FAQ

The UPWr Main Library is located in the inner courtyard of the University's main building. There are two entrances to the building – the second one, opposite the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine building, is for readers.

The following are welcome to enrol in the UPWr library:

• UPWr students,
• UPWr postgraduate studies participants
• UPWr PhD students
• UPWr employees,
• UPWr retired employees
• students and PhD students of other public Wrocław's universities,
• employees of other public Wrocław's universities
• residents of Lower Silesia (users renting on deposit).

All other visitors are invited to use the Library's resources on site.

To subscribe to the UPWr Library, please complete the online form.

To enrol in the Faculty Libraries, you must first enrol in the Main Library by completing an online form and then activate your account in the Faculty Library of your choice (please bring your student/employee card with you).

To borrow a book, you must first enrol in the Library. Once you have created a library account, you can order books through the Aleph system or the Multisearch. Some books in the Main Library are available on the spot (you do not need to order them). Also in the Faculty Libraries books are available on hand.

To check a book's return date, log in to your library account and look under "My Library Card" for "Loans". Each book you borrow has a return date next to it, which you can prolong once on your own.

You will find information about the fees charged in your library account. Please pay the fees after returning the books. Payments can be made by card on the spot in the Main Library Lending Room or by bank transfer.

Transfer details:

UNIWERSYTET PRZYRODNICZY WE WROCŁAWIU

ul. C.K. Norwida 25, 50-375 Wrocław

account number: 79 1020 5226 0000 6102 0680 5776

in the transfer title: your name and surname, library card number, reason for the payment (e.g. failture to return of books on time)

Please send the transfer confirmation to: wypozyczalnia.bg@upwr.edu.pl (an e-mail will then be sent from the Lending Library confirming the settlement of the transaction). If in doubt, please contact the Lending Library.

If a borrowed book has been damaged or lost, please contact the Lending Library. 

Damaging a book

If a book is damaged, please contact the Lending Library. If the book can be repaired, the fee is PLN 30.00. If it is not possible to repair the book, there are three options:

1. Repurchase a copy of the same edition.
2. Repurchase of a copy of the edition indicated by the Library.
3. If it is not possible to repurchase the book indicated by the Library - to pay a fee according to the current valuation (based on the value entered into the library system of UPWr), but not less than PLN 50.00.

Losting a book

If a book is lost, please contact the Lending Library. There are then three possibilities::

1. Repurchase a copy of the same edition.
2. Repurchase a copy of the work indicated by the Library.
3. If it is not possible to repurchase the work indicated by the Lending Library, a fee must be paid in accordance with the current valuation (based on the value entered into the library system of UPWr), but not less than PLN 50.00.

Closing account? If there are no arrears on the library account, the circulation card is settled without the student's involvement. If, on the other hand, the student has an obligation to the Library, please settle it and let the Library know: by telephone (71 320 5155) or by sending an email to: wypozyczalnia.bg@upwr.edu.pl.

To gain access to UPWr's WI-FI, please fill in the form.

UPWr employees and PhD students interested in obtaining funding for publications and monographs are encouraged to read a separate FAQ.