Opening hours
Opening hours
| Monday | 8 am – 12 midnight (partly in self-service mode) |
| Tuesday | 0 am – 10 pm |
| Wednesday – Friday | 8 am – 10 pm (partly in self-service mode) |
| Saturday | 8 am – 12 midnight (partly in self-service mode) |
| Sunday | 0 am – 8 pm (only Information Desk is open 3 pm – 8 pm) |
| Self-service mode hours: | |
| Monday | between 8 am and 9 am, 9 pm and 12 midnight |
| Tuesday | between 0 am and 9 am, 9 pm and 10 pm |
| Wednesday – Friday | between 8 am and 9 am, 9 pm and 10 pm |
| Saturday | between 8 am and 9 am, 9 pm and 12 midnight |
| Sunday | between 0 am and 8 pm (Information Desk is open 3 pm – 8 pm) |
In the self-service mode:
- Only persons with a valid library card are allowed to use the library.
- Registration and Information (ground floor), Information Desk, Main Reading Room and Circulation Desk are closed.
- A library account cannot be set up or renewed.
- Keys to study booths cannot be collected.
- Books can be checked out and renewed only in SelfCheck kiosks.
- Payment of charged fines can be done only in SelfCheck kiosks.
- Books can be returned in the return box and SelfCheck kiosks.
- Readers are free to use the Open Stacks area, the wireless network (BUW.Hotspot) and electronic resources.
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 departments
Open Stacks
- Monday 8 am – 12 midnight
- Tuesday 0 am – 10 pm
- Wednesday – Friday 8 am – 10 pm
- Saturday 8 am – 12 midnight
- Sunday 0 am – 8 pm
Information Desk
- Monday – Saturday 9 am – 9 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
Reading Room
- Monday – Saturday 9 am – 9 pm
- Sunday – closed
Current Periodicals Reading Room
- Monday 8 am – 12 midnight
- Tuesday 0 am – 10 pm
- Wednesday – Friday 8 am – 10 pm
- Saturday 8 am – 12 midnight
- Sunday 0 am – 8 pm
Circulation Desk
- Monday – Saturday 9 am – 9 pm
- Sunday – closed
Registration (office located on the ground floor)
- Monday – Saturday 9 am – 9 pm
- Sunday – closed
Requests and Complaints
e-mail: reklamacje.buw@uw.edu.pl, obiegowki.buw@uw.edu.pl
- Monday 2 pm – 9 pm
- Tuesday – Friday 9 am – 4 pm
Interlibrary Loans
- Monday 11 am – 6 pm
- Tuesday – Friday 9 am – 3 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
Special Collections
Visit to the Special Collections reading rooms must be arranged in advance by e-mail or telephone.
Print Room
phone 22 55 25 830, e-mail: gabryc.buw@uw.edu.pl
- Monday – closed
- Tuesday 9 am – 6 pm
- Wednesday – closed
- Thursday 9 am – 6 pm
- Friday – closed
Early Printed Books Department
phone 22 55 25 761, -763, -772, e-mail: stdruk.buw@uw.edu.pl
- Monday 12 noon – 7 pm
- Tuesday – closed
- Wednesday 12 noon – 7 pm
- Thursday 9 am – 3 pm
- Friday 9 am – 3 pm
Manuscripts Department
phone 22 55 25 900, e-mail: rps.buw@uw.edu.pl
- Monday – closed
- Tuesday 9 am – 6 pm
- Wednesday 9 am – 3 pm
- Thursday 9 am – 3 pm
- Friday 9 am – 3 pm
Music Department
phone 22 55 25 745, -746, e-mail: muz.buw@uw.edu.pl
- Monday 9 am – 7 pm
- Tuesday 9 am – 3 pm
- Wednesday – closed
- Thursday 9 am – 7 pm
- Friday 9 am – 3 pm
Ephemera Department
phone 22 55 25 720, e-mail: dzs.buw@uw.edu.pl
- Monday 9 am – 4 pm
- Tuesday 9 am – 6 pm
- Wednesday 9 am – 4 pm
- Thursday 9 am – 4 pm
- Friday 9 am – 4 pm
Maps Department
phone 22 55 25 885, e-mail: gabkart.buw@uw.edu.pl
- Monday – closed
- Tuesday 12 noon – 6 pm
- Wednesday 10 am – 4 pm
- Thursday 10 am – 4 pm
- Friday – closed
Austrian Library
- Monday – Saturday 8 am – 10 pm
- Sunday 3 pm – 8 pm
Registration and circulation:
- Monday 1 pm – 7 pm
- Tuesday – Friday 11 am – 5 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 2023:
- January 1st (Sunday) – New Year
- January 6th (Friday) – Epiphany
- April 9-10th (Sunday – Monday) – Easter
- May 1st (Monday) – Labour Day
- May 3rd (Wednesday) – May 3rd Constitution Day
- May 28th (Sunday) – Pentecost
- June 8th (Thursday) – Corpus Christi Day
- August 15th (Tuesday) – Assumption of Mary
- November 1st (Wednesday) – All Saints’ Day
- November 11th (Sunday) – Independence Day
- December 24th (Sunday)
- December 25th (Monday) – Christmas
- December 26th (Tuesday) – Christmas (second day)
We will inform you in advance about any additional days of the Library closures on BUW website.