To borrow something, activate your library account and place an order online through the UW Libraries Catalogue. At our Circulation Desk, you can only order items that have not been catalogued electronically: books and periodicals from the card catalogue, and some discs (more information).
Order waiting time: up to approximately 1 hour
Order collection and reservation period: up to 5 working days
- bachelor’s and master’s degree students – 10 books for 30 days
- PhD students – 20 books for 90 days
- University of Warsaw employees – 20 books for 180 days
- professors/habilitated doctors from outside the UW – 15 books for 60 days
- UW students with a certificate of completion
- UW Alumni Club – 3 books for 30 days
- BiblioWawa – 3 books for 30 days
- University of Warsaw libraries – 20 books for 30 days
- other libraries and Warsaw institutions – 10 books for 30 days
We process orders hourly, usually between 10 am and 5 pm on weekdays (orders placed one hour before closing time or later will be available for collection the next working day). Orders are typically processed within 15–30 minutes. Information about collection availability appears in your library account and is sent to the email address associated with it. Ordered materials will remain at our Circulation Desk for 5 business days (before being returned to our closed stacks).
After collecting your order, please check the status of your library account and report any comments to us at biblioteka.wn@uw.edu.pl.
Note: if the item you are looking for is currently borrowed by another reader, you can reserve it in the same way as you place an order through the online catalogue. You will be notified via email when the item is returned to us.
- books from the closed stacks which are listed as Loanable in the online catalogue
- books from the Reading Room that are marked as wolny dostęp (open stacks)
- new books and books with autographs from the shelves behind the Circulation Desk
- most of the publications we present on display shelves in the windows
- CDs and DVDs of the Iberian studies and Finno-Ugric studies sections
- books from the closed stacks which are listed as Not loanable in the online catalogue
- books from the Reading Room that are marked as Czytelnia BWN / Czyt. BWN / CBWN (BWN Reading Room)
- most of the periodicals
- CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays from the English studies and German studies sections
- board games
