Regular opening hours for the academic year
| Monday – Friday | Saturday | Sunday | ||
| Loan Section | 8am – 10pm | 9am – 8pm | CLOSED | |
| Reading areas | ||||
| Computer labs: 1st and 3rd floor | ||||
| Oriental Collection, Old Books and Manuscripts Collection, Music Collection | 8am – 4pm | CLOSED | ||
Please note: On the first Monday of most months during the academic year – due to necessary maintenance works in the computer labs and in the open access reading areas – the library opens at 12 o’clock. In case of e.g. the beginning of the academic year, exam periods, summer schedule first Mondays opening hours may change. Before visiting, please check always the library home page (News or Opening hours pages) or the Facebook page of the library where current information will be available.
Book storage requests take roughly 35-40 minutes within the building. Deliveries from external book storage take place twice a week: requests made Tuesday–Thursday are available Friday 9 am, those made Friday–Monday on Tuesday 9 am. You’ll receive a confirmation once the item is ready.
Documents of the special collections located in the reading rooms (European Documentation Center, Hungarica Collection, Military Collection, Hispanic Studies Collection, Austria Library) are available during the opening hours of the reading rooms.
The material of the Social Theory Collection, which is located in the 1st floor reading room, is available in the opening hours of the reading room but documents from the book storage can only be used by special arrangement.
The Old Books and Manuscripts Collection is open only to the researchers of the collection. Group tours in the collection are available by prior arrangement.
Overnight loan
For students, faculty, researchers and staff of the University: through the overnight loan service books with red labels “Rövid” can be borrowed from the reading rooms 2 hours before closing. Such books are requested to be returned by the next opening of the library.
Information related to the daily closing of the SZTE Klebelsberg Library and Archives
Please note that in the last 15 minutes preceding the actual closing time security will permit entering only in exceptional cases.
Please also note that the closing time means the closing of the onsite services. If you plan to check out books it is advisable to calculate with a possible queuing up therefore it is recommended to visit the Loan Section with the documents 20-30 minutes before closing.