Universitätsbibliothek.Newsletter

The 3G entry restrictions for higher education institutions were already lifted on March 19th 2022 when the new Thuringian infection prevention directive (»Thüringer Verordnung zur Regelung infektionsschutzrechtlicher Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung des Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2«) came into effect.
In addition and following the latest legal regulations, the university library is currently developing a hygiene plan that is to come into effect on April 4th 2022 and meant to further ease restrictions. One major change we are currently considering is that for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, we intend to no longer reduce visitor numbers by restricting entry. University members as well as guests would then be able to visit the library without having to be counted or registered. We expect to be able to make more study spaces available, reopen the lockers to keep personal materials overnight and enable groups up to 5 persons to book study rooms. Since all this makes it difficult to keep the minimum distance, library visitors will still be required to continuously wear masks during a library visit. The general hygiene precautions will likewise remain in effect.
We will keep you up to date about the hygiene plan’s approval and the easing of restrictions. Please make sure to additionally check our website and signs in the library building itself.

After a brief trial the university library decided to make »Der Spiegel« available online. Licensed courtesy of the hebis consortium, the magazine is available within the university network, with access provided by Munzinger. A VPN connection additionally provides enables access from outside the university network for university members. For special convenience there is a keyword search covering not only digital issues but the entire archives. We also continue to subscribe to the print version, and the current and recent issues will still be available on the gallery in the Limona building.

Along with the printed version of »VDI-Nachrichten: Technik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft« the university library now also offers online access to the periodical’s full text from all across campus. Online access is provided by Nomos and also covers access to the archives up to the year 2020. University members will be able to access the service from outside the university network using Shibboleth.
VDI-Nachrichten contains reports on developments in technics and technology and the relevant framing conditions in economy and society, making it an important source of specialized information in technics and engineering.

Aided by University Communications, the university library has developed a new library flyer containing concise information on the library and its services. It is available in German and English at the service and information desks as well as online as a PDF file.

The university library will be closed over the Easter holidays, i.e. from Friday, April 15th until Monday, April 18th, including Saturday.