Rootline
- SLUB Dresden
- Visit
- Ordering & Borrowing
- Retrieving Items
Retrieving Items from the Closed Stacks
Retrieving Items
Central Library
Requests received by 1pm from Monday to Friday will be made available for use/collection on the same day.
Requests which are received after 1pm will be available for use/collection the following day (not including Saturdays and Sundays).
Users have 5 working days to collect their items. Items not collected within this time frame will be returned to the stacks.
DrePunct / Makerspace Library
Requests received by 9am from Monday to Friday will be made available for use/collection on the same day.
Requests which are received after 9am will be available for use/collection the following day (not including Saturdays and Sundays).
Users have 5 working days to collect their items. Items not collected within this time frame will be returned to the stacks.
Off-site Storage
Closed stack items that are located in the off-site storage areas Marienallee and Potthoffbau will be available for collection within 4-7 days after your request has been received.
Special Cases
Items that have not yet been entered into the library's electronic circulation system will usually be available for collection 2 days after your request has been received.
Works that were published before 1850 are usually available for use in the special collections reading room.
Large-format newspaper volumes (call number: Z. gr. 2. ...) can be collected from the self-service shelves (self-service shelves for large format newspapers) on the level -1. All other volumes can be collected from the service desk.