ULB closed from 19 March!
In response to the Corona pandemia all WWU buildings – and so also the Central Library and all faculty libraries – will be closed from 19 March until further notice.
FAQs about loan periods, fees, orders, etc.
ULB Central Library
Krummer Timpen 3, 48143 Münster
Directions [de] | Subject experts
- Library (reading rooms, research room, group room),
Returns-
Mon – Fri: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Sat – Sun: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. *
reading rooms | research room [de] |returns Stacks and service areas close at least 30 minutes before the Central Library closes. Books can be returned during the entire opening hours.
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- Open stacks (access and lending),
Reading room counter- Mon – Fri: 8 a.m. – 9.30 p.m.
Sat–Sun: 10 a.m. – 7.30 p.m. *
open stacks |lending | reading room
- Mon – Fri: 8 a.m. – 9.30 p.m.
- Textbook collection,
Self-collection area- Mon – Fri: 9 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Sat – Sun: 10 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. *
textbook collection | self-collection
- Mon – Fri: 9 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
- Registration
- Mon – Wed & Fri: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Thu: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Info
- Mon – Wed & Fri: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
- Information
- Mon – Fri: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Info
- Mon – Fri: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
- DigiLab
- Mon – Fri: 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. (service 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
Info [de]
- Mon – Fri: 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. (service 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
- Manuscript reading room
- Tue – Fri: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Info
- Tue – Fri: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- University publications office
- Mon – Fri: 9 a.m. – 12 noon
or by appointment
Info
- Mon – Fri: 9 a.m. – 12 noon
- *To meet the increased demand for learning and working places during the exam periods, the Central Library is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the weekend as well around the respective end of lectures. The open stacks in the basement (access and lending) and the reading room counter are open from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on weekends, the textbook collection and the self-collection area from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
In 2020, these extended opening hours apply from 6 Jan to 9 Feb and from 22 June to 26 Jul.
Newspaper archive
Bispinghof 24/25, 48143 Münster
Directions [de]
Use
Mon – Thu: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
The ULB remains closed every year:
- 1 January
- Carnival Monday
- Good Friday/Holy Saturday/Easter Sunday/Easter Monday
- 1 May
- Ascension Day
- Pentecost Sunday/ Pentecost Monday
- Corpus Christi
- 3 October
- 1 November
- 24 – 26 December
- 31 December
Different opening hours [de] apply around Christmas and the turn of the year.