DTU Library is a public library and therefore open to all.
Opening hours
Registration
In order to borrow or order from DTU Library you must be registered in our user database
- DTU staff and DTU students are automatically registered as users via the DTUBase. DTU staff and PhD students are registered with their DTU department address.
- Other users, companies and institutions not affiliated with DTU (private users) can register using this form in our library catalogue, ALIS.
Change off address is automatically updated via the DTUBasen and the National Register of Persons (Folkeregisteret) respectively - except for companies.
Companies must inform us of any change of address. This can be done using a form in our library catalogue, ALIS: Login (User ID and Password), click "E-mail address" e.g. and choose "To change your address click here" in the middle of the page.
Library card for private users is issued at registration. DTU students normally use their student card or the health insurance card (sundhedskort) for identification. DTU staff can request a library card, if desired.
Loans
Lending period
The lending period is 4 weeks for most materials. A single piece of material can, however, be borrowed for 6 months if no one else has requested it. DTU Library only recalls material if another borrower has ordered it - or after 6 months. We do not renew loans.
Lending period of loans from other libraries
The lending period from other libraries is usually 4 weeks from date of receipt at DTU Library.
Renewal of loans
DTU Library does not renew loans.
Renewal of loans from other libraries
Loans from other libraries, interlibrary loans, are renewed according to the lending library's rules.
What have I borrowed/ordered? - Borrower status
Books
A summary of your loans and requests is shown in the library catalogue, ALIS. To view your loans, click "Log in" in the top menu in ALIS and enter your User ID og Password.
Articles - DTU staff and DTU students only
Articles ordered are registered in MyLibrary in DTU Digital Library. Log in (DTU login), click on MyLibrary in the top right hand corner for a summary of your orders.
Loans from other libraries - Interlibrary loans
DTU staff and DTU students may order relevant literature from other national or international libraries via DTU Library. Fees, specified in the current price list, may be charged.
These books and articles can be ordered via "Special Order" in the library catalogue ALIS.
Please be aware that ordering directly from other research libraries in the Copenhagen area may be quicker.
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Other users can order journal articles from international libraries via DTU Library for a fee specified in the current price list.
If you need to borrow books from other Danish libraries you can do so via www.bibliotek.dk or by contacting your local public library.
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Recall notices and charges for compensation claims
| 1. Recall notice |
Free of charge (after 4 weeks - 6 months, see Lending period above) |
| 2. Recall notice: |
Free of charge |
| 3. Recall notice: |
DKK 150,00 (charged even if the material is returned)
And a compensation claim if the material is not returned.
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The compensation claim is determined on the basis of the cost of acquiring corresponding material. In addition to the replacement cost, the compensation claim may include an administration fee for the procurement costs entailed in replacing the material.
If the material is not returned after two recall notices, the borrower will be excluded from further ordering and borrowing of material. The library will charge a fee and a compensation claim. If the borrowed material is returned, the borrower will still have to pay the fee before borrowing privileges can be restored.
Returning material
Material can be returned at the library desk, Library Service, or by post.
There is a post box by the library entrance in building 101 D, DTU Lyngby Campus for returns outside of opening hours.
Staying abroad
DTU students studying abroad and DTU employees temporarily working abroad can, after a change of address, continue to use DTU Library for deliveries of photocopies, but not for borrowing.
Books from the DTU Library collections may be brought aboard only with a special agreement. Students from Øresundsuniversitetet may bring books to Sweden.
Access to e-journals and databases - DTU license/DTU login
Faculty, staff and students at DTU can access the licensed e-journals and databases from both DTU-Campus and outside campus using their DTU login and password. You may login to the DTU Portal and use the shortcut "DTU Library".
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Other users can access the licensed resources at the library in building 101 D, DTU Lyngby Campus.
The unlicensed resources can be accessed by all users via our homepage, www.dtic.dtu.dk/English, without DTU login.
Remote access/Global access to databases and electronic journals
DTU students and staff have remote access to all DTU Library databases and electronic journals via their DTU login and password and the DTU Portal, even outside the university.
Search and find books, articles and journals
DTU staff and DTU students can use DTU Digital Library for searching the libraries books, e-books, journals, articles and databases.
Other users can search books in our library catalogue, ALIS, and you can make a reservation online. Our journals are listed in List of Journals, and you can order articles online. Articles in full text can be accessed via the DADS interface on the PCs in the library in building 101 D, DTU Lyngby Campus.
Rush orders are handled at a fee according to the price list on telephone 4525 7250 (from 9.00 to 16.00).
Search in databases and electronic handbooks
DTU Library provides access to a comprehensive collection of databases and electronic handbooks within the areas of technology, science and medicine. You can access the databases via DTU ReferenceGuide.
DTU staff and DTU students have full access to full text using DTU login and password.
Other users can access the databases and electronic handbooks via DTU ReferenceGuide in the library in building 101 D, DTU Lyngby Campus.
Books published before 1968 and journals published before 2000 - Closed stacks
These materials are in closed stacks and can be ordered by contacting one of the library desks. Requests from the closed stacks are collected 6 times a day, at the following times:
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16.00 |
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The material will be available within half an hour at the latest from the above times and for the rest of the day. The next day the material will be returned to the closed stacks.