Opening hours and use Borrowing, location and contact

Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00

Extraordinary closures
Summer closure: Monday, 15.07. to Sunday, 04.08.2024
Assumption Day: Tuesday, 15.08.2024

Library users can now access the stock of 470 libraries across Switzerland through the new swisscovery search platform. All they need is a library card.

To be able to borrow books and other media through the system, library users need to register on https://registration.slsp.ch/. For data security reasons, all users must do this personally and individually. Find out how to register here.

Unless there has been a reservation by other users in the meantime, the lending period for all borrowed media is automatically extended by four weeks until the maximum lending period of 168 days has been reached.

You may use photocopiers, printers and scanners with a valid HSLU-Card or an IDS library card. First, you need to load cash on the card in notes. Cards of the University of Teacher Education Lucerne and of the University of Lucerne are valid as well.

Recall
No charge

Reminders
first reminder: CHF 5 per item
second reminder: CHF 5 per item
third reminder: CHF 10 per item

Loss of book/medium
a) replacement of book or other item: retail price
b) binding costs: at cost
c) basic fee: CHF 30
d) any late fees that might apply

Dispatch of copies (PDF or paper copies)
CHF 5 per 20 pages
CHF 1 per page from the rare stock

The SLSP Courier connects all SLSP libraries across the country that offer the service. The SLSP Courier delivers any ordered medium to your preferred library (for CHF 6) or directly to your house (for CHF 12) within 48 hours. A return fee is already included in this price. However, the medium must be returned in the library where it has been picked up.

The Central Swiss courier between the Lucerne-based libraries (Central and University Library ZHB, University of Lucerne UNILU and University of Teacher Education Lucerne PHLU, Pedagogical Media Centre PMZ and all libraries of the HSLU) continues to be available free of charge.

It is the library user’s responsibility to return any borrowed items within the lending period. Not having received any due date reminders or recalls (by mail or email) is not accepted as a reasonable excuse for late returns.

Borrowing and ordering at a glance.

Lucerne Central and University Library Regulations