Library enrollment

To create a library account, you'll need an Electronic Student ID (ELS) with a hologram confirming your student status for the current semester of the academic year.

You can enroll in the following ways:

• during the university admissions process,
• by filling out the form,
• in person at the Circulation Desk (make sure to have your student ID with you).

Your library account is valid for the current academic year.

The conditions for activating your account for the next year are:

• enrollment in the new academic year,
• no outstanding items on your library account (overdue books and/or unpaid fees).

To activate your library account, send an email to udo@bg.agh.edu.pl or come in person with your student ID to the Library.

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can borrow up to 15 books,
• you can borrow books from the Core Collection (location: BG-Magazyn) for 30 days (you can extend the due date 10 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can borrow books from the Open Stacks Area for 150 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• you have remote access to e-resources,
• you can use the Self-Study Reading Room and the ground floor area after the Library is closed (in limited hours),
• you can use lockers, individual work cubicles, book drop and interlibrary loans,
• books with restrictions on borrowing (valued over 800 PLN, you will see a proper note in online catalogue) can only be ordered to the Main Reading Room and must be used on site,
• you have access to the resources of the Fiction Library, and you can borrow 1 book for 30 days (you can extend the due date once electronically by logging into your account).

To create a library account, you'll need an Electronic Student ID (ELD) with a hologram confirming your student status for the current semester of the academic year.

You can enroll in the following ways:

• by filling out the form,
• in person at the Circulation Desk (make sure to have your student ID with you).

Your library account is valid for the current academic year.

The conditions for activating your account for the next year are:

• enrollment in the new academic year,
• no outstanding items on your library account (overdue books and/or unpaid fees).

To activate your library account, send an email to udo@bg.agh.edu.pl or come in person with your student ID to the Library.

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can borrow up to 18 books,
• you can borrow books from the Core Collection (location: BG-Magazyn) for 30 days (you can extend the due date 10 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can borrow books from the Open Stacks Area for 150 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• you have remote access to e-resources,
• you can use the Self-Study Reading Room and the ground floor area after the Library is closed (in limited hours),
• you can use lockers, individual work cubicles, book drop and interlibrary loans,
• you have access to the resources of the Fiction Library, and you can borrow 1 book for 30 days (you can extend the due date once electronically by logging into your account).

Enrolling in the Library is based on verification of employment in the Library's internal system. Verification of employment can only be done by PESEL number.

(Based on paragraph §38, Article 5, of AGH Statut, with reference to Article 49, paragraph §2, of the Act: Law on Higher Education and Science from July 20, 2018, the University processes personal data of persons using the library-information system in the scope of: name and surname, PESEL no., address of residence, information about the place of study, education or employment, contact data including telephone no. and e-mail address, library card no.).

You can enroll in the following ways:

• by filling out the form,
• in person at the Circulation Desk (make sure to have your ID with you).

Your library account is valid for the current academic year, unless your contract ends earlier. In such a situation, the account is valid until the end date of your contract.

The conditions for activating your account for the next year are:

• continuation of employment,
• no outstanding items on your library account (overdue books and/or unpaid fees).

The library account meeting the activation conditions will be renewed automatically (please note: books return dates still aply, books renewals are not done automatically). To activate library account with overdue books and/or unpaid fees: return overdue books and/or pay the fees, then send email to udo@bg.agh.edu.pl, call us on +48 12 617 32 12 or come in person with your library card to the Library.

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can borrow up to 25 books,
• you can borrow books from the Core Collection (location: BG-Magazyn) for 30 days (you can extend the due date 17 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can borrow books from the Open Stacks Area for 150 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• you have remote access to e-resources,
• you can use Self-Study Reading Room and the ground floor area after the Library is closed (in limited hours, only if you have an Electronic Employee ID),
• you can use lockers (only if you have an Electronic Employee ID), individual work cubicles, book drop and interlibrary loans,
• you have access to the resources of the Fiction Library, and you can borrow 5 books for 60 days (you can extend the due date 8 times electronically by logging into your account).

You can have a library account with the above privileges if you are an AGH teaching employee, AGH research employee or both at the same time.

Enrolling in the Library is based on verification of employment in the Library's internal system. Verification of employment can only be done by PESEL number.

(Based on paragraph §38, Article 5, of AGH Statut, with reference to Article 49, paragraph §2, of the Act: Law on Higher Education and science from July 20, 2018, the University processes personal data of persons using the library-information system in the scope of: name and surname, PESEL no., address of residence, information about the place of study, education or employment, contact data including telephone no. and e-mail address, library card no.).

You can enroll in the following ways:

• by filling out the form,
• in person at the Circulation Desk (make sure to have your ID with you).

Your library account is valid for the current academic year, unless your contract ends earlier. In such a situation, the account is valid until the end date of your contract.

The conditions for activating your account for the next year are:

• continuation of employment,
• no outstanding items on your library account (overdue books and/or unpaid fees).

The library account meeting the activation conditions will be renewed automatically (please note: books return dates still aply, books renewals are not done automatically). To activate library account with overdue books and/or unpaid fees: return overdue books and/or pay the fees, then send email to udo@bg.agh.edu.pl, call us on +48 12 617 32 12 or come in person with your library card to the Library.

