: 9 am to 8 pm

Saturday: 9 am to 4 pm

Phone: +49 341 3076-6593

E-Mail: bibliothek (at) htwk-leipzig.de