Ordering Items, Loan Periods

 

Orders, Loan Periods

Loan Period

  • Books: 20 days
  • Reference Literature: 1 day
  • Journals and Magazines: 20 days
  • Inter-Library Loan Books: depends on the lending library
  • Long-term lockers: 2 month
  • Umbrellas: 5 days

The University Library sends a reminder email before the loan period ends as well as overdue notices after the deadline has passed. We are not responsible for whether or not you receive the email.

Late fees apply regardless whether a reminder mail was sent or received.

You can always check your library account in the KatalogPlus.

Ordering Magazines

  • Via the KatalogPlus
  • Monday to Friday till 3.45 p.m. Ready within 60 minutes
  • We will notify you by e-mail as soon as you can pick up the ordered media
  • Books must be picked up within three days

Archive Orders

  • Media located in the Archive (dissertations and journals)
  • Ready within two days
  • We will notify you by e-mail as soon as you can pick up the ordered media
  • Order articles in periodicals via the KatalogPlus. Delivered as a pdf to your email address. If you need an entire volume, please contact Circulation

Text book collection orders

  • Media located in the textbook collection
  • Ready on the next opening day from 3 p.m.
  • We will notify you by e-mail as soon as you can pick up the ordered media
  • Books must be picked up within three days

Renewing Loaned Materials

  • Possible at the earliest seven days before expiry of the loan period if no reservation has been made or the maximum loan period of six months has not yet been reached
  • The renewal period is the same as the initial loan period
  • Interlibrary loan materials may be renewed two times
  • Reference literature cannot be renewed
  • Umbrellas cannot be renewed
  • Renewal requests (except online) will be confirmed via email

Online:

  • Via the library account in the KatalogPlus
  • Please check and make sure that the renewal was successful

Email:

  • Please check in your user account, if the deadline was renewed
  • We do not accept any responsibility for the receipt of e-mail

Mail:

RWTH Aachen 
Universitätsbibliothek - Ausleihe
52056 Aachen


Please include your user number. The postmark date is the date that applies.

Phone:

+49 241 80 94456

Monday to Friday from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.

Fax:

+49 241 80 92273

In Person:

You can renew materials if you have your library card or materials with you.

Monday to Friday from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.

Returning Books

  • During the opening hours
  • Return via mail possible, this excludes short-term loans. The postmarked date is the date that applies as the deadline