OPAC account

Your password consists of the first four digits of your date of birth (born on 1 March 1994 -> password 0103) and is required together with the library number for logging into the OPAC user account. You can change the password there if desired.
If you have forgotten your password, please go to the service desk to have it restored to the original.

In combination with the library number, the password allows personalised work in the OPAC:

• Viewing the user account
• Loan period extensions
• Reserving borrowed literature
• Creating and maintaining a personal watch list in the OPAC
• Use of interlibrary lending (exception: external users for whom the university library or city library is available)

Borrowability

Most media available in the open-access area can be loaned out. Media which cannot be borrowed are marked with a red label with the wording “reference copy”.

It is also not possible to borrow:

• Periodicals
• Storeroom stock published before 1930

Stock from the storeroom must be ordered via the OPAC. Following the order, the OPAC shows you when you can pick up the desired work (the next morning at the earliest).

Loan periods

The loan period is usually 4 weeks with the following exceptions:

• for titles which have been reserved several times, the loan period is shortened to 2 weeks
• for certain media such as films, CD-ROMs, specialist dictionaries, etc., a reduced loan period of 1 week may be set

Extending loan periods

The loan period can generally be extended five times, unless the title is reserved by another library user. For university members, the first extension is automatic, but all further extension must be requested in the system.

You can request extensions no earlier than 5 days before expiry of the loan period in the OPAC system or at the check-out station in the library.

The loan periods and extension possibilities for media obtained through interlibrary lending can be seen on the accompanying slip. The loan periods and extensions listed on the slip are determined by the lending library, the Ohm’s library cannot influence these deadlines.
However, interlibrary loans which have been called back in the meantime cannot be extended, and an extension period may be revoked where appropriate.

Reminders

The University Library sends reminders by email five days before expiry of the loan period. Please note that you have no legal entitlement to these reminders and are responsible for complying with the loan periods regardless of whether you receive them.

Reserving borrowed literature

Borrowed literature can be reserved on the OPAC. To make a reservation, please log in using your library number (on the back of your OHMcard) and password (preliminary password is DDMM of your birthday). You will receive a notification by email as soon as the reserved literature is available for collection (for 9 opening days).

Fees

Use of the Ohm library is free of charge. There are however costs for interlibrary loan copies, lost Ohmcards, requests for book returns, etc.
The amounts can be seen in the list of fees.

Most fees can be settled with your Ohmcard. For this reason, a debit terminalis located in the foyer of the BI-BL building complex. If you do not have an Ohmcard, it is possible to pay fees by bank transfer. Please contact the library at bibliothek@th-nuernberg.de if you do not have an Ohmcard and need to use an alternative payment method.

If you would like an immediate credit to your library account, present the receipt at the Service Counter. Otherwise, it may take up to three days for the credit to appear on your account (and therefore the unblocking of your account).

Please note that in this case, you will not be able to borrow or extend other media until your account is unblocked.

The reading room & booking workstations

Information about accessing the reading room and booking workstations is available on this website.

Renting a locker

Lockers are located in the foyer of the library building complex. With a valid library card, you may borrow a key for a locker for a period of 1 month. Keys can be obtained at the information counter in the library during the Service hours. It is possible to extend the loan period twice. If no keys are currently available, you may reserve them in OPAC.

The following groups of people are entitled to borrow library materials:

• University members of the Ohm
• Students at the FOM
• Students from other universities outside of Nuremberg, who are writing their thesis on campus (documentation required)

Behaviour in the University Library

Beverages in tightly closable containers are allowed. Beverages in cardboard and plastic cups and cans are not permitted!

Sandwiches/filled rolls are allowed. All other food is to be consumed outside of the University Library!

It is forbidden to make telephone calls within the University Library.

Legal notices

The relationship between users and the University Library is regulated by the General Regulations on the Use of Bavarian State Libraries (ABOB) of 18 August 1993 (Official Gazette 1993, p. 635 ff).
 

You, as the user, are responsible for correctly returning the media. In case of doubt, you can check this in your user account in the OPAC, in order to avoid reminder fees.

In addition, damage/marks in materials must be noted upon borrowing an item, as the last person borrowing an item is responsible for any claims for damages.

The IT workstations in the University Library are integrated into the Ohm’s computer network. A login is required for use. Students are provided with the login and password upon enrolment. Additional guidelines apply to the use of these workstations.

People who are not members of the university cannot use PC workstations with free internet access. Members of other universities can access the internet via Eduroam. if necessary. The OPAC stations are freely accessible to all library users.