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!

On December 11, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., following library services will be temporarily unavailable due to an internal event taking place:

• Circulation desk of the Central Library will be closed
• No staff will be availabe at the University Medical Library

Check-outs and returns will still be possible using the self-service terminals and the self-return machines.

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 may notice higher noise levels over the next few weeks as construction work continues in and around the library.

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.

On the lookout for literature?
But can't seem to find anything suitable for your work in the research portal of the Mainz University Library's holdings?

There's no such thing as "unavailable": Use the interlibrary loan!
We can provide you with almost everything via interlibrary loan from German (and international) libraries.

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/