Library Services – An Overview
Please note the different opening hours of our branch libraries: Hagen // Iserlohn // Meschede // Soest
During these opening hours it is only possible to return borrowed media and collect requested media. Should you need any media, please submit an order in advance via our online catalogue KAI. You will be informed by email if the volumes are available for you. Please make sure to wait for this notification before you visit the library.
The open stacks, the workstations and group work rooms and areas currently cannot be used. The payment of fees is currently restricted to bank transfers - the library will provide you with the necessary data. Any information and advice is provided exclusively in electronic form.
The interlibrary loan for journal articles is available with immediate effect and expires on 31 July 2021: Please use our interlibrary loan portal to submit your order. You do not have to pick up articles ordered during this time at the library, instead you will receive an email with a link for access.
Due to the current situation regarding the coronavirus, electronic document delivery has been approved by the collecting society (VG Wort) and is only valid for a limited period of time. Unfortunately, the library has no impact on a desirable extension of this measure.
Contact
Please write an e-mail, if you have any questions concerning the library services. Due to the amount of patrons visiting the library, it may not be possible to answer telephone calls.
Hygiene regulations
When visiting the library, we kindly ask you to observe the distance and hygiene regulations of the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences for your own and our staff's health.
- Do not enter the library with any illness symptoms.
- Only one visitor at a time should enter the library. Please mind the distance markers.
- Please wear a mouth/nose protection.
- Follow the established sneezing and coughing etiquette and use your arm crook and if necessary disposable tissues.
- Please follow the signs and instructions of the library staff.
All information about the library and the current situation can be found at www.fh-swf.de/bib . For further information by the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences please visit www.fh-swf.de .
General information
The university library, having its administration in Hagen, is comprised of four branch libraries located at the campuses of South Westphalia University. It serves students, lecturers, staff, and other interested people as a media centre as well as a place for learning and a source of information.

- Video-Tutorials(english / german)
- Online Catalogue KAI
- Citavi