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Closed stack requests

Holdings that the ULB catalogue indicates are located in closed stacks (Magazin) are kept in areas of the library that the public cannot access. Please request these holdings via the ULB catalogue. Your requests will be made available in the respective pick-up area or in the Special Reading Room. For more information on closed stack requests, see our FAQs.

FAQ

Pick-up times
Central Library / Closed stacks:
Pick-up in the Central Library
Mon– Sun
Request by midnight

Available for pick-up from 10am on the next working day (except on Saturdays)

Humanities / Closed stacks:
Pick-up in the Central Library

Mon – Sun
Request by midnight

Available for pick-up from 10am on the next working day (except on Saturdays)

External / Closed stacks:
Pick-up in the Central Library

Mon – Sun
Request by midnight

Available for pick-up from 10am on the next working day (except on Saturdays)

Mauerstrasse / Closed stacks:
Pick-up in the Central Library

Thu-Wed
Request by midnight

Pick-up from 10am on the following Friday

Medicine / Closed stacks:
Pick-up in the Medical Library (O.A.S.E)

Mon-Sun
Request by midnight

Available for pick-up from 12am on the next working day (except on Saturdays)

No, you won’t be notified and the status will not change in your library account.

Regardless of the day the request is placed, closed stack requests are held until midnight on Tuesday.

  • Central Library, Building/Floor 24.41.00
     
  • Medical Library/O.A.S.E., Building/Floor 16.61.04 (only for requests from the medical closed stack)
  • Closed stack requests that are available for loan are made available in the library’s pick-up area.
     
  • Closed stack requests that are for reference only are made available in the Special Reading Room (Central Library, Building/Floor 24.41.01). Please note the opening times of the Special Reading Room.
     
  • Exception: non-borrowable media from the medical closed stack (Außenmagazin Medizin) are made available in the Medical Library (Building/Floor 16.61.04). Please note the service hours.

Requests are sorted by patron group and (alpha-)numerically within these.

HHU students Student ID number (see HHU Card)
HHU staff

Library card (number starts with a “C” or “N”)

Other patrons

Library card (number starts with an “E”)

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