Booking of study booth
Lockers
Wi-Fi
Computers and electronic resources
Nappy changing room
Book scanner
What is available on each floor of the library?
Booking of study booth
Five study booth are available on the 2nd floor, which you can reserve daily via the booking system from 9 am to 6.30 pm. It is not possible to book the other reading places and workstations.
Lockers
Taking bags and backpacks into the reading rooms is permitted.
Lockers are available on the lower ground floor. The lockers are designed to be used with your own padlock. A small number of padlocks are available to borrow at the issue desk. You will need to leave a deposit of 10 euros and return the padlock by the end of the day. It is not permitted to leave items in the lockers overnight. All the lockers will be opened for security reasons after the library has closed.
You can use our transport baskets for your personal documents - on the basement level by the lockers.
Wi-Fi
Wireless internet is provided free of charge in the public areas of the library. To connect to the Wi-Fi network of the University of Cologne ('UniKoeln-802.1X' or 'UniKoeln-WEB'), you will need to download and install a VPN-Client. To do this, users can apply for an account with the University of Cologne. For more details, including information on how to obtain a guest account (only in German), please visit http://rrzk.uni-koeln.de/accounts.html.
Computers and electronic resources
Our reading rooms provide plenty of space for individuals and groups to work in a calm and productive environment. They also offer computers with Internet access for scientific research purposes. To access the Internet you will lead a library card.
Within the network of the University of Cologne, you can access a wide range of databases and eJournals.
Once you have found the results you need, you can choose to either print them, send them by e-mail, or save them to a USB stick. No office software is installed on the computers.
Nappy changing room
A changing room for babies and toddlers is located in the disabled toilets on the ground floor (opposite the lending desk). The key is available from the lending desk.
Book scanner
ZB MED provides bookscanners which can be conveniently used to scan literature and save it on an USB stick.
What is available on each floor of the library?
Floor plans (German only)
Ground Floor
First floor
Second floor
It is prohibited to make telephone calls, smoke, eat, or drink in the reading rooms (though water bottles are permitted).
Lower ground floor:
- Toilets
- Lockers
Ground floor/entrance area
- General information, lending desk
- Self-checkout points for textbooks
- Disabled toilets
Ground floor/reading room
- Reading places
- PCs
- InfoCenter
- Microfilm/microfiche readers
- Scanner
- Textbook collection
- Books acquired by the library since 2010
- Patient reference materials
- Handbooks/dictionaries
First floor
- Journal issues from the year 1995 onwards
- PC workstations
- Scanner
- Toilets
- Copy card dispenser
- Copy card recharging
Second floor
- Journal issues from the year 1995 onwards
- Reading places
- Study booths
- Scanner
- Toilets
- PCs on raised desks for conducting searches
