Biblioteka Główna
Politechniki Warszawskiej

Opening hours and services provided by the Main Libary of WUT

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Registration

• Online via website - possible for WUT students, scientific and teaching staff, who have their accounts (including email address) in the USOSweb PW
• Onsite in the library

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Loans

• Borrowing books from the Main Library of WUT and its Branches is possible after prior ordering via the library's online catalogue
• Collection of the requested books during the Library opening hours, not later than four days after the order has been completed
• Books from the ML OPEN STACKS can be ordered in the same way as books from the ML STUDENTS LENDING ROOM (option “Order in the catalogue online”) This concerns the books which are borrowed for one month. Collection of the books from ML OPEN STACKS and the ML BASIC STOCKROOM - Level II, room 242, Monday – Friday: 9 am - 7 pm.
• Libraries Of Students' Halls Of Residence closed until further notice

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ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS ON-SITE

• Library of Southern Campus
  Access to the collections on-site (room 206) after prior ordering via e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; the e-mail should contain the date and time of collecting the items as well as the details of the ordered library items
• Library of the Warsaw University of Technology in Plock
  The library collections are available on site while keeping the sanitary regime (masks, hand disinfection) - room 32
• Library of Faculty of Chemistry
  The library collections are available on site while keeping the sanitary regime (masks, hand disinfection) - level 1, room 157
• ML Open Stacks
  • The library collections are available on site while keeping the sanitary regime (masks, hand disinfection)
  • Access to Phd dissertation and special collections on spatial management, housing and architecture through designated terminals (room 242 c) after making an appointment via e-mail address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; the e-mail should contain the date and time of collecting the items

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Returns

• The returned books are subject to a 5-day quarantine (status in the catalogue "Quarantine") and will not be borrowed during that time.
• The books borrowed from the Main Library and its Branches and from Libraries of Students' Halls of Residence can also be sent by post to the address:
  Main Library of the Warsaw University of Technology
  00-661 Warsaw
  Pl. Politechniki 1
  Room 71
• We kindly ask you to send faculty libraries' returns from which the books were borrowed (addresses below).
  Faculty and Institute Libraries

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Renewal of loans

The due date of the borrowed books can be extended if:

• the book has not been ordered by another user;
• there are no overdue books in the user’s account;
• the library account has not been blocked;
• the user has not exceeded the maximum number (three) of renewals

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CLOSING LIBRARY ACCOUNTS (CLEARANCE SLIPS)

Closing the library account (clearance slips) takes place after fulfilment of obligations towards ML WUT (i.e. no loans or unsettled financial liabilities).
Closing the library account is available:

• on-site in the the ML STUDENTS LENDING ROOM - room 71 or in the ML OPEN STACKS - level II, room 242 (after handing-in of the printed and completed clearance slip form). Clearance slip download link: https://www.ca.pw.edu.pl/Kanclerz/Z-ca-Kanclerza-ds.-Dzialan-Podst/Dzial-Ewidencji-Studentow-Sekretariat-Szkoly/Dokumenty-do-pobrania
• online via email:
  • This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (the message should include the album number, faculty, name and surname, date of birth and address)
  • This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for the students of the Faculty of Production Engineering (the message should include the album number).
  Confirmation of closing the library account will be sent to the Students Records Department WUT with a copy to the sender’s address.
• for faculties that have implemented an electronic clearance slip (Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences, Faculty of Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering; Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering; Faculty of Electrical Engineering; Faculty of Management; Faculty of Materials Science; Faculty of Mechatronics; Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering; Faculty of Transport), the closing library account takes place in the USOS system.

In case of any questions or concerns contact ML STUDENTS LENDING ROOM - phone 22 234 75 80 or ML OPEN STACKS – phone 22 234 55 98.

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SCANNING / ORDERING DIGITAL COPIES

• It is possible to order free copies of digital documents from the collections of the Main Library of the Warsaw University of Technology. The service is addressed to students, PhD students and WUT employees who have an active library account (in case of problems with the library account, please contact us by email:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) together with attached personal data (album number, faculty, name and surname, date of birth and address).
• Orders for digital copies of up to 50 pages of the original text (not including title page, pages with table of contents and bibliography) should be sent to the following address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. only from your own email address with the domain @pw.edu.pl. The application should contain full bibliographic data of the fragment of the book, article from the journal (pages from x to x) and call number in the Main Library Catalogue. One person can send only one order per week.
• Black and white scans will be saved in TIFF / PDF format (without OCR) at 300 dpi and sent by e-mail. The delivery time depends on the number of incoming orders. Requests are processed in accordance with the order in which they have been submitted.
• Documents that are not subject to procurement: doctoral dissertations, unscientific current magazines and standards.

IMPORTANT:

• Due to the regulations on the protection of personal data, orders placed by persons who use the personal data of other people, will not be realised.
• The Main Library of the Warsaw University of Technology does not take responsibility for copyright infringement committed by the person ordering the materials. The Main Library of the Warsaw University of Technology does not grant permission for publication and is not responsible for the further use of materials reproduced from the collections of the WUT ML and are subject to the protection of the Copyright and Related Rights Act of February 4, 1994. (Dziennik Ustaw 1994 no. 24 item 83).

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INTERLIBRARY LOAN

Inter-library loan are processed at the Main Library:

• Orders for books or articles not available at the WUT Main Library should be sent to the e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or fill in the request form available on the WUT ML website;
• It is possible to order e-books on ProQuest Ebook Central platform (short-term loans for 7 to14 days);
• Outgoing and incoming orders for books from/to libraries in other towns can be processed.

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PhD DISSERTATIONS BEFORE DEFENCE

• Doctoral dissertations awaiting defence are available to view in the Special Collections' Reading Room at the Warsaw University of Technology Main Library.
• Due to measures undertaken to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus, users are requested to make an appointment by phone (phone number 22 234 51 13) the day before the planned visit.
• In order to protect the document and to make it possible for other persons to view without subjecting it to the quarantine, it is necessary to wear a facemask and protective gloves while using it. A mask and gloves will be provided in the Reading Room.

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ACCESS TO THE POLISH STANDARDS DATABASE

• It is possible to access the Polish Standards database after prior reservation of a computer station.
• Due to the measures undertaken to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus, users are asked to contact us by phone or e-mail the day before the planned visit.
• Main Library (phone numbers.: 22 234 73 00; 22 628 71 84)
  e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• WUT Branch Library in Płock (phone numbers: 24 367 2111; 24 367 2123)
  e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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INFORMATION SERVICES

We provide information services only by e-mail and telephone:

• Orders for citation analysis, Hirsch index, information retrieval in databases.
  tel.: 22 234 73 00; 22 628 71 84
  e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Consultations on the WUT Base of Knowledge:
  tel.: 22 234 6074
  e-mail:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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LIBRARY TRAINING / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE LIBRARY TRAINING COMPLETION

• Library trainings are conducted on-line, according to the schedules established at the faculties. Acnowlegment of the library training completion takes place in the USOS and ISOD systems.
• Graduate students of the Faculty of Production Engineering can receive the acknowledgement of the library training in an electronic form. Contact by e-mail – Branch Library - Library of the Southern Campus This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Message should include album number and the academic year (approximately, though) of such training.

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