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We offer guided tours through the library at both locations:
Trial Access to Brockhaus
Until 31st October 2025, we are providing digital trial access to Brockhaus:
The encyclopaedia, including dictionaries and the World Climate knowledge portal, has been activated. Klima der Welt offers complex insights from climate research in the following areas:
- History
- Climate system
- Outlook
- Society
- Statistics
Click here to access the Enzyclopedia and the mainpage.
Reading Room 2 permanently closed
Reading Room 2 in Building A on Campus Treskowallee will permanently close its doors at the end of October. The last day of opening will be October 31, 2025.
Extensive reorganization work will take place from November 1 to November 8, 2025. Therefore, Reading Room 1 (journal reading room) will also be temporarily closed. The lending desk in Building B will remain open as usual.
Reading Room 1 on Campus Treskowallee will reopen on November 10, 2025.
The library on Campus Wilhelminenhof will remain open as usual.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
This month online training from the library via Moodle:
- Especially recommended for first semester students, we offer basic training for WebOPAC, online resources and VPN for a complete overview right from the start: Wednesday, 15th September 2025 - 4:00 p.m. (in English)
- And for all those who are about to write their final thesis, we offer the Zotero training - literature management with one click: Tuesday, 23rd September 2025 - 5:00 p.m. (in English)
For further appointments and enquiries please send an e-mail to bibliothek@htw-berlin.de .
Understanding Open Access
What does it mean to publish in Open Access? How do I find a suitable open access journal for my article? Which open licence should I use? These and similar questions will be answered in the series "Understanding Open Access" organised by the University Library in.
During the summer semester 25, we have planned four sessions of approx. 45 minutes each, in which a specific OA-related topic will be discussed. The HTW OA team in cooperation with the ASH Berlin University Library and BHT will introduce each of these topics. Participants will then have the opportunity to discuss their questions.
The talks will take place in online format. Registration is not required. Here is the permanent access link to the virtual room.
Here are the planned appointments:
- 24.10.2025 - 11 AM Open Access publizieren – Wohin geht die Reise?
- 31.10.2025 - 11 AM Open Access-Finanzierung – Wer zahlt die Rechnung?
- 14.11.2025 - 11 AM Schnell, sichtbar, fragwürdig? Wissenschaftliche Integrität im Open-Access-System
- 28.11.2025 - 11 AM Open Access und Künstliche Intelligenz – Chancen und Risiken
- 09.01.2026 - 11 AM Offenes Wissen für alle: Wie Open Education und Open Access zusammenwirken
For further information, please contact the Open Access team.