Learning space: online and offline
Here you'll find an overview of our seating areas. You can reserve a seat online before your visit.
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).
Internetarbeitsplätze
Insgesamt stellen wir 13 Internetarbeitsplätze auf zwei Etagen zur Verfügung:
Internetraum im 1. OG
- 8 Arbeitsplätze
- Diese Plätze sind vor allem für externe Nutzer*innen gedacht, die hier unsere E-Medien im Volltext nutzen möchten.
- Melden Sie sich mit der Nummer Ihres Bibliotheksausweises an.
- Sie können hier unser gesamtes Angebot - bis auf ganz wenige Ausnahmen - zu Datenbanken, E-Books und E-Zeitschriften mit Campuslizenz nutzen, speichern und mit nach Hause nehmen.
PCs auf der Galerie im 2. OG
- 5 Arbeitsplätze – Arbeiten wie zu Hause für Studierende der Uni Köln
- Software-Ausstattung der Arbeitsplätze
- Zugriff auf unser gesamtes Angebot zu Datenbanken, E-Books und E-Zeitschriften plus das komplette Office-Programm und problemloses Downloaden eigener Programme.
- Melden Sie sich hier mit Ihrem Studierenden- oder Personal-Account an.
- Ihre Rechercheergebnisse können Sie bequem drucken und speichern.
Parent-child room on the 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.
Barrierefreies Arbeiten
- Arbeitsraum des Servicezentrums Inklusion im 2. OG: ein Arbeitsplatz mit Standrechner und ein Arbeitsplatz zum Arbeiten mit eigenem Laptop sowie ein Bildschirmlesegerät
- weitere Informationen zur Ausstattung der Arbeitsplätze finden Sie auf der Webseite des SZI
- Barrierefreier Fahrstuhl
Tips for the Main Library
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.
You can save your results and take them home with you.
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.