Room to learn: online and offline
You find workplaces with different technical equipment.
Main Library (Universitätsstr. 33):
Group workspace on the ground floor
32 workstations at 4 large tables, 3 of which are equipped with large monitors.
Connection to the monitors is possible using permanently installed connection cables via HDMI. You can use your own adapters for other connection types.
Workplaces in the reading rooms
- 800 workplaces, of which approx. 300 have electricity.
- Please bring your own laptop.
- WLAN use via eduroam is possible. WLAN terms of use >>
- Workplaces without power supply: You can charge your mobile device during the break in the charging locker (reading room I, 1st floor).
On the 1st floor, next to reading room I, a parent-child room with all the amenities has been created. There you will find a breastfeeding chair, play carpets, four workstations with electricity, bouncing animals, comfortable children's chairs, a KidsBox, a blackboard including colourful chalk and much more. We have also thought of a pram parking space on the " bridge " in reading room I.
The KidsBox contains: books, Lego, cot, child's seat, changing mat, (gymnastics) mat, building blocks, pens, diapers
Information about the use:
- The room is intended for parents with children.
- Reservation is unfortunately not possible.
- You will receive the key for the room at the reading room issue in reading room I.
The parent-child room was designed in coordination with the working group Studying with Children and the Career & Family Support of the University of Cologne.
Internet workstations
We offer 20 Internet workstations.
Internet room on the 1st floor
- 8 workstations
- These workstations are primarily intended for external users who would like to use our e-media in full text here.
- Log in with the number of your library card.
- Here you can use our entire range of databases, e-books and e-journals with a campus licence. You can save your results and take them home.
PCs on the 2nd floor gallery
- 12 workstations - working like at home for students of the University of Cologne
- Software equipment of the workstations
- Access to our entire range of databases, e-books and e-journals plus the complete Office programme and easy downloading of your own programmes.
- Log in here with your student or staff account.
- You can easily print and save your research results.
Barrier-free working
- Workroom of the Inclusion Service Center on the 2nd floor: disability-specific hardware and software available: Screen readers, flatbed scanner, “ZoomText” magnification software
- Accessible lift
- 45 charging lockers with sockets in reading room I for mobile devices
Department of Human Sciences (Gronewaldstr. 2)
We provide a total of 30 workstations with Internet access.
Multimedia workstations
- 27 workstations - work like at home for students of the University of Cologne
- 23 in the Human Sciences Reading Room and 4 in the Therapeutic Education Reading Room
- Access to our entire range of databases, e-books and e-journals plus the complete Office programme as well as statistics and learning software packages.
- Log in here with your student or staff account.
- You can conveniently print and save your research results.
Internet workstations
- 4 workstations - access for everyone with a library card to our entire range of databases, e-books and e-journals
- 2 in the stacks and 2 in the remedial education reading room
- Log in with the number of your library card.
- You can save your results and take them home with you.
Ihre Ergebnisse können Sie speichern und mit nach Hause nehmen.
Workstations without PC/hardware equipment
52 power-supplied workstations in the Human Sciences Reading Room - study and work on site with and without a laptop.
Please bring your laptop with you. Students and employees of the University of Cologne and guests from other universities can use the WLAN via eduroam at the University of Cologne.
eduroam: WLAN at the University of Cologne