FOLIO

The Future of Libraries is open - migration to a new open source library management system

Exciting and challenging weeks are lying ahead of the University Library: after 30 years, a new library management system is just around the corner - FOLIO.

FOLIO is an open source library management system that the library community has been working on intensively nationally and internationally in recent years.
As so-called next generation system, FOLIO will secure the viability of university libraries by its modularity, openness, transparency and cooperative development. Ensuring future viability is of immense importance, not least due to the digital transformation in the library sector and the many dynamic developments at universities ... more

Borrowing of OTH and Regional State Library holdings for UR members, local lending services

borrowing only in the respective library possible (suspension of local lending services), library cards will be issued by the respective library

Inter-library loan

four-week loan period without renewal
absolutely necessary: return at the due date (system requirement)
Inter-library loans are currently not visible in the library account, end of the loan period will be communicated by e-mail after provision

Current announcements:

01/2025: Current information on inter-library loans

To avoid a temporary suspension of the inter-library loan service, the University Library has been working intensively on alternative solutions for the past weeks. As a result, the University Library is still participating in the inter-library loan. However, the system currently requires shortened loan periods.

Currently, the loan period for inter-library loans is four weeks without renewal. For technical reasons, those items are not visible in the library account until further notice. The end of the loan period will be communicated by e-mail. Please note: for technical reasons it is absolutely necessary to return inter-library loans on time.

We will keep you informed of further developments.

Thank you for your understanding.

12/2024: Lending services with OTH and Regional State Library

At the time of migration, only University Library holdings may be booked on University Library user accounts.

From mid-December 2024 we initially had to discontinue the local lending services with the OTH library, the Regional State Libray and the IOS library for the time being.

If you need holdings from these libraries, you can apply for a library card for the respective library. Then you can borrow the holdings on site using this new library card with the usual loan periods.

After the migration, we will continue the local lending services with other libraries as quickly as possible. The library card of the respective institution will still be necessary for borrowing holdings on site.

If you have any questions about FOLIO, please contact us by e-mail at info.ub@ur.de or get in touch with the subject-specific contact persons.