UB Mainz – Gut zu wissen

Loans, returns, interlibrary loans, and research access unavailable or restricted on December 17, 2024, from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.

06.12.2024

On Tuesday, December 17, 2024, following services will not be available from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. due to urgent maintenance work:

  • Loans  
  • Returns  
  • Availability display of the Research Portal
  • Features of your account
  • Interlibrary Loans

Thank you for your understanding.

Opening hours around Christmas and New Year's Eve

19.11.2024

The Translation Studies, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies Library in Germersheim will be closed from December 21, 2024 up to and including January 3, 2025.

 

The Georg Forster Building Library and the Central Library will be closed from December 23, 2024 up to and including including January 1, 2025. From January 2 to January 3, 2025 these two libraries will be open without specialist staff. However, no loan or returns are possible during this period.

 

From December 23, 2024 up to and including January 3, 2025, all other locations will be closed.

 

We wish you happy holidays and a joyful new year!

Starting on December 1, 2024꞉ German-Language Titles from Nomos Verlag

02.12.2024

Nomos Verlag releases over 1,200 works each year. Their publications include classic academic literature, practice-oriented handbooks and comprehensive study materials. 

From now on, we offer full-text access to their German-language titles in law, social sciences and humanities via our research portal.

NEWS: Digital Cultural Heritage "Cross – Wheel – Lion"

25.11.2024

The ‚Cross – Wheel – Lion‘ cultural heritage portal provides digital and interactive access to Rhineland-Palatinate's cultural heritage in a single centralized platform for the first time. It serves as a showcase where participating museums, archives, libraries and other institutions can present their treasures across disciplines.

 

The portal was developed and set up by the Mainz University Library on behalf of the Ministry for Family, Women, Culture and Integration of Rhineland-Palatinate. Designed by the agency “SCHUMACHER Brand + Interaction Design”

Open Library—Door’s closed, but the library is open!

04.11.2024

Starting off with a test phase from November 4, 2024, we will operate the Musicology location of the Humanities Library as an Open Library. 

 

What does this mean? The Open Library is open for you, even if we’re not around. Allowing us to create the conditions for flexible opening hours in the future. You can find all information about this in this overview.

Gutenberg Bibles from the Gutenberg Museum accessible in Gutenberg Capture

16.10.2024

In cooperation with the Gutenberg Museum and other partners, the University Library Mainz has digitized two valuable Gutenberg Bibles and made them accessible online. The digitized Bibles can now be browsed through in "Gutenberg Capture", viewed in detail and searched thanks to a special text recognition software developed at JGU.

 

This project makes Gutenberg's cultural heritage accessible to the public and researchers worldwide.

 

Detailed press release
The Gutenberg Bibles in the Gutenberg Museum

Workaround for issue with JGU-Ausweise-App

13.09.2024

Unfortunately, there are currently issues with the “JGU-Ausweise-App,” especially on iPhones. Our data center (ZDV) is working on a solution. In the meantime, please use this link or one of the QR codes on our self-service terminals to access your library card:

https://account.uni-mainz.de/id-cards 

 

If you have any questions, feel free to contact our library staff at the information desks.​

Chat with us: Monday—Friday, 10 a.m.—4 p.m.

21.10.2024

You can ask any library related questions directly via live chat. We're available to help Monday—Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. via the chat function (except on public holidays and Shrove Monday). To start, simply click the green chat symbol in the corner of your screen on our website. Looking forward to hearing from you!

 

We are still available to help you via phone, email, or in person at our service desks. For more extensive questions, feel free to make an appointment for a consultation.

New E-Book Offerings: Philology, Romance Studies, German as a Foreign Language (DaF), German as a Second Language (DaZ)

04.10.2024

From now on, you will find a selection of titles from Erich Schmidt Verlag on the topics of philology, Romance studies and German as a foreign or second language in our research portal: from A as in "Aber-Relationen" to Z as in "Zwischen verlorenem Lied und überliefertem Epos".

New Service: Virtual Guidance System

05.04.2024

With the help of our new virtual guidance system, you can view the exact location of all freely accessible media, down to the specific shelf.

 

To do this, go to the Research Portal and call up the desired title. A link next to the location information will take you directly to the 3D model of one of our library buildings. There, you can recognize the shelf you are looking for by the highlighted color.

 

The system is still under development, but we are eager to make it available to you now. If you notice any errors, please send your feedback to info@ub.uni-mainz.de. Thank you!