UO Library Resumed Lending Services

Pursuant to the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 26 November 2020 on the establishment of certain restrictions, orders and prohibitions in relation to the state of the epidemic, we kindly inform that from 30 November 2020 the Library of the University of Opole resumes the lending services.

Therefore, a system of electronic book ordering system has been launched, with the possibility of collecting books in individual libraries in compliance with appropriate sanitary requirements.  We also resume accepting previously borrowed copies.

Lending rooms will be open from 8.00 to 15.00, from Monday to Friday.

The Library of the Chair of German Language and Literature is closed until further notice. Books ordered from this library can be picked up by prior arrangement by calling 77 452 7379.

All reading rooms remain closed.

In order to access academic textbooks and selected titles of scientific literature we encourage our readers to use the Virtual Reading Room of the University of Opole Library at http://bg.uni.opole.pl/dbc/.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

From December 10, 2020, the collection of fees for the overdue books will be resumed.

Due charges to the library can be made only through the PayU system (this option is available after logging in, in the "User account" tab, in the "Charges not – settled section”).

To meet the needs of our readers who have not managed to set up an account in the Library of the UO and want to use electronic resources, we offer the possibility of setting up an account remotely.

In order to activate a library account in the library information system of UO, it is enough to send an email to the address of any library - http://bg.uni.opole.pl/system-biblioteczno-informacyjny-uo . In the message you should provide your name, programme of study, student ID number, and attach a scan of the completed and completed and signed declaration. The original of the declaration should be delivered to the library on the occasion of the first visit to the library after the reopening of libraries.

INFORMATION SERVICES

At the time of restricted access to the library premises, we provide assistance and services in the field of:

·         searching for information in catalogues and scientific databases available on-line,

·         making digital copies of fragments of indicated works from the University Library's collection (under the provisions of the Copyright Act),

·         registering publications in the UO Knowledge Base on an ongoing basis,

·         developing bibliometric analyses.

 In view of these circumstances, the UO Library recommends its users to use electronic resources, including:

Electronic books - about 270 000 titles of Polish and foreign textbooks and monographs

Electronic journals - 10 450 scholarly journals

Databases - 56 specialist bases with electronic journals -   

NOTE: In all cases concerning electronic collections, as well as in the event of problems with reaching the literature concerning the implementation of the curriculum, please contact the Scientific Information and Knowledge Base Unit of the UO, between 09:00 and 15:00 at +48 77 401 6145  or e-mail: oin@uni.opole.pl.