Artificial Intelligence
AI is currently a hot topic. Naturally, HLB also has offerings to help you learn more about this subject.
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Bank transfer
Would you like to transfer fees for reminders or our inter-library loan service? No problem
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Book loss
Unfortunate, but possible. If something is lost or the media is damaged, please contact us.
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Book return box
Outside opening hours, you can return your media to the book return boxes located at Bertramstraße, Kurt-Schumacher-Ring, and Unter den Eichen. These media will then be checked back into the lending system on the next working day.
The boxes are located near the library entrance.
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Borrowing laptops
RheinMain University of Applied Sciences offers its students the opportunity to use notebooks provided on loan to participate in online events and to complete assignments as part of their studies.
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Charging cabinet
The charging cabinets in the Rheinstraße and Rüsselsheim libraries have 20 and 10 compartments respectively, each equipped with a socket and two different USB ports (you will need to bring your own cables or borrow them if necessary).
While you are working in the library, your devices can be safely charged there.
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Citavi
The literature management program Citavi supports students and researchers in all stages of working with academic literature. Among other things, the program actively assists you with citations (in some cases according to the citation guidelines of individual HSRM degree programs), creates bibliographies, and helps with work organization. With the help of the university's own campus license, HSRM members can use the program free of charge.
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Closed stacks
The closed stack at the Rheinstraße library has existed in its current form and function unchanged since 1913.
The shelf system is a self-supporting steel structure in which the bookshelves are anchored. The vertical supports of the steel structure not only bear the ceiling, live and dead loads, but also the roof and the fireproof final ceiling. It was developed by the metalworker Robert Lipman and had previously been installed in the university libraries in Strasbourg and Marburg.
The stacks consist of 6 storeys, the first 5 of which are each 2.30 metres high and separated from each other by light false ceilings. The sixth, significantly higher storey is secured towards the attic by a fireproof ceiling made of reinforced concrete. The storage floors are connected by a 90 cm wide continuous staircase in the centre of the building. There are also two stone fireproof emergency staircases located in the two corner towers. The connection between the stacks and the rest of the library has always been provided by passenger and goods lifts, which were originally supplemented by a manual lift. In order to make the best possible use of daylight for the stacks, the axes of the windows on the street and courtyard sides are aligned towards the centre of the shelving aisles.
In 1913, the total storage space of the magazine was calculated at around 510,000 volumes, which, as we now know, was an extremely precise calculation. The entire construction is impressive not only because of its low production costs, but also because of its optimal utilisation of space. Its disadvantage, however, is that it functionally defines the entire magazine wing, meaning that subsequent functional changes are not possible.
For a walk through our magazine, please click on the link
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Consulting
HLB RheinMain offers courses and advice on various topics related to library use and academic work. Interested? Then take a look at what we have to offer and find out how you can participate.
For advice on other topics, please contact service-hlb[at]hs-rm.de
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Contact
Would you like to contact us? We look forward to receiving your questions and comments.
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Copyright
Copyright-protected content is used and produced on a large scale in teaching and research. The handling and protection of such content often raises questions.
In the summer of 2023, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Library Association (dbv) developed a handout on the topic of ‘Copyright in science’. It contains, for example, information on the use of copyright-protected works for teaching and research in higher education.
The guide is available under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-SA 4 and can be downloaded from the BMBF website or ordered as a print version (see link)
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