General

Please order the desired media with a lead time of at least two working days before the date of use via the contact form or by phone at 0351 4677-514. A valid SLUBCARD is required.

Further information

Collections Reading Room

We offer a rich program of events, please check this page for more information: Trainings and events

We also offer individual consultations concerning manifold research topics within our Wissensbar service.

No, the extension of the validity of the SLUBcard is not possible via an online form or any other web option of the user account.

But you can renew the validity of your SLUBcard via the contact form on the SLUB homepage, via SLUBChat or by phone at +49 351 4677-390.

For this purpose we need the following data from you:

• user number
• name, first name
• date of birth
• current address

If you are a member of the TU Dresden, we would ask you to provide proof of this.

If you intend to use our online ressources or would like to lend books from the SLUB, you will need a SLUBCARD. For simply staying at the SLUB you do not have to register.
 

Further information:

• Become a SLUB user​​​​​​​

Please check the following link for the current opening hours of the Central Library and other locations. 

Using the SLUB is free of charge.
However, there are fees for specific services, such as digitization orders, interlibrary loan, or exceedance of lending periods.

Further information:

• <link>Library fees and charges

All persons of 14 years and above may use the SLUB Dresden.

Further information:

• <link>Registration

The SLUBCARD is valid for 400 days.

There are extended features available if you sign in to your user account on the SLUB website. By doing this, you can easily order media from the closed stacks, request or reserve borrowed media or view licensed documents from outside the SLUB.
 

Use the catalogue entry to determine the signature of a desired medium, e.g. open access area - Shelf-mark: ZH 3470 W214. This Shelf-mark is linked. Clicking on it takes you to the 3D model/virtual building plan, in which the exact location of the shelf and further information are displayed.

Yes, there are. Public tours through the <link>treasure room take place on Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. Fees will not be charged. Interested parties meet in the <link http: threed>foyer in the Central Library.

Yes, it is. Please send us a list with information on title, author and year of publication by email or mail. 

Postal address for donations:
SLUB Dresden
Referat 3.1 Kauf und Pflicht / Geschenke
01054 Dresden

We accept:

• Titles that fit into our specialised information services Art, Music, Transport and Saxonica
• Titles published before 1850 (all subject areas)
• Volumes in perfect condition
• Dissertations in the fields of music, art, transport and Saxonica

Book boxes are lockers where borrowed items can be kept temporarily. Please get in touch with our staff at the circulation desk of the respective SLUB location. In case all <link>book boxes are occupied, you can make a <link>reservation via the SLUB catalog.

A Semesterapparat is a compilation of selected media (key texts) for a course at university. There are Semesterapparate consisting of books (Buchsemesterapparat), there are electronic Semesterapparate as well as audiovusual ones.
 

Further information:

• Semesterapparate in the SLUB

Students who are writing their final thesis can apply for a carrel. A lottery then decides on the allocation of the carrels.

Further information:

• <link>SLUB procedure for allocating carrels

Our group working rooms at the Central Library, but also at decentralized locations can be booked online. Bookings are possible up to 14 calendar days in advance with a valid SLUB login.

Yes, this is possible. To do so, please fill out the <link>form PurchaseTip (KaufTipp). We generally buy the titles that you suggest and consider necessary for your scientific work. However, we do check whether the contents of the PurchaseTip (KaufTipp) fit within our collection scope and whether there are similar alternatives that we already have in-house. This is to ensure that our budget is used as efficiently as possible.

Further information:

• <link>Help with PurchaseTip

For lost items please ask at the service desks of our <link>locations. Lost and found items will be handed over to the Lost and Found Office of the City of Dresden on the first and third Thursday of each month after two weeks.

Yes. If you definitely intend to end your SLUB membership, you can let us know. To be able to do so, all your obligations towards the SLUB have to be fulfilled. You will return your SLUBCARD and we will delete your data record.

No. Eating and drinking is only permitted in the dedicated rooms (foyer, cafeteria, lunch rooms). Bottled water is allowed everywhere, except the special collections reading room.

From April 2023, our new baskets will come into use. This means that the Central Library will once again be subject to personal belongings restrictions. With this, we want to more effectively protect our collections in the future. This means: If you want to work, read or study in the Central Library, store your jackets and bags in one of the lockers beforehand. This also applies to food, snacks, fruit and similar items. There are plenty of lockers and break areas available for this purpose. Don't forget: The lockers require 1 or 2 euro coins as a deposit. Of course, you can still bring your work materials into the library - in one of the baskets provided. All do's and don'ts for the new SLUB check-in can be found at www.slubdd.de/checkin.