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You are open-minded, communicative, love comfortable studying or team work and want to have all the necessary books right next to you? Then you’re spot on!

One non-rest area – many chances:

• chat & chill
• gather & play
• read & write
• or simply meet & relax

As of 7. 11. 2022, our motto is: DON’T shut up and sit down!

Get together, chat, eat, drink, study or just get comfortable in a relaxed atmosphere – and all this with a certain something: more than one million items for study purposes, job and life within your reach!

For larger activities (games evening, reading group, tutorials, poetry slams, stand-up theatre, aso) please contact our information desk on level 3 or send us an email at info [dot] bibliothek [at] aau [dot] at with your plans so that we can book the area for you.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Please don’t forget that lockers are obligatory!

The University Library is coming to Klagenfurt – on the book bike! 🚲
Books to go – come and browse, check us out, find what you’ve been looking for and borrow.

We’re turning Klagenfurt’s old town into a library (weather permitting ☀️):

• Thursday, 15.09.2022, corner Heuplatz/Wiener Gasse (McDonalds) from 10:00 – 14:00 and in Kramergasse (corner Nordsee) from 14:00 – 16:00
• Monday, 19.09.2022, Alter Platz (Boutique BonBon) from 10:00 – 14:00
  and in Kramergasse (corner Nordsee) from 14:00 – 16:00
• Thursday, 22.09.2022, corner Postgasse/Neuer Platz (Kärntner Sparkasse) from 10:00 – 14:00

Don’t miss it! Everybody who registers during these three days gets a free library card (valid for one year)!

The University Library has licensed LibKey/BrowZine for its users, a software solution that significantly speeds up access to e-journals and the articles they feature.

At present, LibKey/BrowZine includes most of the e-journals licensed by University Library Klagenfurt as well as a large number of open access journals. This service can be used within the IP address range of the University of Klagenfurt. To gain remote access (from outside the campus) to the licensed content of the University Library Klagenfurt users need to connect via proxy server.

The following tools and features are now linked to the library services:

BrowZine

BrowZine offers easy and convenient use of electronic journal content.

The University Library has integrated BrowZine in the surf@ubk searche engine. The cover images of the respective journals and the following icons are displayed in the search results:

BrowZine search results in the surf@ubk search engine (library catalogue) – link to the article or issue

You can also use BrowZine on mobile devices (smartphone, tablet, etc.):

LibKey Nomad

The browser plug-in LibKey Nomad offers many additional features. This plug-in shows you which articles are accessible to members of the University of Klagenfurt when searching on different online platforms (publisher websites, PubMed, Google Scholar or even Wikipedia).

As with the BrowZine app, LibKey Nomad can be downloaded either directly from the provider’s website or from various app stores. It’s available for Chrome, Edge and Firefox.

LibKey Nomad buttons in the reference list of a Wikipedia article

LibKey DOI Finder

You can use the LibKey DOI-Finder to search for electronic journals or the articles they contain quickly and easily provided you have already determined the corresponding DOI or a PubMed ID. The DOI Finder takes you to the corresponding PDF text document by the quickest route and is also embedded on the University Library website and in surf@ubk.

For the 24-hour library, the same distance and hygiene measure and regulations apply as for normal opening hours:

The requirement to wear FFP2 masks throughout the library is based on the relevant provisions applicable to the university as a whole.
A protective face mask is mandatory in all areas of the library, including while seated in the reading rooms.

Exception: 
Subject to full compliance with the 3G rule, there is no need to wear a FFP2 mask when seated at the library’s workstations. Library users must be able to produce proof of compliance at the request of the library staff. The requirement to wear a mask resumes upon leaving the workstations.

• Before entering the library, please use the disinfectant dispenser (outside entrance).
• Including the PC work stations, there are now around 80 reading and work stations available.
• During your stay, we recommend you wash your hands regularly and thoroughly.
• Safety distance of at least one metre must be complied with everywhere in the University Library.
• Safety distance, as guaranteed by seating arrangement in the study areas, must not be changed.
• Tables and keyboards must be disinfected before use by every user (disinfectant and tissues available in all reading rooms and in the entrance area).
• Only one person in the copy rooms at any time.
• Only one person in the elevator at any time.

For the latest information on

• library opening hours,
• management of contact persons and
• prevention measures

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us Mon-Fri from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.:

Phone: +43 463 2700 9580,
E-mail: schalter [dot] bibliothek [at] aau [dot] at

Dear library users,
dear students at the University of Klagenfurt,

We are YouTube!

Subscribe to the library’s newly created YouTube channel:

We can now provide you with access to various video tutorials and films designed to help you use the library and manage your academic work.

At present, you will find the following playlists:

• General information about the library
• First steps in Surf@ubk, getting to know the online catalogue
• Electronic resources

The team behind the “Teaching Library” working group is hard at work to publish additional tutorials on an ongoing basis. We will have English versions for you by the winter semester as well.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for new tutorials, please feel free to send them to us at feedback [dot] bibliothek [at] aau [dot] at.

Recommend us to others!

The team at the information desk will be happy to answer any questions you may have:

Phone: +43 463 2700 9580
E-mail: info [dot] bibliothek [at] aau [dot] at

Keep well,

your team at the University Library Klagenfurt