Universitätsbibliothek.Newsletter

Due to the corona pandemic, special rules apply to library visits. A maximum of 127 people is allowed to stay inside the library at the same time. All visitors of the reading and working areas are therefore requested to check in and out at the designated terminal both when entering and when leaving these areas. This process realizes both counting the people and the currently required contact tracking. University members can simply use their thoska to check in and out, guest users please contact the service desk.
With regard to employees of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, the staff council points out that university staff should not use the library workstations if possible, as they either work from home anyway or an office workstation is available to them that better meets the requirements of the current Corona-related occupational health and safety ordinance.
The information desks in the reading and open access areas are still not manned and we ask you to keep personal contacts inside the library to a minimum. If you have any questions, please send an email to info[at]ub.uni-weimar.de. Compliance with the general hygiene and distance rules is expected. Please also note the obligation to wear a medical mouth and nose protection (surgical mask or FFP2 mask) during your entire library stay as well as further information on site or on our website.
The infection protection concept of the University Library of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Infektionsschutzkonzept) applies.

Due to the pandemic-related restrictions, the University Library had suspended late fees for borrowed items since December 16th, 2020. The period of suspension is now coming to an end. Please return any items that are already overdue or will be due by May 3^rd, 2021 in time or – if possible - extend the loan period online in your library account.

The regulations with the copyright collectives VG Wort and VG Bild-Kunst in force due to the current corona crisis situation have been extended to July 31, 2021. Until this date, libraries are still allowed to send partial copies of books (max. 10%) and articles from scientific journals directly to patrons by e-mail as part of inter-library loan services.

The Open Access monograph »Stadtpolitik für alle. Städte zwischen Pandemie und Transformation«, edited by Anton Brokow-Loga and Prof. Dr. Frank Eckardt, chair of Urban Studies and Social Research, was funded through the Open Access Publication Fund. The open access publication fees of the book published by the Graswurzelrevolution publishing house were financed as part of the Open Access funding of the State of Thuringia. The publication is freely accessible online under a CC-BY-NC license in OPUS Weimar.
You can find more information on urban research here.
The Open Access Publication Fund of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar has made it possible to promote open access monographs since 2019. The funding guidelines and information on how to apply can be found here.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar has been participating in the Open Access Program for Institutions (IOAP) of the open access publisher MDPI since April 2021. With the institutional membership at MDPI, all authors of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar receive a discount of 10 percent on the article processing fees (APC). Last year, a total of 29 publications by members of the Bauhaus University Weimar were published by MDPI. Of these, 16 articles by first authors were fully funded through the Open Access Publication Fund of the Bauhaus University. Applications for funding scientific articles in Open Access can be submitted at any time using the application form.