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Media ordering and borrowing

Important details on media ordering and borrowing

Fotocollage Rund ums Bestellen und Ausleihen

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Borrowing of media

A large part of the books are freely accessible. Except for some items marked "Nicht ausleihbar" (not lendable), you may take such books from the shelves and borrow them.
Journals must not be lent. Please read or scan them at the library while observing the copyright.
Please book the borrowed media on your library account before leaving the KIT Library.

Location	Borrowing options	More information
KIT-Bibliothek Süd	Self-issue terminals (ground floor, new building)	Booking on one’s own anytime
KIT-Bibliothek Nord	Information desk (ground floor)	Booking during opening hours
Fachbibliothek Chemie	Information desk	Booking during opening hours
Fachbibliothek Physik	Information desk	Booking during opening hours
Fachbibliothek HsKA	Self-issue terminal	Booking during opening hours
Fachbibliothek DHBW Karlsruhe	Self-issue terminals	Booking during opening hours

Reservations and ordered media

Reservations

Currently not available media can be reserved free of charge via the KIT catalog.
Please select "Ausleihe" (borrowing) in the detail display of the KIT catalog, log in with your library account number and password and enter the item to be reserved as well as the desired location of issue.
You will be notified as soon as the media are ready for collection. The media will be reserved for you to be collected within ten days.

Media from the "Magazin" (closed stack)

Media from the closed stack can be ordered via the KIT catalog.
Please select "Ausleihe" (borrowing) in the detail display of the KIT catalog, log in with your library account number and password and enter the item to be reserved as well as the desired location of issue.
As a rule, the media are ready for collection within 1 – 2 hours and are reserved for you to be collected within one week.

Media from other locations

Media from BIB-S, BIB-N, FBH, and FBD can be ordered via the KIT catalog to the location of your choice.
Please select "Ausleihe" (borrowing) in the detail display of the KIT catalog, log in with your library account number and password and enter the desired location.
The media are ready for collection within 1 – 2 days.

Collecting the ordered media

The location of collection is displayed when ordering or reserving media or can be selected by you and be subsequently displayed in "Mein Konto" (my account).

Location	Place of issue	More information
KIT-Bibliothek Süd	Pick-up shelf (ground floor, old building)	Collection anytime Books are found in the shelf whose number corresponds to the last two digits of the library card.
	Information desk (ground floor, new building)	Collection during service hours
	Information desk Lesesaal Technik (second floor, new building)	Collection during service hours
	Interlibrary loan station (ground floor, old building)	Collection anytime Items are booked when collected.
KIT-Bibliothek Nord	Information desk (ground floor)	Collection during opening hours
Fachbibliothek HsKA	Pick-up shelf	Booking during opening hours
Fachbibliothek HsKA	Information desk	Collection during service hours
Fachbibliothek DHBW Karlsruhe	Pick-up shelf	Booking during opening hours
Fachbibliothek DHBW Karlsruhe	Information desk	Collection during service hours

Return of media

You do not need your library card for the return of media. Please keep the receipt for possible complaints.

Location	Return options	More information
KIT-Bibliothek Süd	Self-service return machines (ground floor, new building)	Return on one’s own anytime
KIT-Bibliothek Nord	Information desk (ground floor)	Return during opening hours
Fachbibliothek Chemie	Information desk	Return during opening hours
Fachbibliothek Physik	Information desk	Return during opening hours
Fachbibliothek HsKA	Self-service return machine	Return on one’s own during opening hours
Fachbibliothek DHBW Karlsruhe	Information desk	Return during opening hours
Fachbibliothek DHBW Karlsruhe	Storage box (on the left, next to building when viewed from the entrance)	Return outside opening hours

Loan periods and renewals

The loan period is one month.
The loan period may be extended ten days before expiry at the earliest and at most five times by one month each, provided that the respective media are not reserved or have been reminded more than twice to be returned, and on condition that the library account is not blocked.
Please make sure to extend loan periods in due time online in your account or by phone.

Chipkarten-Föderation KA-LIB

With the “Chipkarten-Föderation KA-LIB”, the Karlsruhe libraries are expanding their successful collaboration. The participating institutions now recognise each other's library cards. The offer is not only aimed at students, but at all interested citizens. The advantage is that users only have to have one library card in their wallet.

The "Chipkarten-Föderation" was launched in 2013. Today the KIT Library, the Badische Landesbibliothek, the Stadtbibliothek, the library of the University of Education Karlsruhe (PH Karlsruhe), the library of the University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe (HsKa) and the library of the Duale Hochschule Karlsruhe (DHBW Karlsruhe) are involved.

Check here to find further information about this project.