Library

Library services

The library at Coburg University of Applied Sciences provides members of the university with literature and information. However, it is also open to interested members of the public for academic purposes and professional development. In the library, more than 90,000 media can be used in the reading room or ordered from the stacks. In addition, around 340 journals are accessible. The current volumes are available in the reading room, the older volumes in the magazine stacks. The library also offers access to numerous electronic media, such as various databases (TEMA WTI Frankfurt, WISO), e-journals and e-books. It is also the official distribution point for DIN standards.

Service

  • User training
  • Library tours
  • Support with media research
  • Order books online
  • Lending
  • Self-checkout at the library terminal (only for university members)
  • Extend loan periods

Partial service is not possible:

  • Receive library information
  • Extend loan periods
  • Pay fees

The University Library team will be happy to inform you about the available media, databases and e-books. You will receive support with online research and an introduction to the wide range of media on offer.

Online library catalog

Students can use the online catalog WebOPAC to search the library holdings of Coburg University of Applied Sciences and our partner university in Aschaffenburg. They also have access to a Germany-wide interlibrary loan service.

Locations

The Central Library is located at the Friedrich Streib Campus. There is a branch library on the Design Campus. Books can be ordered or reserved and collected via the library catalog at both locations. Books borrowed from the Central Library cannot be returned to the Branch Library and vice versa.

Use by students, employees and lecturers

You log in to WebOPAC with your user number, which can be found on the back of your student or service ID card (above the barcode), and with the password, which is made up of your birthday and month (example: 11.05.1988: 1105).

Fees

The proper use of the university library is free of charge for university members. Costs are only incurred if the loan period is exceeded and items are not renewed on time. The amount of the overdue fines will be announced in the library.

User regulations

The General User Regulations of the Bavarian State Libraries (ABOB) apply to the library of Coburg University of Applied Sciences.

Use by external parties

External visitors will receive a library card upon presentation of their identity card.
Use of the library is free of charge.

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Opening hours

Friedrich Streib Campus Library:
Monday – Friday: 08:00 – 17:00
17:00 – 22:00 (limited service)*
Saturday: 10:00 – 18:00 (limited service)*

Lecture-free days
Monday – Thursday: 08:00 – 16:00
Friday: 08:00 – 14:00

Campus Design Library:
Monday – Friday: 09:00 – 15:00
Closed on lecture-free days

Special opening hours
Friday, 03.10.25 (public holiday): all facilities closed
Saturday, 01.11.25 (public holiday): all facilities closed
Monday, 03.11.25 (day of availability):

  • Campus Friedrich-Streib: 08:00 – 16:00
  • Campus Design: closed

Which services are available during the restricted service period?

  • Borrowing and returning media
  • Collection of ordered and reserved media

What is NOT possible during the restricted service period?

  • Payment of reminder fees
  • Extension of loan periods at the counter
  • Research support and library information

Management

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