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Register online If you have never had a BUW card, you can register online. Select the type of card you wish to activate, log in with your PESEL and password as for the USOS system, accept the regulations and create a password for your library account. Your library account is activated within a few hours: you will receive an email confirmation. Your University ID card (ELS/ELD/ELP/ELN) becomes your library card. You will find your card number on the back of your card under the barcode.

Register at the Library You can also come to the Registration Point (check the opening hours) and register in person. It will be necessary if you’ve already had an account at the Library before. The Registration Point employees have to close your old account first in order to open a new student/doctoral/employee account.

Renewal of your library account

UW students & doctoral students: renewal of your library account is automatic when passing grades for each subsequent semester appear in the USOS system.

If there is already a semester credit in the USOS system, but your account has expired, please report with your card to the Registration Point or the Circulation Desk. Check the opening hours.

UW employees: the validity of the account is automatically extended based on the data in USOS. If the account validity has not been extended, please to the Registration Point or the Circulation Desk. Check the opening hours.

Losing your University ID card (ELS/ELD/ELP/ELN)

If you’ve lost your University ID, report this to your dean’s office as soon as possible. Once you receive your new card, come to the Registration Point. Check the opening hours. The Registration staff will transfer your library account to your new card.

 

You can find out what you can borrow and for how long in the Borrow and Return section.

Are you a postgraduate student?	Are you studying on the interuniversity programmes (MOST)?
Are you completing a research internship or short-term study?	Are you an international student?
Are you resuming your studies at UW?	Are you working at UW on a contract of mandate or a contract for specific work?

 

Come to the Registration Point (check the opening hours). Remember to bring an identity document (ID card, driving licence, passport or residence card).

Check what other documents may be necessary for registration.

 

You can find out what you can borrow and for how long in the Borrow and Return section.

If you have already lost your student status but have not yet defended your thesis, you can use the library (borrow books) under special conditions. Ask your Dean’s Office for a post-certificate of completion statement for the library. Come to the Registration Point (check the opening hours). On the basis of this document, the Registration Point staff will renew your account or set up a new library account (even though you do not have a current hologram).

If you have already lost your doctoral student status but have not yet defended your thesis, you can use the library (borrow books) under special conditions. Ask your Dean’s Office for a certificate. Come to the Registration Point (check the opening hours). On the basis of the certificate, the Registration Point staff will set up a new paid deposit library account.

 

You can find out what you can borrow and for how long in the Borrow and Return section.

You can register to BUW on the same basis as described under Other visitors entry.

Your student card can become your library card.

 

BiblioWawa Reciprocal Borrowing Programme

If you study at any of these universities:
Maria Grzegorzewska University Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education Warsaw University of Technology	Medical University of Warsaw Military University of Technology Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
you can sign up at your university library to the BiblioWawa Reciprocal Borrowing Programme. This will allow you to borrow books from our collections, once you have registered to BUW.

Already a member of BiblioWawa? Come to the Registration Point (check the opening hours). Remember to bring your ID document (identity card, driving licence, passport or residence card) and your student card.

Inform the employee of the Registration Point that you are a member of Bibliowawa.

Your student card will become your library card.

Signing up to BiblioWawa is free of charge. Opening a library account at BUW costs 20 PLN. Please note: cashless payment only! (card, NFC)

The BiblioWawa account is valid until the end of the academic year.

Renewal of your library account

To renew your library account and be able to borrow books from BUW, first ask at your university library for an extension of BiblioWawa for the next academic year.

Next, come to the Registration Point (check the opening hours) with your student card. ze swoją legitymacją. Remember to bring your ID document (identity card, driving licence, passport or residence card).

Extension of membership in BiblioWawa is free of charge.

Renewing your BUW account for another academic year costs 10 PLN. Please note: cashless payment only! (card, NFC)

 

You can find out what you can borrow and for how long in the Borrow and Return section.

You can register to BUW on the same basis as described under Other visitors entry.

If you wish to borrow books from BUW, you can set up a paid deposit account. To do this, obtain a certificate from your UW promoter and refer your request for permission to set up such an account to the Requests and Complaints Office at BUW: reklamacje.buw@uw.edu.pl. Check the opening hours.

Once you get the permission, the Registration Point staff can set up a paid deposit account for you right away.

 

You can find out what you can borrow and for how long in the Borrow and Return section.

If you have the UW Alumni Club card you can register it as a BUW library card. You will be able to borrow books home.

The UW Alumni Club card can be activated for free as a BUW library card:

Online Select the type of card you wish to activate, log in with your PESEL and password as for the USOS system, accept the regulations and create a password for your library account.

On site at BUW Come to the Registration Point (check the opening hours) with your UW Alumni Club card. Remember to bring your ID document (identity card, driving licence, passport or residence card).

Renewal of your library account

The UW Alumni Club card is valid for 4 years from the date of its issue. If, after its expiry, you still wish to use BUW under the same conditions, first apply to the UW Alumni Club for a new card.

Come to the Registration Point (check the opening hours) with your new UW Alumni Club card. Remember to bring your ID document (identity card, driving licence, passport or residence card).

Losing your library card

If you have lost your UW Alumni Club card, apply to the UW Alumni Club for a new card.

Come to the Registration Point (check the opening hours) with your new UW Alumni Club card. Remember to bring your ID document (identity card, driving licence, passport or residence card).

 

You can find out what you can borrow and for how long in the Borrow and Return section.