Returning borrowed items

In the Main Library, the Departmental Library Aula and the Branch Library Ingolstadt you can return items yourself at the self-service return terminal. In the Departmental Library Ulmer Hof, you can return your borrowed items at the service desk.

Please return the items to the library location where you borrowed them. This will help to ensure that the titles are returned to their location more quickly and are available for others.

You do not need a library card to return items. Items can also be returned by a third party. Please note that you as the borrower are liable for the return.

Reminders

Five days before the loan period expires, we will send you an e-mail reminder to return the borrowed items on time. You can renew media in your University Library account. Please note: As soon as an item has been reserved by another user, you will not be able to renew it.

These reminder e-mails are a service provided by the library. Please make sure that we have a current e-mail address from you. Failure to receive the e-mail does not give rise to any legal claims. Every library user is obliged to take responsibility for adhering to the loan periods.

Return terminals

[Translate to Englisch:] Rückgabeautomat in der Zweigbibliothek Ingolstadt

In the Main Library, the Departmental Library Aula and the Branch Library Ingolstadt (in the foyer of the faculty) you will find a self-service return terminal. Here you can return books independently during the opening hours of the buildings. Your returns will be deducted from your library account immediately.

This is how it works:

Tap on "Open door" or " Open flap" on the screen of the return terminal. In the Main Library, you can also simply hold your book in front of the return flap.
Slide each book one by one onto the conveyor belt – the flap closes after each book and opens automatically for the next book.
Once you have returned all items, you can print out a receipt or end the return process by clicking "Done".

Notes:

Please check multi-part media for completeness (CDs in the book etc.)
For interlibrary loans, please make sure that the book receipt is in the book
The gray return box is available for items that the return terminal rejects – media will be credited deducted from your library account on the next working day
You do not need a library card at the return terminal

Service desk

In the Departmental Library Ulmer Hof, you can return your borrowed items at the service desk during the opening hours.

If the library is closed, you can use the gray return box in front of the library entrance during the building's opening hours. The books will be deducted from your library account on the following working day.

Return box

[Translate to Englisch:] Rückgabebox in der ZB

Return boxes are available in the foyer of the Main Library, the Departmental Library Ulmer Hof and the Ingolstadt Branch Library. Use the return box in the Ulmer Hof outside the opening hours of the library or in the Main Library and Ingolstadt Branch Library if the automatic return terminal does not accept an item or is out of order. The return boxes are accessible as long as the building is open.

Please note that books from the return box will not be booked back until the morning of the following working day.

Return by mail

If you are not on campus, you can also return your borrowed books to us by mail. We recommend sending them as a book shipment or by registered mail. Please ensure that the packaging is suitable and sturdy. If in doubt, please contact us at: bibliothek(at)ku.de bzw. ub-wfi(at)ku.de.

Please note that the internal return process can take several days. Therefore, please return your media in good time. The date of the return is the relevant date for the loan period, not the postmark.

Send your books to the following address:

Eichstätt:

Universitätsbibliothek Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Ausleihe Zentralbibliothek
Universitätsallee 1
85072 Eichstätt

Ingolstadt:

Universitätsbibliothek Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Zweigbibliothek Ingolstadt
Auf der Schanz 49
85049 Ingolstadt