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In order to use the electronic resources of Kempten University Library from home, you must be a member of the university (either a student, member of staff, or a professor).
You can access our library catalogue and databases via EZProxy using your university ID (same user name and password as in Mein Campus).
You can also access certain databases (e.g. WISO, Springer, TEMA, EBSCO databases) using your university ID.
Please note our library courses for students and university staff.
Our team at the information desk is also happy to help. Come see us during our opening hours or contact us via mail or phone.
If you are not a member of the university, you can only use our scanner. Please bring a USB drive with you for saving your scans.
Members of the university can also use our copier to photocopy, print or scan documents.
You will need your CampusCard and PIN to activate the copier (as for all public-use copiers at Kempten University of Applied Sciences).
You can then choose from the following functions:
1) Photocopy (after activating the copier with your CampusCard and PIN)
2) FollowMe printing
You can send PDF print jobs from the PC workstations in the library to any of the copiers on campus. Select the printer option
\\RZ-SRV-KOPIERER\FollowMe-schwarz_weiß
and then print your documents using your CampusCard and PIN at any copier on campus.
3) Print straight from a USB stick
You can print a PDF file after activating the copier with your CampusCard and PIN.
4) Print a PDF file by email
You can simply email PDF files from your university account to:
rz-printjob(at)hs-kempten.de
Activate a university copier using your CampusCard and PIN to print emailed files.
5) Scan to USB
Activate a university copier using your CampusCard and PIN to scan straight onto a USB stick.
6) Scan to email
Activate a university copier using your CampusCard and PIN to send scans straight to your university email address. Small output files are sent as an attachment. Scans that generate larger files can be accessed via a link included in the email. For security reasons, you will only be able to access these scans from the university network (incl. via a VPN connection).
You can top up your printing credit using cash (notes only!) or a card in:
Building T: room 248a (accessible 24 hours)
Building V: room 211 (during opening hours only)
There are no top-up points in the library!
Printing costs:
A4 black&white: 7 cent
A4 Colour: 30 cent
In the University Library Catalogue’s menu, click Order (beneath a book out on loan).
You can reserve the book by entering your library user number and password. This prevents the person currently holding the book from renewing it any further.
You will be sent an email when the book is returned and thus available for you to collect.
You can view and also cancel a reservation under the tab “Reservations” in “My details” in the University Library Catalogue.
You must have your library card with you to borrow books – otherwise you will not be allowed to do so.
It’s not required to return books, though. You can also allow others to return them on your behalf. You can also use our returns box when the library is closed.
You are responsible for renewing books yourself via the University Library Catalogue, by logging on to “My details” and then clicking the “Loans” tab.
The earliest you can renew books is one week prior to the due date.
Important! The new loan period is calculated from the date of renewal.
Students can renew books up to five times, for one month in each case.
Guest readers can renew books a maximum of two times, for one month in each case.
Books can also be placed in our returns box.
Please check the return has been logged in your library account within a few days!
You can also return books to us by post. Please package items carefully and send them to:
Hochschulbibliothek Kempten
Bahnhofstrasse 61
87435 Kempten
Students:
Please contact Academic registry immediately.
External users:
Please contact our staff at the information desk.
Your library user number is printed on the back of your CampusCard / library card. Your preset password is your birthday (DDMMYY).
In the University Library Catalogue, go to the “My details” tab, and from there “User details”, then choose “Change password” from the menu.
To update your home address, students should use student admin’s self-service portal, while guest readers should inform staff at our information desk.
Resources (books, periodicals) not held in our library can be aquired from other Bavarian and German libraries via inter-library loan.
You will require a borrower’s card for Kempten University Library (or your student Campus Card) to use this service.
Inter-library loans can be requested via the online University Library Catalogue using the SFX-Button.
Please conctact us if you need help with aquiring books or articles not available in our library.
The donor library sets the loan period, which is marked on the chit issued with the book.
As a general rule, you will be able to keep these books for one month initially and then renew them twice. You can renew them yourself in your library account (see instructions for renewals). If the book cannot be renewed, this will be marked on the chit.
Please note that the donor library is entitled to recall an inter-library loan after a book has been renewed, so you might be required to return it earlier than the extended deadline. We will notify you if this is the case.
As a general rule, you order periodicals for inter-library loan the same way as books – via the University Library Catalogue.
You will find articles under “Articles & more” and can also order them in the “Verbundktalog”.
There is no charge for ordering articles from periodicals.
You will be given a copy to keep. The process generally takes less time for articles than books, so you can expect to receive your copy within one week.
Library information desk
+49 (0) 831 2523-128
bibliothek(at)hs-kempten.de
Building M, 1st floor
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