A one-time registration is required to borrow media and to use digital resources on site.

• Online registration form

Once you have your library card, you will receive a password by email for your library account, which you can manage yourself online.

• Further information on registration

Books from the Central Library can be borrowed for 30 days.

Items from the Mathematics and Natural Sciences Library can be borrowed for 14 days.

Study materials (marked with an S) can be borrowed for 14 days at both locations.

Items borrowed from the Central Library and the Departmental Library can be returned at either location.

If there are no outstanding reservations, the loan period can be extended by a further 14 or 30 days, up to a maximum loan period of 98 or 210 days. After this, the items must be returned. You have the following options for extending the loan period:

• via your library account in ORBISplus: plus.orbis-oldenburg.de
• in writing by email to:

Unfortunately, it is not possible to request an extension by telephone at either location!

If there are no reservations, the loan period can be extended for a further 14 days, up to a maximum loan period of 98 days. After that, the items must be returned. You can extend the loan period via your library account in ORBISplus: plus.orbis-oldenburg.de.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to extend loan periods by telephone at either location!

Loss of library card

Please report the loss of your library card immediately to one of the ORBIS network libraries where your library card is valid. A new card is subject to a fee of 5 euros. You are liable for all items borrowed using your library card.

Loss of media

Please report any lost items immediately by email to:

You will then receive a reply explaining the next steps.

The following fees may be charged for each instance of lost media, in accordance with the fee regulations for state and university libraries:

• Processing of replacement copies €15.00
• Procurement of replacement copies €5.00
• Determination of compensation €7.50 to €50.00

Please note that you are not permitted to replace lost items yourself. The item will be procured exclusively by the library.

Items whose loan period has expired will be subject to a reminder within the following deadlines. The reminder fee per item is:

• First reminder (1 day after the due date): €2.00 
• Second reminder (9 days after the due date): €5.00 (+ €2.00 from the first reminder) 
• Third reminder (23 days after the due date): €10.00 (+ €7.00 from the 1st and 2nd reminders)

If the item has not been returned 37 days after the due date, the matter will be referred to the Finance Department of the University of Oldenburg for enforcement. Once enforcement proceedings have commenced, the option to return the item is no longer available.

Fees must be paid within 14 days. These can be paid at the library’s payment terminal using your CampusCard or library card. 

Fees can also be paid by bank transfer. To do so, please email and request an invoice for the transfer of your fees, quoting your six-digit CampusCard number or library card number. 

Fees exceeding 55 euros must generally be paid by bank transfer and cannot be paid using the CampusCard or library card at the library.

• Legal basis: Fees and charges