Current Services

You can go directly to the shelves to find the items you need and borrow them.

• Borrowing books should be done via the self-service machines.

Ordering Items for Collection

Items can also be ordered for collection via our local catalogue.

How can I order an item for collection?

In the title information, you will see the button "Order title for collection". Make a reservation with your library card number and password.

For any questions, please contact beratung.kim@uni-konstanz.de

The KIM provides off-campus access to the campus network via VPN (Virtual Private Network).

Please note, that acccess to full-text e-resources is still available via Shibboleth.

Electronic resources (E-books, e-journals, databases etc.), which have been bought or licensed by the University will continue to be available off-campus.

Access via VPN

VPN enables access to electronic ressources off-campus.

Access via Shibboleth

Publishers and providers allow access to their e-resources from off-campus via shibboleth. In order to authenticate via shibboleth, you will need a University of Konstanz e-mail address. The provider site will ask you to log in via your University account which will confirm that you belong to the University of Konstanz. This will allow you access to the full-text of any bought or licensed materials.

Shibboleth short guide (PDF)

Some publishers/providers who permit access via shibboleth include:

• JSTOR
• Springer
• Wiley

Following the publisher link to e-books from our library catalogue will often take you to a page asking you to pay for access. Usually you will find a link to login in the top right corner of the page which will take you to the shibboleth login option.

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Universität Konstanz
KIM / Buchrückgabe
Universitätstrasse 10

78464 Konstanz

There are 1700 study spaces available, also rooms for groupwork (green work islands in the information center, rooms in the transition BS5 - BG5, J3a and J2 and in the book area N large room behind the booking desk).

Opening hours of the library.

Study Islands in the Information Centre

The study islands in the information centre are available for active participation in online lectures and seminars. You can also take part in lectures in the library book areas for listening only, please ensure that you do not disturb other library users.

Studierende haben wieder die Möglichkeit, den VPN-Zugang zu nutzen und somit auf alle lizenzpflichtigen Angebote des KIM zuzugreifen.
Die notwendige Einschränkung zu Beginn des Notbetriebs konnte durch die Erhöhung der Kapazitäten der VPN-Zugänge aufgehoben werden.

Studierende müssen sich mit dem Server: eduvpn.uni-konstanz.de verbinden.

Anleitung zur Installation des VPN-Klienten.

Your lecturers have access to various web and video conference systems with which teaching content can be transmitted.

You will receive a link from your lecturer, which you open with your internet browser at the agreed time. In order to avoid overloading the systems and r data capacities, we recommend to participate in the conference only via microphone / audio and to switch off your own video contributions if possible. You can follow the presentation of your lecturer, ask questions or communicate participate in the chat.

You as a participant don't need a license for these systems

Send an e-mail to ausleihservice.kim@uni-konstanz.de with your name and student registration number (beginning 01/...). We will send the exmatriculation confirmation to to the SSZ.

Das Kommunikations-, Informations-, Medienzentrum (KIM) bietet eine separate Prüfungs-ILIAS-Umgebung an. Damit können zwei verschiedene Typen von schriftlichen Online-Prüfungen abgenommen werden:

Typ 1: Take Home Exam
Im Übungsmodul von ILIAS können Take Home Exams nach dem Modell "download - work - upload" durchgeführt werden, in denen eine Datei mit Prüfungsaufgaben von den Studierenden heruntergeladen, dann offline bearbeitet und schließlich ein Lösungsblatt wieder hochgeladen wird.

Vorteil: Diese Prüfungsform stellt niedrigere Anforderungen an die technische Ausstattung der Studierenden (z.B. Internetverbindung), da sie nicht während der ganzen Prüfung online sein müssen.
Nachteil: Eine automatisierte Korrektur von Single- oder Multiple-Choice-Fragen ist nicht möglich.

Typ 2: Live Online Klausur
Im Testmodul von ILIAS können Live Online Klausuren geschrieben werden, bei denen die Studierenden während der gesamten Prüfung in ILIAS online sein müssen und ihre Lösungen direkt in ILIAS eintragen (z.B. Single oder Multiple Choice, Zuordnungsfragen, offene Fragen).

