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Opening hours

ULB Central Library

Krummer Timpen 3, 48143 Münster
Directions [de] | Subject experts

  • Library (reading rooms, research 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.

  • Open stacks (access and lending),
    Reading room counter
  • Textbook collection,
    Self-collection area
  • 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
  • Information
    • Mon – Fri: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
      Info
  • DigiLab
    • Mon – Fri: 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. (service 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
      Info [de]
  • Manuscript reading room
    • Tue – Fri: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
      Info
  • University publications office
    • Mon – Fri: 9 a.m. – 12 noon
      or by appointment
      Info
  • *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 2019, these extended opening hours apply from 7 Jan to 10 Feb and from 17 June to 21 Jul.

Newspaper archive

Bispinghof 24/25, 48143 Münster
Directions [de]

Use
Mon – Fri: 1.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.
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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 apply around Christmas and the turn of the year.