Opening hours of the MIZ
Christmas Holidays from 24.12.24 - 4.1.25
Library
The library will be closed from 4 p.m. on 23 December 2025 until 4 January 2026.
During the closure, no media can be returned and the return box will not be available.
Returns can only be made by post during this period. Media will be re-registered from 5 January 2026, with the postmark serving as proof of return.
Please send media to:
Leuphana University Lüneburg
University Library – Service Desk
Universitätsallee 1
21335 Lüneburg
Short-term loans can be borrowed from 19 December 2025 (all day) until 5 January 2026.
From 5 January 2026, we will be back to our regular opening hours from 8:30 a.m., with the foyer, workstations and group study rooms opening at 8 a.m.
The electronic resources (e-books and databases) will remain available to members of the university via VPN even during the closure period.
IT advice / IT service
IT support for employees will be available until 19 December 2025 and will then close for the Christmas holidays. From 5 January 2026, services will be available during the usual opening hours.
The IT tutors (IT advice for students) will also be available for technical advice on site in the library foyer until 19 December 2025. After the New Year, the IT counter in the library will be open again from 5 January 2026.
Support requests sent by email to it-service@leuphana.de and it-tutor@leuphana.de can be processed to a limited extent from 22 December to 23 December 2025 and from 2 January 2026.
myStudy Support
myStudy Support will be available until 19 December 2025 and will then close for the Christmas holidays. myStudy Support will be available again from 5 January 2026.
myCampus Support
myCampus Support will be available until 19 December 2025 and will then close for the Christmas holidays. myCampus Support will be available again from 5 January 2026.
Equipment rental
The MIZ equipment rental service will be open until 19 December 2025 and will then close for the Christmas holidays. The service will be available again from 5 January 2026.
Library Opening Hours
| Monday- Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
| MIZ Foyer | 8:00 am - 11 pm | 10 am - 8 pm | 10 am - 8 pm |
| Reading Room | 8:30 am - 11 pm | 10 am - 8 pm | 10 am - 8 pm |
| Information Counter in the Reading Room | 8:30 am - 8 pm | 10 am - 2 pm | closed |
| Service Counter | 10 am - 8 pm | 10 am - 2 pm | closed |
| IT-Counter library foyer | 10 am - 5 pm * | closed | closed |
* There may be different opening times at the IT counter in the library foyer. Please also note the notices on site.
During our opening hours, we are happy to help you with any questions you may have about literature research and library services. However, there are the following restrictions:
In the evening hours from 6 p.m. or on Fridays from 5 p.m. and on Saturdays our service is usually somewhat limited, except during this time:
- assistance with the use of scanners, printers and microfilm equipment
- clarification of detailed questions on lending and interlibrary loans
- carrying out more complex research
After 8 p.m., on Saturdays from 2 p.m. and on Sundays the library is only open as a place of learning. During this time you can still not use the library:
- make new registrations and renewals of library use authorisations
- pay fees at the counter, except for payment at the automatic pay machine (applies only to students)
- borrow "non-borrowable" works or periodicals in the reading room
- Borrow short loans
- Borrow and/or return keys for rented items