Study in the library
Open study spaces
Study rooms
Bauhaus-Universität students may use the study rooms in the main and the Limona building after reserving online up to four weeks in advance. »Meine Termine« keeps your reservations ready to view, edit or cancel.
Your thoska will serve as the keycard during your entire reserved time slot. Please note that you must arrive and open the door with your thoska within the first 15 minutes, or your reservation will be cancelled.
If you leave early, please let us know at the service desk. This helps us keep the study rooms available.
Presentation room
Wi-Fi and computers
Wi-Fi
Log in to the »eduroam« Wi-Fi with your university login to use Bauhaus-Universität Weimar WiFi all across campus. »eduroam« is an international Wi-Fi roaming service. If you're visiting from another participating university or institution, log in to the »eduroam« network using your home institution's credentials. You'll find more information on the SCC website.
If you don't have »eduroam« access, you're welcome to use the free Wi-Fi in the main building entrance area.
Computers
Some library study spaces are equipped with computers that allow access to:
- the internet
- LibreOffice suite
- services and electronic ressources licensed to the university library such as e-books, e-journals, databases and streaming services
- Microsoft Office suite (university Microsoft account required)
Some peripherals are available to borrow at the service desk.
University members
Log in to the public computers using your university login.
Guests
At the service desk you may apply for a guest login for the public library computers. You will need a library account.
Setting up a guest login requires a few days. We will let you know by e-mail once your login is ready.
Of course, you're welcome to use the library catalogue terminals to search our collection without a guest login.
Copy, print and scan
Copiers/printers
Combined copiers/printers can be found in:
- library building entrance area
- main building, floor +1
- Limona building, gallery
You will need:
- your university login (including guest login)
- your thoska
- credit on your printing account
Additionally there is one coin-operated printer in the main building, floor -1.
For help with operating the printers, please refer to the Service Center for Computer Systems and Communications (SCC) website, where you'll also find instructions on how to print from your own device using aQrate.
Book scanners
The library provides high quality scanners of different brands for use free of charge. You will need a USB drive to save scans; drives are available to borrow to a library account at the service desk.
| Zeutschel Zeta | Bookeye 5 V2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Main building: floor +1 (x2) Limona: gallery | Main building: lower study room subfloor Limona: gallery |
| maximum size | DIN A3 | DIN A2 |
| maximum resolution | 300 dpi | 600 dpi |
| OCR support | no | yes |
Other equipment
Lockers
In the main building on floor +1, 24 lockers allow Bauhaus-Universität Weimar students to store work materials and borrowed books overnight. The keys are available at the service desk.
Both the Schlüsselordnung and the Gebührenordnung der Universitätsbibliothek at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar apply.
Equipment
Library tours
New students
At the start of each semester we offer guided library tours for first-year students in German or English. During the tour we'll show the different library areas and provide fundamental information on using the library.
During the intro week in October your tutors will coordinate tour dates and times. We also offer tours at any other time for groups of 5-15 people on request.
First-year student services in winter semester 2026/27
| Oct 2nd | Online presentation: More than just books - a university library introduction Speakers: Dr. Frank Simon-Ritz, Dr. Katrin Richter |
|---|---|
| Oct 6th-9th | Library tours (German and English), tutors will organize date and time |
| any time | Online course Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten@Bauhaus (Moodle) Bauhaus-Universität students only |
Tours for schools
Wissen erobern
»Wissen erobern. Schüler*innen entdecken Weimarer Bibliotheken« - »Conquering knowledge. Students discover Weimar libraries« - is a joint project of secondary schoold and libraries in Weimar and aims to teach information literacy to tenth graders who are about to write their Seminarfacharbeit. A lecture and library tours are part of the regular schedule.
- In the lecture, which takes about 75 minutes, a Vice President of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will set the expectations towards future students from a university point of view. Following immediately, the students will receive suggestions how to do research and what advantages different sources and types of citation management software offer, using a fictitious Seminarfach topic. Afterwards, representatives of Weimar libraries will show the importance of relevant topics and competent support using their library collections.
- After the lecture there will be tours through the Weimar public library and the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar university library combined with research exercises.
Dates in the 2026/2027 school year
»Wissen erobern« will take place on March 1st 2027, 8th and 15th 2027. The schedule will be available here from February 2027.
Partners
Staatliches Schulamt Mittelthüringen, Thüringer Institut für Lehrerfortbildung, Lehrplanentwicklung und Medien Bad Berka, Gymnasium Bergschule Apolda, Lyonel-Feininger-Gymnasium Buttelstedt-Mellingen, Marie-Curie-Gymnasium Bad Berka, Berufliches Gymnasium, Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium, Goethe-Gymnasium, Humboldt-Gymnasium, Musikgymnasium Schloss Belvedere (all Weimar), Bibliothek Archäologie (TLDA), Bibliothek der Gedenkstätte Buchenwald, Bibliothek der Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT, Bibliothek der Stiftung Ettersberg, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Stadtbücherei, Umweltbibliothek, Universitätsbibliothek der Bauhaus-Universität (all Weimar).
Project leads
Anke Heß, Staatliches Schulamt Mittelthüringen
Dr. Katrin Richter, university library at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Press releases
4. März 2024: »Demokratie stärken« ist das Recherchethema bei »Wissen erobern«
10. März 2023: Bibliotheksveranstaltung »Wissen erobern« endlich wieder in Präsenz
6. März 2018: Bildungsprojekt »Wissen erobern« vermittelt Schülerinnen und Schülern wissenschaftliches Arbeiten
22. März 2016: 10 Jahre »Wissen erobern«
17. März 2015: »Was viele Studierende täglich nutzen, kann auch für Schüler hilfreich sein«
24. März 2014: Wissen erobern: mehr Teilnehmende denn je
19. März 2013: Wissen erobern: Das Weimarer Projekt startet in eine neue Runde
22. März 2010: Schüler und Lehrer erobern Bibliotheken
20. April 2009: Wissen erobern startet in die dritte Runde
3. März 2008: Bibliotheken entdecken
22. März 2007: Wissen erobern im Audimax
24. Oktober 2006: Wir sind besser als Google!
17. Oktober 2006: Schule und Bibliothek: Wissen erobern
Other tours
Tutorials
Subject specific tutorials
We offer subject specific tutorials tailored to students' and instructors' information needs. These tutorials can be focused on general reference works and library catalogues as well as subject specific bibliographic (full text) databases, e-books and e-journals. Our lectures also provide the fundamentals of selecting, evaluating and managing specialized information as well as overviews over essential sources of information and effective research strategies.
Please contact a subject librarian to set a date and time.
Of course you're also welcome to contact us for individual questions, subject specific research questions, to suggest a book, and more.
| Subject areas | Subject librarian |
|---|---|
| Architecture, Urban planning | Jana Schröder |
| Civil and environmental engineering | Christina Kleffel |
| Art andDesign | Dr. Moritz Lampe |
| [Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften] | Dr. Katrin Richter |
| Economic, computer, political and historical science, law | Dana Horch |
Reference management
The reference management tools Citavi (campus license) and Zotero help you to manage your references, research in specialized databases and library catalogues, collect quotes and references, organize your knowledge, conceptualize your text, plan tasks and automatically generate reference lists in different styles. We offer tutorials for both tools:
| Software | Contact |
|---|---|
| Citavi | Tobias Tolk |
| Zotero | Kerstin Bauer | Dr. Moritz Lampe |