Opening hours
The library is open Mon-Fri 9.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m., Sat-Sun 10.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m.
The library is closed on bank holidays.
Total overview of opening hours for all areas:
| Information (Information Centre) | Mon-Fri 9.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m., Sat 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. |
| Lending Centre | Mon-Fri 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m., Sat 10.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m. |
| Exhibition Room | Mon-Fri 9.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m., Sat-Sun 10.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m. |
| Library cards / Service Desk | Mon-Fri 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m., Sat 10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. |
| Book returns | Mon-Fri 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m., Sat 10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (outside of these hours: book return bins) |
| Interlibrary loan information | Mon-Fri 11.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m. |
| Dissertation Office | Mo-Fr 9.00 a.m. - midday and by appointment (please call us). |
| Information Centre: Catalogues, book ordering and Internet PCs | Mon-Fri 9.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m., Sat-Sun 10.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m. |
| Payment machine | Mon-Fri 9.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m., Sat-Sun 10.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m. |
| Textbook collection (Lending Centre) | Mon-Fri 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m., Sat 10.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m. |
| Reading rooms | Mon-Fri 9.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m., Sat-Sun 10.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m. |
| Mulit-Media Centre | Mon-Fri 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. |
| Group study room 4 | Mon-Fri 9.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m., Sat-Sun 10.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m. |
| Self-service area (Lending Centre) | Mon-Fri 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m., Sat 10.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m. |
Special collections
| Hamburg Reading Room | Mon-Fri 9.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m., Sat-Sun 10.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m. |
| Manuscript reading room | Mon-Fri, Fri 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m., Thu 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. |
| Map collection | Mon-Fri, Fri 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m., Thu 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. |
Special collections / other facilities (old building)
| Medical Association Library | Mon 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m., Tue 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m., Wed 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m., Thu 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m., Fri 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. |
| Borchert Archive | Wed 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. |
| Hamburg Theatre Collection | Mon, Tue 1.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m., Wed, Thu 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., Fri 10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. |
| Linga Library | Mon 10.00 a.m. - midday, Tue, Thu 10.00 a.m. - midday, 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m., Wed 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m., Fri 10.00 a.m. - midday, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. |
| Walter A. Berendsohn Research Centre for Exile Literature / Ossietzky Reading Room | Mon 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m., Tue, Wed 10.00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m., Thu 10.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m. |
| Wolfgang Schweitzer Library, Hamburg Homoeopathic Library | Mon, Thu 11.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m., Tue, Wed 3.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. |
