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On December 9, the departmental library for Japanese Studies (07JA) will introduce an electronic lending system. Then, it will be possible to borrow, renew, and reserve media from the Japanese library using an FAUcard or an University Library card for external users. Please note that you can only re...

Almost all locations will be closed from December 22 to January 6. The Main Library and the Economic and Social Sciences Branch Library will be open. All libraries are closed from December 24 to 26, December 31, January 1 and January 6.

Funding for open access will change as of January 1, 2026: The funding cap for Open Access publishing fees of €3,000 gross will be applied to articles originating from DFG projects. Additionally, the subsidy will be lowered to €1,400 for all papers. Be vigilant regarding the quality of journals—the Open Access Department is here to advise you!

Starting November 15, the opening hours of the Departmental Law Library will change on weekends: on Saturdays and Sundays, it will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.

The University Library Erlangen-Nürnberg is introducing a new learning place and room reservation system. In addition to the reservation areas in the WSZB, TNZB, and reading room 3 of the Main Library, it is now possible to book group study areas in reading rooms 5 and 7 of the Main Library.

Thanks to the support of the Universitätsbund Erlangen-Nürnberg the University Library was able to add a work by Georg Wolfgang Knorr to its collection. The two-volume work “Delices de la Nature,” printed in Nuremberg in 1779, features 91 hand-colored copperplate engravings of birds, shells, etc.

In the portal “Der Nürnberger Schembartlauf - digital” the unique Nuremberg carnival tradition of early humanism with its complex and multi-layered manuscript tradition is made available for further research.

The University Press of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg “FAU University Press” has been included in important international open access catalogs: the Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN) and the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB).

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In the development of the single-source software OS-APS, which is being funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for a second term, the completion of a new software version was announced at the turn of the year.