Mittelstrasse Library
Opening hours
Reading Room
Monday - Friday 07:00-20:00 (building accessible until 18:30)
Mittelstrasse Library comprises the institute libraries of the Institute for Archaeology, Institute for Art History, Institute for Musicology, Institute for Theater Studies and the interdisciplinary libraries of the Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies and for Sustainable Development (CDE)
Mittelstrasse Library is open to the public; however, its services and collections are geared toward the needs of the researchers, lecturers and students of the University of Bern.
Collection
The Basisbibliothek Unitobler BTO provides around 40,000 documents from the humanities, social sciences and theology in its open access library.
The range of media includes:
- Foundation and study literature
- Selected movies, documentaries
- Daily newspapers and magazines
All media can be found in the swissbib Basel Bern online catalog.
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Further information
Service
Infrastructure
- Carrels
- Approx. 80 study places and 24 long-term places
- 70 lockers for registered customers
- Seven group workrooms (pdf, 12KB) for four to six persons each
- Wireless network (network of the University of Bern)
- Three catalog and database stations
- Two Uniprint devices for printing, scanning and photocopying
- One microfiche reader with printer
Services
- Training sessions and guided tours: The Basisbibliothek Unitobler BTO holds introductory sessions on how to use the library and catalog searches for groups. Further topics by arrangement. Timely registration with Anna Gerber
- Book courier
- Interlibrary loans and document delivery contact: Anna Gerber
- Information and research assistance
Further information
Contacts
Administration
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Regula Schatzmann
- Funktion
- Head Mittelstrasse library
- regula.schatzmann@ub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 93 82
- Name / Titel
- Simone Hess
- Funktion
- Stv. Leitung Bibliothek Mittelstrasse
- simone.hess@ub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 93 81
- Phone2
- +41 31 631 80 56
Team
- Name / Titel
- Barbara Bürki
- barbara.buerki@ub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 93 83
- Name / Titel
- Elif Gutknecht
- elif.gutknecht@ub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 93 86
- Name / Titel
- Silvia Neukomm
- silvia.neukomm@ub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 93 83
- Name / Titel
- Petra Piller
- Funktion
- Bibliothekarin
- petra.piller@ub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 93 83
- Name / Titel
- Agatha Rihs
- Funktion
- Head art history library, subject librarian history of art and architecture
- agatha.rihs@ub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 93 84
- Name / Titel
- Nicole Rothen
- nicole.rothen@ub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 93 83
- Name / Titel
- Ruth Hedwig Schaffer Wüthrich
- ruth.schaffer@ub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 93 85
- Name / Titel
- Agnese Spadini
- agnese.spadini@ub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 93 84
- Name / Titel
- Urs Trostel
- Funktion
- Head of Sustainable Development Library
- urs.trostel@ub.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 631 93 85