On Shrove Monday, February 16, 2026 these Locations will be open:

• Central Library (circulation desk is closed)
• Georg Forster Building Library Area
• Law and Economics Library
• Mathematics, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, and Technology Library
• Translation Studies, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies Library
• University Medical Library

These locations will be closed:

• Humanities Library
• Kunsthochschule
• Musicology
• School of Music
• Theology Library

Due to a library system migration, loans and returns, as well as access to your library account, will be unavailable from Friday, February 20, 2026, at 3 p.m. through Monday, February 23, 2026, at 8 a.m..
During this period, item location information will not be available in the Research Portal.

Beginning Monday, February 23, 2026, at 8 a.m., all services will resume through the new Research Portal, including researching, requesting, placing holds and borrowing.

Going forward, interlibrary loan requests can be placed directly through the new Research Portal.

The Specialized Information Service for Slavic Studies at the Berlin State Library has licensed four databases that are now available as national licenses to students and reasearchers at JGU.

Especially noteworthy is access to the Ukrainian National Bibliography, which, since 2001, has systematically documented all Ukrainian publications recorded by the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine in several series.

In addition, users now have access to the online archives of the Moscow-based literary journals Naš Sovremennik (1993-2023) and Znamja (1931-2024), as well as to the series Serija Literatury i Jazyka of Izvestija RAN (1940-2023).

The Preclinical Medicine textbook collection (call number 40) has been relocated and is now available in the Learning Center of the Law and Economics Library.

Since December, many e-bboks have been available to you on the Inlibra platform. To access the electronic resources licensed for you, authentication is required. In many cases, authentication occurs automatically when you are connected to the JGU Wi-Fi network and using a VPN connection, as is the case with our other electronic resources (see the ZDV instructions for VPN setup).

If automatic authentication does not work, please follow these steps instead:
1. Click »Sign in«
2. Click »Login via Shibboleth«
3. Enter »Mainz«
4. Select »Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz«
5. If prompted, click »Allow«
6. Log in as usual via the JGU central authentication page

On public computers in our libraries, authentication via Shibboleth is not required.

A Statesman of the Weimar Republic: Reich Chancellor, Foreign Minister and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Beginning in January 2026, the Humanities Library will present a small exhibition on Gustav Stresemann in cooperation with the "Stresemann-Gesellschaft e.V. Mainz". Stresemann was among the most influential political leaders of the Weimar Republic.The exhibition features informational panels and selected bibliography highlighting both Stresemann's career and the activities of the "Stresemann-Gesellschaft".

The exhibition area will be on view for several months in the entrance area of the library, making it an ideal stop for a brief and informative visit.

In December, the University Medical Library will be testing its Open Library service during extended off-peak hours. Access to the library will be provided through automated systems. Staff will remain on-site during these periods and will be happy to assist with any questions.

Learn more about the Open Library

You can now explore the following e-book collections:

Meiner elibrary

You now have access to e-books from Felix Meiner Verlag as well as partner publishers Helmut Buske Verlag, Klampen Verlag, Edition Nautilus, ça ira-Verlag, and Universitätsverlag Winter Heidelberg until November 30, 2026.

The collection offers a rich variety of resources, from scholarly monographs and books series to editions, textbooks, study aids, dictionaries, and reference works. It spans a broad range of subjects, including philosophy, literary studies, linguistics, philology, classical studies, history, and social sciences.

Mohr Siebeck

All e-books–including newest releases and textbooks–are yours to access until November 30, 2026. Note that commentaries, editions, text editions, and certain individual titles are excluded.

Access is available via VPN using your JGU account.