The Translation Studies, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies Library in Germersheim will be closed from December 21, 2024 up to and including January 3, 2025.

The Georg Forster Building Library and the Central Library will be closed from December 23, 2024 up to and including including January 1, 2025. From January 2 to January 3, 2025 these two libraries will be open without specialist staff. However, no loan or returns are possible during this period.

From December 23, 2024 up to and including January 3, 2025, all other locations will be closed.

We wish you happy holidays and a joyful new year!

Following the system changeover, it is once again possible for non-university users to register for a library card.

You can find out how to do this in our FAQ entry “How do I get a library card?”. 

Nomos Verlag releases over 1,200 works each year. Their publications include classic academic literature, practice-oriented handbooks and comprehensive study materials. 

From now on, we offer full-text access to their German-language titles in law, social sciences and humanities via our research portal.

The ‚Cross – Wheel – Lion‘ cultural heritage portal provides digital and interactive access to Rhineland-Palatinate's cultural heritage in a single centralized platform for the first time. It serves as a showcase where participating museums, archives, libraries and other institutions can present their treasures across disciplines.

The portal was developed and set up by the Mainz University Library on behalf of the Ministry for Family, Women, Culture and Integration of Rhineland-Palatinate. Designed by the agency “SCHUMACHER Brand + Interaction Design”

Starting off with a test phase from November 4, 2024, we will operate the Musicology location of the Humanities Library as an Open Library. 

What does this mean? The Open Library is open for you, even if we’re not around. Allowing us to create the conditions for flexible opening hours in the future. You can find all information about this in this overview.

In cooperation with the Gutenberg Museum and other partners, the University Library Mainz has digitized two valuable Gutenberg Bibles and made them accessible online. The digitized Bibles can now be browsed through in "Gutenberg Capture", viewed in detail and searched thanks to a special text recognition software developed at JGU.

This project makes Gutenberg's cultural heritage accessible to the public and researchers worldwide.

Detailed press release
The Gutenberg Bibles in the Gutenberg Museum

Unfortunately, there are currently issues with the “JGU-Ausweise-App,” especially on iPhones. Our data center (ZDV) is working on a solution. In the meantime, please use this link or one of the QR codes on our self-service terminals to access your library card:

https://account.uni-mainz.de/id-cards 

If you have any questions, feel free to contact our library staff at the information desks.​

With the help of our new virtual guidance system, you can view the exact location of all freely accessible media, down to the specific shelf.

To do this, go to the Research Portal and call up the desired title. A link next to the location information will take you directly to the 3D model of one of our library buildings. There, you can recognize the shelf you are looking for by the highlighted color.

The system is still under development, but we are eager to make it available to you now. If you notice any errors, please send your feedback to info@ub.uni-mainz.de. Thank you!