Opening hours
Opening hours in July and August
From 2nd July to 31st August 2021 the Library will be open in the following mode.
| Monday – Friday | 9 am – 9 pm (partly in self-service mode) |
| Saturday | 9 am – 9 pm (in self-service mode) |
| Sunday | 3 pm – 8 pm (in self-service mode) |
| Self-service mode hours: | |
| Monday, Tuesday | between 9 am and 2 pm |
| Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | between 4 pm and 9 pm. |
| Saturday | between 9 am and 9 pm |
| Sunday | between 3 pm and 8 pm |
In the self-service mode:
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Opening hours
| Monday – Saturday | 8 am – 10 pm (partly self-service mode) |
| Sunday | 3 pm – 8 pm (self-service mode) |
Self-service mode hours:
- Monday – Saturday: between 8 am and 9 pm, between 9 pm and 10 pm
- Sunday: between 3 pm and 8 pm (Information Desk is open)
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
Attention! On 9, 10, 25 June 2022 the garden will be closed to the public.
Opening hours of departments
Open Stacks
- Monday – Saturday 8 am – 10 pm
- Sunday 3 pm – 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
Current Periodicals Reading Room
- Monday – Saturday 8 am – 10 pm
- Sunday 3 pm – 8 pm
Circulation Desk
- Monday – Saturday 9 am – 9 pm
Registration (office located on the ground floor)
- Monday – Saturday 9 am – 9 pm
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
Tuesday 9 am – 6 pm, Thursday 9 am – 6 pm
Early Printed Books Department
phone 22 55 25 761, -763, -772, e-mail: stdruk.buw@uw.edu.pl
Monday, Wednesday 12 (noon) – 7 pm, Thursday, Friday 9 am – 3 pm
Manuscripts Department
phone 22 55 25 900, e-mail: rps.buw@uw.edu.pl
Tuesday 9 am – 6 pm, Wednesday – Friday 9 am – 3 pm
Music Department
phone 22 55 25 745, -746, e-mail: muz.buw@uw.edu.pl
Monday, Thursday 9 am – 7 pm, Tuesday, Friday 9 am – 3 pm,
Ephemera Department
phone 22 55 25 720, e-mail: dzs.buw@uw.edu.pl
Monday, Wednesday – Friday 9 am – 4 pm, Tuesday 9 am – 6 pm
Maps Department
phone 22 55 25 885, e-mail: gabkart.buw@uw.edu.pl
Tuesday 12 (noon) – 6 pm, Wednesday – Thursday 10 am – 4 pm
Austrian Library
- Monday – Saturday 8 am – 10 pm
- Sunday 3 pm – 8 pm
Registration and circulation until January 9, 2022:
- 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 2022:
- January 1st (Saturday) – New Year
- January 6th (Thursday) – Epiphany
- April 17-18th (Sunday – Monday) – Easter
- May 1st (Sunday) – Labour Day
- May 3rd (Tuesday) – May 3rd Constitution Day
- June 5th (Sunday) – Pentecost
- June 16th (Thursday) – Corpus Christi Day
- August 15th (Monday) – Assumption of Mary
- November 1st (Tuesday) – All Saints’ Day
- November 11th (Friday) – Independence Day
- December 24th (Saturday)
- December 25th (Sunday) – Christmas
- December 26th (Monday) – Christmas (second day)
We will inform you in advance about any additional days of the Library closures on BUW website.