Opening hours
Library opening hours in the academic year 2020/2021
- All services provided by the BUW are restored, except for:
- trainings for students and other users on the Library premises,
- conferences, meetings for external companies, etc.,
- visits for groups of more than five people,
- excursions,
- rental of BUW rooms and premises, cultural events, vernissages, concerts, etc.
- providing access to the BUW Playroom and group study rooms.
- Matters that do not require a stay in the Library and/or direct contact with BUW staff should be handled online or by phone.
- It is recommended to use the return box and the SelfCheck kiosks to return books (payment of charged fines can be done in the SelfCheck kiosks).
- Library is open:
- Monday – Saturday 9 am – 9 pm (partially in self-service mode).
- Sunday 3 pm – 8 pm.
Self-service mode hours: Monday – Tuesday between 9 am and 2 pm, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday between 4 pm and 9 pm.
More information in News.
Garden
Opening hours:
8 am – 8 pm – from May 1st – until September 30th
8 am – 6 pm – April and October
8 am – 3 pm – from November 1st – March 31st – only the Lower Garden
Opening hours of each department in the academic year 2020/2021
Open Stacks
Monday – Saturday 9 am – 9 pm ( partly in self-service mode)
Sunday – 3 pm – 8 pm
Information Desk
Monday – Tuesday 2 pm – 9 pm
Wednesday – Saturday 9 am – 4 pm
Sunday – 3 pm – 8 pm
Registration for trainings and one-to-one instruction and assistance
Contact us: +48 22 55 25 181, e-mail: askalibrary.buw@uw.edu.pl or informator.dziedzinowy@uw.edu.pl
Hours of Subject Librarians
P – language, literature
Contact: Alina Cywińska, e-mail: askalibrary.buw@uw.edu.pl
B, L – psychology, philosophy, religion, education
Contact: Tomasz Kasprowicz, e-mail: askalibrary.buw@uw.edu.pl
AM C D-F GN700-875 – history
Contact: Lilianna Nalewajska, e-mail: askalibrary.buw@uw.edu.pl
GF Q R-V – geography, mathematical, natural and applied sciences
Contact: Maja Bogajczyk , e-mail: askalibrary.buw@uw.edu.pl
K, J – law, political science
Contact: Dorota Bocian, e-mail: askalibrary.buw@uw.edu.pl
H GN1-673 GR-GV – social science, anthropology
Contact: Anna Białanowicz, e-mail: askalibrary.buw@uw.edu.pl
A, Z – general works, library science
Contact: Anna Gimlewicz, e-mail: askalibrary.buw@uw.edu.pl
M, N – music, architecture, fine arts
Contact: e-mail: askalibrary.buw@uw.edu.pl
Main Reading Room
Monday – Tuesday 2 pm – 9 pm
Wednesday – Friday 9 am- 4 pm
Saturday 9 am – 3 pm
Sunday – closed
Current Periodicals Reading Room
Monday – Saturday 9 am – 9 pm
Sunday – 3 pm – 8 pm
Circulation Desk
Monday – Tuesday 2 pm – 9 pm
Wednesday – Friday 9 am – 4 pm
Saturday 9 am – 3 pm
Sunday – closed
Registration and Information (office located on the ground floor)
Monday – Tuesday 2 pm – 8 pm
Wednesday – Saturday 9 am – 3 pm
Sunday – closed
Requests and Complaints
Monday – Tuesday 2 pm – 9 pm
Wednesday – Friday 9 am- 4 pm
Saturday, Sunday – closed
e-mail: reklamacje.buw@uw.edu.pl
I matters requiring personal contact a visit should be arranged in advance.
Interlibrary Loans
Monday – Tuesday 2 pm – 9 pm
Wednesday – Friday 9 am – 4 pm
Reprographic Office, room 204
phone 48 22 55 25 400, e-mail: reprobuw@uw.edu.pl
Monday – Friday 10 am – 3 pm
University of Warsaw Library Archives, room 114
phone 48 22 55 25 261, e-mail: m.swiezewski@uw.edu.pl
Tuesday, Thursday 10 am – 2 pm
Print Room
Monday, Wednesday, Friday – closed
Tuesday 2 pm – 6 pm
Thursday 9 am – 4 pm
Early Printed Books Department
Monday 2 pm – 7 pm
Tuesday – closed
Wednesday 9 am – 3 pm
Thursday 12 – 4 pm
Friday 9 am – 3 pm
Manuscripts Department
Monday 2 pm – 7 pm
Tuesday – closed
Wednesday – Thursday 9 am – 3 pm
Friday – closed
Music Department
Monday 2 pm – 7 pm
Tuesday, Thursday – closed
Wednesday, Friday 9 am – 3 pm
Ephemera Department
Monday – 2 pm – 6 pm
Tuesday 2 pm – 4 pm
Wednesday – Friday 9 am – 4 pm
Maps Department
Monday, Friday – closed
Tuesday 2 pm – 6 pm
Wednesday, Thursday 10 am – 3 pm
Austrian Library
Monday – Friday 9 am – 9 pm
Saturday, Sunday – closed
Registration and circulation:
Monday, Tuesday 2 pm – 7 pm
Wednesday – Friday 11 am – 4 pm
Fixed closing times of BUW
Public and church holidays and other days announced by the Rector of the University of Warsaw and the Director of BUW in 2021:
- January 1st (Friday) – New Year
- January 6th (Wednesday) – Epiphany
- April 4-5th (Sunday – Monday) – Easter
- May 1st (Saturday) – Labour Day
- May 3rd (Monday) – May 3rd Constitution Day
- May 23rd (Sunday) – Pentecost
- June 3rd (Thursday) – Corpus Christi Day
- August 15th (Sunday) – Assumption of Mary
- November 1st (Monday) – All Saints’ Day
- November 11th (Thursday) – Independence Day
- December 25th (Saturday) – Christmas
- December 26th (Sunday) – Christmas (second day)
- and every Saturday and Sunday in July & August.
We will inform you in advance about any additional days of the Library closures on BUW website.