To enter the Main Reading Room you need a valid membership card.
In the cloakroom (basement) you have to reserve a seat and leave your outer coats and umbrellas. A locker can be rented for a longer period - 30 or 90 days (ground floor, room 4).
The Main Reading Room is on the 1st floor at the end of the main staircase.
You have to take the assigned seat in ten minutes after reservation. You must enter the Reading Room individually, using your membership card. Before entering the Reading Room, you must silence all mobile devices.
To enter the reading room, use only your membership card. When you approach it to the scanner, the Main Reading Room door will open automatically.
At the reading device (scanner) situated left of the entrance door, you should confirm taking the seat assigned to you. Your seat number will turn RED. You must take the seat you have reserved in the cloakroom. If you can not find it or it is already taken, ask at the information desk for help.
Do not bring food or drink into the Reading Room. You are only allowed to take bottled water. You can take a break, have a snack or meet friends in Library Café in the basement.
If you want to borrow materials in the Reading Room, you should present your membership card. The materials must be returned on the same day, otherwise the Library will charge an overdue fine. Taking materials out of the Reading Room and all forms of reproduction must be sanctioned by the information officer. Handle borrowed materials with care - they belong to the national cultural heritage and are kept for future generations.
Every exit from the reading room has to be registered at the reading device.
- For a break, approach your card to the scanner and press the cup symbol on the screen. Check whether your seat number has turned YELLOW. After the break, register yourself again at the reading device so that your seat number turns red.
- Every exit is recorded by the computer system that allows a total daily absence of 120 minutes; the longest uninterrupted can be 60 minutes. After that time, the reading seat is offered to other user.
- On your final exit approach your membership card to the scanner and press the house symbol at the screen. When your seat number turns GREEN, leave the Main Reading Room.
Whenever you wish to exit the reading room, you have to approach your membership card to the scanner at the door, and it will automatically open.
Exceeding the time limits violates the Reading Room rules and prevents re-entry into the reading room. You must check at the cloakroom to reassign the seat.
The reading room is intended exclusively for study, so there must be silence in it. A user who disrupts order and peace in the library premises or disturbs other users of the Reading Room by uncultured behavior, loud talking, harassment or obscenity may be prohibited from using the library premises.
Users are responsible for their property left in the reading rooms during the breaks. The Library is not liable for theft or loss of users’ personal property
Ask the student in the cloakroom or information officer for any further information.