Registration can only be carried out at the Service Desk in the foyer of the Central Library.

Please note: Registration can be carried out up to half an hour before the end of our Service Hoursservice hours!

Students of Heinrich Heine University need only present their confirmation of enrolment and photo identification.
All other persons can only obtain membership cards after submitting an Applicationapplication and presenting a German identity card. If you only have a passport or foreign identification documents, you must additionally present a confirmation from the residents’ registration office (Einwohnermeldeamt; no older than 1 year!).
Applications from minors must be signed by their legal representatives, whose identity cards must also be presented.

All members of all universities and academies in Düsseldorf as well as every person with a permanent residence in the Federal Republic of Germany can obtain a membership card. External users will be charged an annual fee for every calendar year unless they study or work at a government-approved university or academy in North Rhine-Westphalia. Overview of fees and charges and documents that need to be provided for registration.

All members of all universities and academies in Düsseldorf as well as every person with a permanent residence in the Federal Republic of Germany can obtain a membership card.

External UsersExternal users will be charged an Jahresnutzungsgebührannual fee for every calendar year unless they study or work at a government-approved university or academy in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Membership cards starting with an E... need to be re-activated every year. Please remember to pay your fees or present your confirmation of enrolment in good time for this to be done. To be able to use the library without limitations re-activations can usually be requested from December 1 of the preceding year.

Issuing replacement cards will generally entail charges.

You need a membership card to borrow material.
Please take books from the reading rooms and the textbook collection off the shelves yourself and record your loan with the help of the self check-out machines on the ground floor.
Library material from the closed stacks can be ordered for collection from the pick-up shelves (on the ground floor, next to the information centre) via the online catalogue.

Please note: Please mind the periods in which books are made available and the lending restrictions!

In general, the loan period is 28 calendar days; it can be renewed twice unless the previous loan period has expired or a hold has been placed on the material in question.

Please note: A renewal must be made before the previous loan period expires! If material is kept longer than the due date a default fine must be paid and the material must be returned. It is not possible to borrow the same material again on the same day!

The loan period for material provided via inter-library loan is usually 42 calendar days, starting from the day the material arrives at the ULB Düsseldorf. In exceptional cases, e.g. for periodicals and reference works, the loan periods can be limited to one or two weeks. Renewals are generally not possible for inter-library loans.

You can find a list of the material that is currently borrowed on your behalf with the respective due dates in your library account in the online catalogue.

• In the Central Library, you can return books you have borrowed at the returns station (in the foyer, next to the Service Desk). This can be done at any time during the opening hours of the library. Once the books have been returned they will be deleted from your library account and a receipt will be issued.
• In the Law Library books must be returned to the staff at the check-out desk.
• Book return boxes
  You can use the book return boxes outside of the opening or service hours or if you want to avoid the queues. Boxes are situated in front of the central library’s entrance, in the foyer of the Central Library and in the foyer of the Law Library.

If you want to use the book return boxes, you should remember the following:

• The borrowing person is generally responsible for returns.
• You will not be issued a receipt.
• Please make sure that loose inserts and the like cannot fall out.
• Please return books that have been provided by other libraries via inter-library loan only at the Service Desk in the foyer of the Central Library

Please note: The material is not checked-in until the following work day; default fines may occur if the loan period has been exceeded!

Please check your returns receipts and keep them for one year in case of potential complaints.

Material provided via inter-library loan can still only be returned at the Service Desk in the foyer of the Central Library (during our service hours).