The study environment, facilities and comfort

The library has various types of study environment:

• Computer workstations.
• Seating areas.
• Södra rummet, with work spaces that are suitable for group work.
• Rooms such as Gläntan and the Living Room, which differ in color and decor from the rest of the library.
• One small teaching room with computer workstations.
• A microoffice, a soundproof cabin enabling you to take part in digital meetings without being disturbed.
• A quiet room with reading places.
• A quiet room with sofas.
• Standing desks.
• Office balls.
• Group study rooms (various sizes) with whiteboards.
• Group study rooms with large screens to which laptops can be connected.

There are sixteen group study rooms in the library, ten of which can be booked by students via the booking system.

• Group study room 001-006 (1-6) are not bookable.
• Group study room 007-216 (7-16) can be booked.
• The group study rooms are intended for more than two people.
• You can book group study rooms two weeks in advance.
• You can only book a maximum of six hours a week, and the same group can only have a maximum of three hours booked on a single day.
• Group study rooms are booked by the hour. Booking times can be continuous or spread out.
• If a group study room has been booked but is empty for at least 20 minutes, another group may use the room for the rest of the hour.
• Please cancel your booking if you don’t need the room.

Room 7–12 (Bib007–Bib012) are situated downstairs in the library.
Room 13–15 (Bib113–Bib115) are situated in Södra rummet.
Room 16 (Bib216) are situated upstairs in the library.

The Living Room on the entrance floor houses newspapers and printed journals. You can sit and read or study here, alone or in groups.

If you want to take a break, you can borrow a game from the glass cabinet.

Gläntan is a room with reading areas for three groups on the lower floor of the library. In Gläntan, the colors create a slightly darker study environment.

The microoffice is a soundproof cabin enabling you to take part in digital meetings without being disturbed. You find it downstairs in the library.

The microoffice is soundproof and equipped with:

• Height adjustable desk
• Chair with wheels
• Power socket

There is no booking system of the microoffice. First come, first served.

The Study Support Centre is located in the library. The Study Support Centre offers help and guidance with: 

• Language, style and structure
• The writing process
• Study strategies
• Listing references

Find out more about the Study Support Centre.

The resource room in the library can be used for self-study and group work for those with reading disabilities. The resource room BIB 201 is located upstairs in the library.

The room cannot be booked.

There are computers in various places in the library:

• By the stairs downstairs.
• In Södra rummet.
• In room Bib202, which is located upstairs.

Students and employees can log in to a computer using their user account. External visitors can sign up for a temporary guest account at the library’s information desk.

Students and employees have access to the Eduroam network. Instructions for connecting to Eduroam can be found on in HelpIT (external link).

External visitors can access the wireless network HISGuest. Information about HISGuest can be found in HelpIT (external link).

There are three printers in the library, which can be used by students and employees for printing, copying and scanning. Select the FollowYou printer and then log in to a printer via your user account. You can link your access card to the printers to log in more quickly.

More information about the printer system and how to connect your own computer can be found on the IT department’s web pages. Here, you will also find information about printing costs and how to refill your print quota.

In order to create a good study and work environment, the following rules apply:

• Remember work environment. In order not to distrurb people around you, talk in a quiet voice and put your mobile phone on silent mode.
• Be considerate towards visitors and personnel. Respect the limits within which personnel can help you.
• The library’s materials must be treated with care. You must not make notes or underlinings in the library’s books.
• You are welcome to eat cold snacks and drink non-alcoholic drinks in the library, but you must not eat smelly or messy food. If you want to eat hot food, you can do so in the University’s communal student kitchens and café areas.
• Sort your garbage at the recycling stations.
• The library’s computers may only be used in according with SUNET’s ethical rules (only in Swedish, external link).
• Do not open the windows in the library, as this affects the ventilation
• It is not permitted to bring electric scooters into the library.

To ensure a comfortable working environment, please let us know if you see anything that needs to be rectified.

Anyone who repeatedly breaks the library’s rules or causes disruption in the library’s premises may be banned from the library. A decision will be made by the Library Director.