For students from the 2026 summer semester onwards

From the 2026 summer semester onwards, you can apply to use the library directly when you enrol. The application is part of the enrolment form.

• If you have applied for library access when you enrol, we will set up your library account automatically.
• If you wish to register at a later date, you can do so via the ICMS portal.

Instructions for registering at a later date via the ICMS portal: Digital registration for use of the university library via the ICMS portal

In-person registration

In all other cases, you must register in person at the library in order to borrow items.

Documents required:

• University members: University ID card
• External users: valid identity card or passport with proof of residence
• Minors: Consent form signed by a parent or guardian

Registration forms:

• Registration form for university members
• Registration form for external users

For external users, the library card is valid for one year. You can renew it. A one-off fee applies for issuing the card.

We accept applications for library cards outside core opening hours (Monday to Friday, 8.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.). You can borrow items from the library from the following day at the earliest.

Lending media

To lend items, you will need:

• as a student or university staff member, your university card
• as an external user, your library card

Please present your card each time you lend items.

You may lend up to 40 items at a time.

Loose-leaf collections and newspapers cannot be lended.

Loan periods

Books: 3 weeks

CD-ROMs/DVDs: 3 weeks

Single issues of a journal: 3 days

Reference copies (red band): 3 days

Semester reading lists: 3 days

Extend the loan period

You can extend the loan period.

You can renew your loan no earlier than one week before the loan period ends.

If the item has not been reserved by another person, you can lend it again once the loan period has expired.

How to extend the loan period:

• In person: Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 7.00 pm; during the non-lecture period until 4.00 pm
• By telephone: 06241 509-440 (Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 4.00 pm)
• By email: bibliothek@hs-worms.de
• Online: User account in the online catalogue

Reserve items

• You can reserve items that are currently on loan.
• As soon as the item is ready for collection, we will notify you automatically.
• We will hold reserved items for you for seven calendar days.

Here’s how to reserve items:

In person: Mon–Fri 8.30 am–7.00 pm / During the lecture-free period: until 4.00 pm

By telephone: 06241/509-440 (Mon–Fri 8.30 am–7.00 pm / During the lecture-free period: until 4.00 pm)

By email: bibliothek@hs-worms.de

Via the online catalogue (user account): https://hbz-hsw.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=49HBZ_HSW:VU1

A book collection point is available in the university’s 24-hour room. You can use it round the clock, seven days a week.

When you order items, please specify that you would like to collect them from the book collection point.

The library team will put your order together and place the items in a collection locker.

You will receive an email containing the number of your collection locker. The email will also include the code to open the locker.

Outside opening hours, you can return items via our return boxes.

One return box is located in the lockers area. You can use it during the opening hours of Building A.

A second return box is located in the 24-hour room. It is accessible round the clock.

We empty the return boxes daily. Once this has been done, the items are considered returned and will be removed from your borrowing account.

Receiving media by post

On request, we can send media to students and other university members at their home addresses in Germany. There is a charge for this service.

You can order the following items

• Books and other items available for loan that are held in the library and are not currently on loan
• Titles that we have ordered for you via interlibrary loan
• Reservations that have been processed

We do not post the following items

• Loose-leaf publications
• Individual issues of journals

Costs

• 3 euros per item (e.g. book or CD)
• plus a flat-rate postage charge of 8 euros

How to place an order

Send your delivery request by email to bibliothek@hs-worms.de.

Once we have received your email:

• we will select the requested items,
• we’ll record them on your loan account,
• we’ll send them to your home address.

We’ll enclose the invoice and due date slip with the parcel.

Fee Schedule (from 1 September 2023)

In accordance with the ‘Library Regulations of Worms University of Applied Sciences of 7 May 2003’, Section 10(2) and Section 17(2), and the ‘State Ordinance on Fees in the Fields of Academia, Continuing Education and Research / Special Schedule of Fees’ of 27 November 2014, as well as the Interlibrary Loan Regulations (LVO of 8 July 2004), and the Order on the Application of the ‘State Ordinance on Fees for Administrative Acts of a General Nature (General Schedule of Fees)’, in the version dated 8 November 2007 (GVBl. 2007, p. 277), as last amended by the Ordinance of 22 March 2019 (GVBl. p. 31) and the ‘State Ordinance on Fees in the Fields of Academia, Continuing Education and Research (Special Schedule of Fees)’ of 27 November 2014 (GVBl. 2014, p. 279), as last amended by the Regulation of 10 February 2022 (GVBl. p. 57), for Worms University of Applied Sciences.

Paying library fees

Please pay library fees by card at the payment machine on the ground floor of Building A.

Fees paid are automatically credited to your user account.

Payment by bank transfer

If you wish to pay by bank transfer, please email us at bibliothek@hs-worms.de.

We will then send you the necessary details.

Fee types: