The Georg Forster Building Library, the Central Library, and the Law and Economics Library will be closed from December 24 to 26, 2025, and from December 31, 2025 to January 1, 2026.

The Mathematics, Computer Science, Natural Sciences and Technology Library, the Theology Library, and the University Medicial Library will be closed from December 24, 2025 up to and including January 2, 2026.

The Translation Studies, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies Library in Germersheim, the Kunsthochschule Library, the Musicology Library, and the School of Music Library will be closed from December 22, 2025 up to and including January 4, 2026.

All other library locations will be closed from December 24, 2025 up to and including January 4, 2026.

All libraries will reopen as usual on January 5, 2026.

We wish you happy holidays and a joyful new year!

Media requests submitted via the Search Portal will not be processed or made available for pickup from December 23, 2025, through and including January 4, 2026. We will resume regular service on January 5, 2026. You will receive a pickup notification once your requested item is ready.

Since December, many e-bboks have been available to you on the Inlibra platform. To access the electronic resources licensed for you, authentication is required. In many cases, authentication occurs automatically when you are connected to the JGU Wi-Fi network and using a VPN connection, as is the case with our other electronic resources (see the ZDV instructions for VPN setup).

If automatic authentication does not work, please follow these steps instead:
1. Click »Sign in«
2. Click »Login via Shibboleth«
3. Enter »Mainz«
4. Select »Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz«
5. If prompted, click »Allow«
6. Log in as usual via the JGU central authentication page

On public computers in our libraries, authentication via Shibboleth is not required.

In December, the University Medical Library will be testing its Open Library service during extended off-peak hours. Access to the library will be provided through automated systems. Staff will remain on-site during these periods and will be happy to assist with any questions.

Learn more about the Open Library

You can now explore the following e-book collections:

Meiner elibrary

You now have access to e-books from Felix Meiner Verlag as well as partner publishers Helmut Buske Verlag, Klampen Verlag, Edition Nautilus, ça ira-Verlag, and Universitätsverlag Winter Heidelberg until November 30, 2026.

The collection offers a rich variety of resources, from scholarly monographs and books series to editions, textbooks, study aids, dictionaries, and reference works. It spans a broad range of subjects, including philosophy, literary studies, linguistics, philology, classical studies, history, and social sciences.

Mohr Siebeck

All e-books–including newest releases and textbooks–are yours to access until November 30, 2026. Note that commentaries, editions, text editions, and certain individual titles are excluded.

Access is available via VPN using your JGU account.

Our USA Library is celebrating its 30th anniversary this week. Established on November 20, 1995, on the basis of holdings from the Camp Lindsey Library (for members of the U.S. Air Force in Wiesbaden), it has since grown continuously and today comprises more than 80,000 print materials as well as access to digital newspapers, journals, and e-books. The aim of the USA Library, which is open, to the public is to provide users with comprehensive literature on the history, culture, politics, and social aspects of the United States.

To mark the anniversary, we are showing the documentary film “The Librarians” about book bans in schools in Texas on November 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the “Muschel” (Lecture Hall N3), in cooperation with the Obama Institute.

In addition, a small exhibition in the area between the Georg Forster Building and the Central Library, as well as in the "AMA Schaukasten", provides information about book bans in the United States.