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Opening hours

Opening hours during the academic year 2025/2026

In the academic year 2025/2026 the Library is open as follows:

• Monday – Sunday 7.00 am – 1.00 am,
• in a 24-hour mode during the exam sessions:
  • 12.01 – 27.02.2026,
  • 11.05 – 26.06.2026,
  • 24.08 – 11.09.2026.

Opening hours in September

From 12th to 30th September 2026, the Library will be open according to the schedule below:

Please note! On 18 September 2026 (Friday), the reading room will be open only until 6.00 pm.

*Please note! 30 minutes before closing of the Reading Room:

• return the materials you have used,
• requests are not made available for pick up anymore.

In the self-service mode:

• You can enter the Library only with a valid library card. UW students and staff can activate online their card as a library card at any time. If you are not a University member and do not have a valid library card, your first visit must be scheduled during the opening hours of the Registration Point.
• You can use our collections in the Open Stacks area, WiFi (BUW.Hotspot) and online resources.
• You can borrow books from the Open Stacks and the Textbook Collection, renew the return dates and pay fines at the Selfcheck stations.
• You can pick up books ordered from the Closed Stacks in the Pick-up Locker 24 hours a day.
• You can return borrowed books to the Return Box or via the Selfcheck stations

Short video about the self-service mode (English subtitles):

Opening hours of departments

 Registration (office located on the ground floor)

• Monday – Saturday 9.00 am – 8.30 pm,
• Sunday – closed.

Open Stacks

The Open Stacks area is available during the opening hours of the Library.

Check the BUW plans.

Information Desk

• Monday – Saturday – 9.00 am – 9.00 pm,
• Sunday – 3.00 pm – 8.00 pm.

 Registration for trainings and one-to-one instruction and assistance

Contact us: +48 22 55 25 181, show e-mail

BUW Playroom

A reading room for parents with children is available during the Information Desk opening hours.

Reading Room, phone: +48 22 55 25 191

• Monday – Friday 9.00 am – 9.00 pm,
• Saturday 11.00 am – 6.00 pm,
• Sunday – closed.

Current Periodicals Reading Room

The Current Periodicals Reading Room area is available during the opening hours of the Library.

Circulation Desk

• Monday – Friday 9.00 am – 9.00 pm,
• Saturday 11.00 am – 6.00 pm,
• Sunday – closed.

Requests and Complaints

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• Monday  2.00 pm – 9.00 pm,
• Tuesday – Friday 9.00 am – 4.00 pm.

Interlibrary Loans

• Monday – Friday 9.00 am – 3.00 pm,
• Saturday, Sunday – closed.

Reprographic Office, room 204

phone 48 22 55 25 400, show e-mail

• Monday – Friday 10.00 am – 3.00 pm.

University of Warsaw Library Archives, room 114

phone +48 22 55 25 261, show e-mail

• Monday – closed,
• Tuesday – 10.00 am – 3.00 pm (Attention! On this day, visits are possible until 5.00 pm, but they must be arranged at least two days in advance),
• Wednesday – 10.00 am – 3.00 pm,
• Thursday  – 10.00 am – 3.00 pm (Attention! On this day, visits are possible until 5.00 pm, but they must be arranged at least two days in advance),
• Friday – closed.

Special Collections

Print Room

Early Printed Books Department

Manuscripts Department

Music Department

Ephemera Department

Maps Department

19th Century Publications Department

Austrian Library

• Monday – Sunday – 7.00 am – 1.00 am

Registration and circulation:

• Monday  – Thursday 11.00 am – 6.00 pm (break 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm)
• Friday 11.00 am – 4.00 pm (break 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm)

The staffed cloakrooms

• Monday – Sunday 7.00 am – 10.00 pm

From 29th June to 30th September 2026: closed (please use self-service lockers)

Dobra Gallery

• Monday, Tuesday – closed
• Wednesday – Sunday 2.00 pm – 7.00 pm

*Excluding days when exhibitions are being set up or taken down. Details about current events at Dobra Gallery are available under the Events tab.

Free admission.

Branch of BUW – The Medical Library

Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw (in the Library of the Faculty of Physics)
phone: +48 22 55 32 441, +48 22 55 32 438, show e-mail
website in Polish: https://medycyna.uw.edu.pl/biblioteka-medyczna/

The Medical Library opening hours are the same as the opening hours of the Library of the Faculty of Physics.

Garden

The garden is open 7 days a week (excuding days when special events are organised) in the following hours:

• 1 – 30 April: 8.00 am – 6.00 pm
• 1 May – 30 September: 8.00 am – 8.00 pm
• 1 – 31 October: 8.00 am – 6.00 pm
• 1 November – 31 March: 8.00 am – 3.00 pm (without access to the roof)

Admission is free. Visits shall be arranged independently, guided tours of the garden are not available.

The entrance to the garden is located at Dobra Street, at the junction with Gęsta Street. Access to the roof is possible from the lower garden (via stairs) . People with mobility difficulties or who use wheelchairs/prams can access the roof via the lift inside the BUW building (please contact security).