Equipment
Printer
You can print out documents for your own use in almost all of FH Aachen's buildings. To do so, please use the printing stations of the library.
Upload a Document
In the first step, upload your document as a PDF file. You can use the PDF-Upload from any location.
In the Boxgraben and Bayernallee libraries, you have the option of printing in the A3 format. The PDF document must already be saved in A3 format before uploading.
Adjusting the Print Job
In the second step, log in with your FH Identifier at one of the printing stations listed below. You then have the option of adjusting your print job (e.g. black and white or colour, double-sided,...). Before printing, you will be shown the exact amount charged for the print job.
Paying for the Print Job
Once you submit the print job, the print fee will be charged to your library account. Pay your print fees immediately after completing the print job. You have the following options:
- Cashless, with your FH Karte at the payment station
- For amounts of € 5 or more, by bank transfer to the FH Aachen account:
IBAN DE11 3905 0000 1070 8591 43 | BIC: AACSDE33 | reference line: your FH Identifier and your name - In cash, during the service hours in your branch library
Locations
- Bayernallee
> Library→ Room 00111
- Boxgraben
> Library → Room 02103
- Eupener Straße
> Library → Media Room
> Faculty of Business Studies → Room 237
- Goethestraße
> Room 01211
> Room 03205
- Hohenstaufenallee
> Room 04112
- Jülich
> Library → Auditorium 1st Floor
> Internet Café → Main Building Room 00B01
Please note
The printing station is suitable for printing something for your own use. We cannot guarantee scale accuracy, colour fastness or ink coverage. If you need high quality printouts, for example for presentations or your final thesis, we recommend that you use professional companies (e.g. copy shops).
Scanners
Book Scanner
In all our libraries, book scanners are available to you for free, autonomous use. They are suitable for the careful and quick scanning of books and journal volumes.
In the Bayernallee and Boxgraben libraries, you can scan up to DIN A2 format, in the Eupener Straße and Jülich libraries up to DIN A3 format.
Bring a USB stick with you to save the scanned documents.
Use the operating instructions on site directly at the device.
Flatbed Scanner
Each of our libraries has a flatbed scanner at your disposal. When connected to one of our user computers, you can scan documents up the size of DIN A4.
Use the operating instructions on site directly at the device.
Feed Scanner
Each of our libraries is equipped with a feed scanner allowing you to quickly and conveniently scan single A4 documents as well as batches of documents.
Bring a USB stick with you to save the scanned documents.
Use the operating instructions on site directly at the device.
Lockers
Availability & Key Lending
Check the availability of the lockers via the links below or ask at the service desk for free lockers. If a locker is available, you can borrow the locker key at the service desk.
Availability at the ...
Remember to select your home library so that you can see the appropriate lending status in the detailed information display.
What is allowed inside & what is not?
The library accepts no liability for the items stored. We, therefore, recommend that you do not leave any valuables that you urgently need in the locker (e.g. money, laptop, keys, medication, etc.).
What can be placed in the locker?
Books
Learning utensils
Personal items
What is not allowed to be placed in the locker?
Perishable food
Chemicals
Substances or objects hazardous to health
Loan Period & Renewal
The loan period for the Bayernallee and Eupener Straße locker keys is usually four weeks and can be renewed at any time. You must present the key at the library after 24 weeks at the latest.
In the Bayernallee, Boxgraben and Eupener Straße libraries, lockers with a shortened loan period are available. These lockers are only accessible during the library's opening hours.
Please note that you can only hand in the keys to the library staff during service hours and not at the self-service terminal.
Loss & Fees
If a key is lost, the user bears the cost of replacing the key and pays an additional administrative fee of €25.00.
General Information
The University Library of FH Aachen does not assume any liability for the items stored in the lockers. It is not permissible to use more than one locker at the same time. The locker must be emptied and locked before the key is returned! You can find further information on the use of lockers in the Locker Regulations.
Self-Service
During opening hours, you can borrow and return media all by yourself. All you need is your FH Karte and your PIN. Your PIN is preset to your date of birth DDMM and can be changed in your library account.
Please place your media on the glass top of the self-service terminal. The bookings are made automatically and are shown to you on the display.
No FH Karte is required when returning media items.
After the booking has been completed, you will receive your booking voucher either as a printout or by email.
Borrowing media via the self-service terminal is not possible...
- for media from the non-lending collection
- for media from course reserves
- for media borrowed via interlibrary loan
- if your library account has been blocked
In the above cases, please consult the staff at the circulation desk.
Return Box
Please note the following for the use of the return boxes:
- The booking of the returned media will only take place on the next working day. Therefore, please return your books no later than one working day before the deadline expires! Late returns will incur a fee.
- Insert carefully! Please place books with their spine facing downwards into the slot.
- Do not drop off interlibrary loans, keys or oversized media.
- You will not receive a receipt at the return box.
- The borrower is personally responsible for returning the books. Please do not place any books on top of the return box if it is full.
The return boxes are located outside the library and are, therefore, available to you during the occasionally longer opening hours of the buildings. We do not have a return box available for you at the Boxgraben branch library.
Library Equipment
Boxgraben Library
Equipment
Event-related course reserve collections
20 workstations in the library room distributed over one large and several small group tables (near sockets)
2 individual workstations
2 Internet PCs
1 self-checkout device
1 printing station with colour printer (inkjet, A4 and A3)
1 flatbed scanner (storage on Internet PC)
1 document scanner (USB storage, email dispatch)
1 DIN A2 book scanner (USB storage)
WLAN access (Eduroam)
5 lockers (weekly loan)
Eupener Straße Library
Equipment
150 individual workstations in a separate reading room
98 group workstations
12 Internet PCs
1 self-checkout desk
1 payment station
1 return box in the main entrance of building E
2 printing stations with colour and b/w printers (DIN 4 format only)
Scanner (USB book scanner, document feeder and flatbed scanner)
WLAN access (Eduroam)
Accessibility
Ground-level access via the main entrance to Building E - the Library is located on the ground floor
Up to 3 barrier-free workstations with PC and 2 loanable screen readers for the visually impaired (please ask at the counter!)
Marked individual workstations in the reading room (please ask at the counter)
Disabled toilet available outside the Library on the ground floor
Jülich Library
Equipment
156 study places
29 PC workstations
[there is also a photocopier in the Internet café outside the Library]
1 self-checkout machine
1 payment station (please top up your FH card with credit in the dining hall (Mensa) / no top-up device available in the Library)
1 return box in the foyer of the auditorium
2 printing stations with colour and b/w printers (DIN 4 format)
Scanner (USB book scanner, feed scanner)
WLAN access (Eduroam)
Bayernallee Library
Equipment
56 workstations including 12 in the Silentium
17 Internet PCs
1 self-checkout device
1 payment station
2 printing stations with colour and b/w printers (inkjet, A4 and A3)
1 flatbed scanner (storage on Internet PC)
1 document scanner (USB storage)
1 DIN A2 book scanner (USB storage)
WLAN access (Eduroam)
Lending of 144 lockers (distributed throughout the building) and 15 day lockers (in front of the Library)