Head Librarian

Dr. Anja Otto

Phone: +49 30 2093-12370
Fax: +49 30 2093-12371
anja.otto@ub.hu-berlin.de


Yvonne Wirkus
(Deputy Head Librarian)

Phone: +49 30 2093-12372
Fax: +49 30 2093-12371
yvonne.wirkus@ub.hu-berlin.de


other library staff

Studying On-Site

Cloakroom

In this branch library it is allowed to bring in jackets and bags - but no food or open beverages. As an option, at the library entrance 189 lockers are available for use with your own padlock with diameter 5–6 mm.

Workstations

94 work stations, most of them with plug-ins for power supply, among them 19 public workstations with internet access. Internet access with a Computer and Media Service (CMS) account, WiFi for HU members resp. via Eduroam.

Group study rooms

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The location has two group study rooms and a meeting box that can also be used for participation in digital courses with active language participation. The rooms are not locked and can be used during library opening hours without request. 

The group study room on the 1st floor and the meeting box on the 2nd floor can be reserved on-site for a maximum of 2 hours (min. 2 persons) by entering your name in the appointment list two weeks in advance.

The group study room on the 1st floor is equipped with a large monitor and an HDMI cable to which you can connect the devices you have brought with you. In the meeting box, you turn the lighting and ventilation on and off using the ceiling switch.

Reservations are not necessary for the group study room on the 2nd floor.

Fig.: Anja Otto

Study carrels

7 study carrels with plug-ins for power supply, available for students and visiting scholars of the Departments of Romance studies, Slavic and Hungarian Studies, English and American Studies and the Centre for British Studies.

Technology lending

In the Foreign Languages/Literatures Branch Library, you can borrow charging cables, adapters and power adapters:

  • Charging cable for USB-C ports USB-C
  • adapter for various connections (USB-A, HDMI, Displayport for Apple devices)
  • Power supply unit for USB-C connection

Please contact the information desk to borrow a device.

Conference camera

Members of Humboldt-Universität can borrow a conference camera/conference owl for use in the group study room on the 1st floor and in the meeting box on the 2nd floor. To reserve the camera, please contact us via fremdphilo@ub.hu-berlin.de

The camera can be borrowed from the information desk during opening hours.

It can only be used in the Foreign Languages/Literatures Branch Library.

Book trolleys

4 lockable book trolleys, available for students and visiting scholars of the Departments of Romance studies, Slavic and Hungarian Studies, English and American Studies and the Centre for British Studies.

Scan

A book scanner is available on 1st floor, free of charge.

Services for parents and children

Children's books, toys (please ask at the counter), colouring books and crayons, bean bags and low tables. Unfortunately, in this branch library we can not offer you a separate room.