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Summer Opening Hours

From Monday, 30. June to Sunday, 31 August 2025, the location will be open Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

The info desk will be staffed from 1:00pm to 5:00pm.

RFID Tagging

From Thursday, 3 July until Friday, 18 July 2025, books are edited on the shelves at the UB Romance Language and Literature. Therefore access to the shelves may be somewhat restricted and the noise level in the rooms may be increased.

Painting Work

From Wednesday, 6 August to Wednesday, 20 August 2025, the UB Romance Language and Literature is closed due to painting work.

In addition, the collections and study spaces on the following floors remain not accessible for a bit longer:

Floor Eclosed Wednesday, 6 August until Friday, 29 August 2025

Floor Fclosed Wednesday, 6 August until Tuesday, 2 September 2025

Floor Gclosed Wednesday, 6 August until Tuesday, 9 September 2025

During this time, the ordering of items is restricted.

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What Study Spaces are Available?

Study Spaces

  • There are around 140 study spaces, whereof 6 with PC/screen (see devices).
  • UZH members can book some of these study spaces online via booked-UB.

  • Some study spaces can be used without prior reservation.

  • Vacant study spaces can be used at any time, but reservations take priority.

Long-term Study Spaces

  • On floor G, there are long-term study spaces available that can be used by students of the Department of German and Scandinavian Studies who are writing a Bachelor's or Master's thesis or a dissertation.
  • To book a long-term study space, use the Application for Long-term Study Space.

What Infrastructure Can I Use Here?

Borrow and Return

  • Self-checkout station in entrance area
  • Collection of reserved items at the info desk

  • Returns box in entrance area

Devices

Lockers

  • 210 lockers (free of charge, 28 days loan, reservation possible via swisscovery)
  • Locker keys can be borrowed at the location.

Information about the Location and Collection

The Romance Language and Literature collection currently comprises around 180'000 items. These include specialist literature, text editions, DVDs, CDs and over 200 current journal titles. The collection is continuously expanded in the linguistic and literary fields of French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romansh and Romanian. The focus of the collection is determined by the respective subject areas of the professors, lecturers and researchers at the Institute of Romance Studies.

Additional Information

Subject Information

Subject related support with information about resources, courses, tutorials and experts can be found here:

All Information about the Special Collections

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