All libraries will be closed from December 24 through 27, 2026, and from December 31, 2026, through January 1, 2027.

From December 28 through 30, 2026, the following locations will be open as usual:
Law and Economics Library
Central Library (no staff on duty; the circulation desk is closed)
All other libraries will remain closed on these days.

Starting January 2, 2027, the following libraries will be open:
Georg Forster Building Library
Mathematics, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, and Technology Library
Law and Economics Library
Theology Library
Central Library

Regular opening hours at all libraries will resume on January 4, 2027.

We wish you happy holidays and a joyful new year!

The anatomy models will be available to borrow again starting Monday, September 14, 2026!

Please note: The models have been relocated. You will now find them at the Law and Economics Library rather than at the Central Library.

We now provide access to all available e-books from John Benjamins Publishing Company.

The collections include titles in linguistics, translation studies, and related disciplines, including textbooks, course books, and new publications.

Access is available through August 31, 2027.

The Mathematics, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, and Technology Library is getting a new door. From now until approximately early October, the library's current entrance and exit will be closed. Please use the clearly marked entrance on the west side of the building.

Unfortunately, some noise is unavoidable, although the work will be carried out as quietly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

Three key titles from Franz Steiner Verlag on higher education teaching and administration are available as e-books on a trial basis until early October:

• Neues Handbuch Hochschullehre / NHHL: Neues Handbuch Hochschullehre - Neues Handbuch Hochschullehre
• Handbuch Qualität in Studium, Lehre und Forschung / HQSL : Handbuch Qualität in Studium, Lehre und Forschung - Handbuch Qualität in Studium, Lehre und Forschu…
• Personal in Hochschule und Wissenschaft entwickeln / PHW: Personal in Hochschule und Wissenschaft entwickeln - Strategie – Praxis – Forschung

These titles will be added to the library Research Portal and DBIS shortly.

Enjoy exploring these resources. The University Library is looking forward to your feedback!

Big changes are underway at the Central Library. Reading Room 2 is currently being transformed into a new Makerspace and will therefore be closed for the coming months. Once completed, the space will offer exciting new opportunities for creative, practical, and collaborative learning. 

A Makerspace is a place where learning goes beyond reading and writing and becomes hands-on. Equipped with 3D printers, sewing machines, a laser cutter, hand tools, and more, it will provide the resources needed to turn ideas into reality.
Whether you are developing a project for a course, creating something for a student initiative, or simply interested in learning how to use a 3D printer, the Makerspace will offer a welcoming environment to experiment, design, and build. While the primary focus will be on teaching activities and student projects, there will also be dedicated times when anyone with a library card can use the equipment independently.

This renovation is an important step in making our library even more versatile, innovative, and future-oriented. We believe it will be well worth the wait.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the planned Makerspace, please contact Dr Hannah Hartge at h.hartge@ub.uni-mainz.de.

We are pleased to announce access to two new e-book collections for the JGU community.

De Gruyter/Brill
JGU users have access to a comprehensive collection of e-books from De Gruyter and its publishing imprints through April 30, 2027. Included are titles from Birkhäuser, De Gruyter Akademie Forschung, De Gruyter Mouton, De Gruyter Oldenbourg, De Gruyter Saur, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Düsseldorf University Press, and Jovis Verlag, subject to e-book and distribution rights availability. The collection includes current frontlist titles, textbooks, the De Gruyter Book Archive, and the Akademie-Verlag Book Archive.
 

Hanser
JGU users also have access to all available Hanser e-books listed in the current complete title catalog through April 30, 2027. Newly published titles will be added and made available on a monthly basis throughout the access period.
We invite you to explore these extensive collections and take advantage of the wide range of scholarly and educational resources now available.

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.