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 and the Kunsthochschule 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!

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.

From November 10 to December 12, 2025, a book protection project will be taking place in the Theology Library.

During this period, some books may be temporarily available for on-site use only and the library will be open Monday through Friday 10 a.m.—4 p.m..

Due to ongoing work, it may be temporarily louder than usual in the reading rooms and between the shelves. Thank you for your understanding.

Thank you for your understanding.

The University Library is offering all members of JGU trial access to the CAIRN.INFO Humanities & Social Sciences platform, which provides nearly 670 French-language academic journals and magazines in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, and cultural studies.

• Journals: 648 scholarly journals spanning topics from Africulture all the way to Zilsel.
• Magazines: 21 magazines, including Alternatives Économiques, Beaux-Arts Magazine, Philosophie Magazine, and Socialter.

Access available until November 30, 2025!

https://shs.cairn.info/