Central Library
Whether quiet work or creative exchange with others: In our central library on the campus of the TU Dresden, we offer the best environment for every request - quiet reading room atmosphere, flexible group work areas, bookable group rooms, carrels for writing scientific theses, break zones, a parent-child room and much more.
We offer you more than ten million freely accessible media on three levels, categorised by subject (according to the Regensburg classification system).
- Level 0 - General, sociology, natural sciences and technology, psychology, Saxonica, textbook collection
- Level -1 - Art and music
Reading room Collections of manuscripts and rare prints
Media library with media, sheet music, players and e-piano; Makerspace M3 (record digitisation)
Reading area for microforms with digitisation station
Newspapers/magazines - Level -2 - Linguistics and literature, philosophy, architecture, history and religion, stenographic collection
Offers on site
You can use the following rooms in the Central Library:
- Large reading room, flexible and bookable group study areas, parent-child room, break areas: Here you will find an overview of all rooms.
- Klemperer Hall for lectures, presentations and readings
- Book museum with changing exhibitions
- Food studio
- Podcast and green screen studio
- Cafeteria Bib-Lounge (opening hours: Monday to Friday 10:00-18:00)
Accessibility
The Central Library would like to become barrier-free. The building is already barrier-free. On the left in front of the barrier to the SLUB parking lot there are designated parking spaces for use with a special parking permit for severely disabled people. Access to the building is facilitated by a ground-level entrance. To gain unhindered access to the public area of the Central Library, please report to our security service.
There is already a specially marked workstation for people with physical disabilities in the main reading room. The distances between the shelves in the open access area are wheelchair accessible and there are barrier-free toilets and elevators. A total of six height-adjustable desks are available on levels 0 and -1, as well as in the group study rooms 0.43 and 0.47 and in the parent-child room.
Guided tours in German Sign Language
The SLUB also offers consultations and guided tours in German Sign Language. Please book an appointment for this via the Knowledge Bar. In the Klemperer-Saal there is an induction loop for hearing aids. A pager can also be borrowed from the service counter, which emits an optical signal in the event of an alarm.
Services for people with visual impairments
If you have a visual impairment, you can use our "OrCam" reading camera and tablets for text enlargement for mobile working in the Central Library and reserve them in advance by emailing inklusion@slub-dresden.de. A suitably equipped PC workroom is also available.
We will be happy to place your open access titles and magazine orders at the workstation for the blind. Simply state the desired titles and the SLUB user number when booking the workstation for the blind.
blindFind
The blindFind system provides an orientation aid in the building. To use this orientation aid, you need the blindFind app. The app is available free of charge for iOS and Android. You need to activate Bluetooth in order to use it, so you can use the app to receive information about the surroundings at important points in the building and also control the blindFind boxes via acoustic feedback. If you would like an introduction before using the app for the first time, please make an appointment at inkluson@slub-dresden.de.
Tactile orientation plans
For better orientation in the stairwell, there are markings in Braille on the handrails. In the elevators, the floors are announced and the buttons are tactile. It is of course possible to take a guide dog with you. The SLUBApp also supports blind and visually impaired people in using our services.
Do you have any questions or suggestions?
Please feel free to contact us!
Zellescher Weg 18
01069 Dresden
Call Center: +49 351 4677-390
E-mail: information@slub-dresden.de