Nachteil: Diese Prüfungsform stellt höhere Anforderungen an die technische Ausstattung der Studierenden (z.B. Internetverbindung), da sie während der ganzen Prüfung online sein müssen. Vorteil: Eine automatisierte Korrektur von Single- oder Multiple-Choice-Fragen ist möglich.

Die Prüfungs-ILIAS-Umgebung zu nutzen, ist ganz einfach:

1. Ändern Sie in ZEuS die Prüfungsform des angekündigten Prüfungstermins auf die gewünschte Form "Live Online Klausur" oder "Take Home Exam" zur Ankündigung an die Studierenden.

2. Schicken Sie eine Mail an lehrraumvergabe@uni-konstanz.de mit folgenden Angaben:

• Name Dozent/in und Fachbereich
• Bezeichnung der Veranstaltung, zu der die Klausur gehört
• Anzahl teilnehmender Studierender (bis zu 300 möglich)
• Dauer und gewünschter Termin
• Prüfungstyp 1 (Take Home Exam im Übungsmodul) oder 2 (Live Online Klausur im Testmodul)

3. Die Lehrraumvergabe prüft den Termin und bestätigt die Buchung des ILIAS-Prüfungsraums. Bei weiteren Fragen zur technischen oder didaktischen Gestaltung Ihrer Klausur wenden Sie sich bitte an: ilias-klausurbuchung@uni-konstanz.de

4. Das ILIAS-Team legt den Klausur-Raum in ILIAS für Sie an.

5. Sie loggen sich ein auf https://ilias-klausur.uni-konstanz.de und finden dort auf dem Persönlichen Schreibtisch den Klausur-Raum vor, den Sie dann entsprechend ausgestalten können.

Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier

Telephone and web conference tools

The Communication, Information and Media Centre (KIM) has been working with the department for teaching questions and university didactics to offer web conference tools:

• BigBlueButton, offers audio and video transmission in virtual rooms as well as didactic functionalities such as screen sharing or whiteboard functions.
• Zoom is a very comprehensive and clearly designed online service for web conferences and webinars. The KIM has purchased licenses for teachers but recommends to use the first mentioned products for reasons of data protection.

Further information on all telephone and video conferencing systems can be found here.

Further information and support for digitally supported teaching is constantly being updated on our elearning page.

The KIM provides off-campus access to the campus network via VPN (Virtual Private Network).  Further information about VPN access is available on this page.

Should you require access to specific department systems or drives, which are not normally available via VPN, please speak to your supervisor. They will then be able to request specific homeoffice VPN access from IT support.

A number of tools are available for collaborative team work.

For digital teaching there are various offers of web and video conferences licensed by KIM. An overview of the offers can be found on the site:
https://www.kim.uni-konstanz.de/en/services/research-and-teaching/video-conferences/

Access to the library stock:

- you have access to the book areas throughout the library's opening hours and can borrow your media yourself.

- order for collection: via link in the local catalog.

- electronically via VPN to licensed e-books, e-journals and databases.

- You can order articles from journals or book chapters via the KonDoc scan delivery service, which will then be sent to you by e-mail.

Besides KonDoc and library loan, the document delivery service Subito is also available. Log in with your employee number (03/....) and your library password, get a Subito ticket and search the catalogues of the participating libraries for the desired literature. The costs will be covered by the University of Konstanz.

Purchase Suggestions for new literature:

• You can continue to recommend new items for the library. Print items can be ordered, however the processing of new items can only be done after the University reopens.
• E-Books can be licensed immediately and are quickly available via the library catalogue and KonSearch.

Please also use the offers of the various specialist information services for science: Information about the regional and specialist FID, their acquisition profiles and service offers.

Lecturers can borrow the KIM.MediaBOX from the KIM to record their own (teaching) videos. The focus of the hardware and software is on the independent production of videos.

Access to the library stock:

- you have access to the book areas throughout the library's opening hours and can borrow your media yourself.

- order for self-collection: via link in the local catalog. Search for the desired title in our local catalog. In the title information, you will see the button "Order title for collection" in the line "Self-collection" for media with the status "available". Authenticate yourself with your data (05/... incl. password). If the desired medium is on loan, you can reserve the title.