Self-service opening hours at the Library mean that students and employees with a valid LiU card have access to library premises outside of regular opening hours. On this page, you can find out how you can use Campus Norrköping Library, Medical Library and Valla Library during unstaffed hours.

This is how it works

To enter the Library during self-service opening hours, swipe your LiU card and enter your PIN in the card reader by the entrance. 

Always use your own LiU card when entering the premises. Do not let anyone else in, regardless if those persons have their own card or not.

Read more about access and how it works at each campus library below.

Campus Norrköping Library

Who has access?

All LiU students and employees with a valid LiU card with PIN have access to library premises during self-service opening hours.

Hours

Term time, Campus Norrköping Library has self-service hours all weekdays and weekends from 07.00 and after closing time until 22.00.

How to get here

Campus Norrköping Library is housed in Kåkenhus Building at Campus Norrköping.

More about Campus Norrköping Library

Medical Library

Who has access?

To enter Medical Library during self-service hours, you need a valid LiU card with PIN and be a student at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences or be registered at a course at University Hospital Campus.

LiU employees must have their place of work, in whole or in part, at University Hospital Campus to have access the Library during self-service hours.

Hours

Term time, Medical Library has self-service hours all weekdays and weekends from 08.00 and after closing time until 21.00.

How to get here

Medical Library is located at LiU’s University Hospital Campus in Linköping. Entrance 65 is the nearest point of entry to the library premises.

More about Medical Library

Valla Library

Who has access?

All LiU students and employees with a valid LiU card with PIN have access to study places, student computers, and copying/printing equipment on the 2nd to 6th floors in Studenthuset outside of Valla Library’s opening hours.

You can also access the collections of fiction on the 3rd to 6th floors, as well as journals and newspapers available on the 3rd floor. LiU students and employees can also access the Library stacks on the first floor during self-service hours.

 

Hours

LiU students and employees have access to Studenthuset from 05.00 to 23.00 weekdays and weekends.

The Library stacks on the first floor has self-service hours Mondays to Fridays 8.00 to 10.00.

Christmas and New Year 2024/2025

During Christmas and New Year, the library stacks has self-service hours 8.00 to 9.00 on 27 December, 30 December, 2 January and 3 January.

How to get here

Valla Library is housed in Studenthuset at Campus Valla in Linköping.

More about Valla Library

Rules during self-service hours

All regular library rules apply during self-service hours, with some additions.

  • Visitors must use their own LiU-card to enter.
  • You may not let anyone else in.
  • Use the machines to check out and return books.
  • The zoning for noise levels must be respected.
  • Group study rooms are free to use but cannot be booked.
  • Specific rules for each library are posted on site.