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can borrow up to 10 books,
• you can borrow books from the Core Collection (location: BG-Magazyn) for 30 days (you can extend the due date 17 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can borrow books from the Open Stacks Area for 150 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• you have remote access to e-resources,
• you can use the Self-Study Reading Room and the ground floor area after the Library is closed (in limited hours, only if you have an Electronic Employee ID),
• you can use lockers (only if you have an Electronic Employee ID), individual work cubicles, book drop and interlibrary loans,
• you have access to the resources of the Fiction Library, and you can borrow 5 books for 60 days (you can extend the due date 8 times electronically by logging into your account).

Everyone can become a reading room user.

You can enroll in the following way:

• in person at the Circulation Desk (make sure to have your ID/passport with you).

Your library account is valid for the current academic year.

The condition for activating your account for the next year is:

• coming in person with an ID/passport to the Library.

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• order books from closed stacks to use them in the Main Reading Room on site,
• you can use the e-resources on site in the reading room of your choice.

To create a library account, you'll need an Electronic Student ID (ELS) with a hologram confirming your student status for the current semester of the academic year.

You can enroll in the following way:

• in person at the Circulation Desk (make sure to have your student ID with you).

Your library account is valid for the current academic semester.

The conditions for activating your account for the next year/semester are:

• valid student ID,
• no outstanding items on your library account (overdue books and/or unpaid fees).

To activate your library account, come in person with your student ID to the Library.

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can borrow up to 3 books,
• you can borrow books from the Core Collection (location: BG-Magazyn) for 30 days (you can extend the due date 5 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can borrow books from the Open Stacks Area for 30 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• you can use book drop,
• books with restrictions on borrowing (valued over 800 PLN, you will see a proper note in online catalogue) can only be ordered to the Main Reading Room and must be used on site.

To create a library account, you'll need an Electronic Student ID (ELD) with a hologram confirming your student status for the current semester of the academic year and an appendix (appendix F) stamped and signed by the University organizing the studies.

You can enroll in the following way:

• in person at the Circulation Desk (make sure to have your student ID and the stamped appendix F with you).

Your library account is valid for the current academic year.

The conditions for activating your account for the next year are:

• enrollment in the new academic year,
• no outstanding items on your library account (overdue books and/or unpaid fees).

To activate your library account come in person with your student ID to the Library.

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can borrow up to 5 books,
• you can borrow books from the Core Collection (location: BG-Magazyn) for 30 days (you can extend the due date 5 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can borrow books from the Open Stacks Area for 30 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• you can use drop box,
• books with restrictions on borrowing (valued over 800 PLN, you will see a proper note in online catalogue) can only be ordered to the Main Reading Room and must be used on site.

Krakow School of Interdisciplinary PhD Studies 

Send to udo@bg.agh.edu.pl:

• scan of appendix F with stamps and signatures of responsible unit plus date of graduation,
• scan of valid student ID (both sides).

Then you can fill out the form.

Krakow School of Interdisciplinary PhD Studies includes:

• Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
• Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
• Maj Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
• Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
• Strata Mechanics Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
• Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
• AGH Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science,
• AGH Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics.

To create a library account you'll need a list of postgraduate students. The list must be provided by the Faculty that organises the studies.

You can enroll in the following ways:

• by filling out the form,
• in person at the Circulation Desk (make sure to have your ID with you).

Your library account is valid till the date specified on the list mentioned above.

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can borrow up to 15 books,
• you can borrow books from the Core Collection (location: BG-Magazyn) for 30 days (you can extend the due date 10 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can borrow books from the Open Stacks Area for 150 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• you have remote access to e-resources,
• you can use individual work cubicles, book drop and interlibrary loans,
• books with restrictions on borrowing (valued over 800 PLN, you will see a proper note in online catalogue) can only be ordered to the Main Reading Room and must be used on site.

To create a library account you'll need a list of students and an appendix issued by the Deanery. The list and the appendix must be provided by the Faculty that organises the studies.

You can enroll in the following ways:

• by filling out the form,
• in person at the Circulation Desk (make sure to have your student ID with you).

Your library account is valid for the current academic semester.

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can borrow up to 15 books,
• you can borrow books from the Core Collection (location: BG-Magazyn) for 30 days (you can extend the due date 10 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can borrow books from the Open Stacks Area for 150 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• you have remote access to e-resources,
• you can use the Self-Study Reading Room and the ground floor area after the Library is closed (in limited hours, only if you have an Electronic Student ID),
• you can use lockers (only if you have an Electronic Student ID), individual work cubicles, book drop and interlibrary loans,
• books with restrictions on borrowing (valued over 800 PLN, you will see a proper note in online catalogue) can only be ordered to the Main Reading Room and must be used on site,
• you have access to the resources of the Fiction Library, and you can borrow 1 book for 30 days (you can extend the due date once electronically by logging into your account).

To create a library account you'll need a stamped and signed appendix (appendix H). The appendix needs to contain information about supervisor's name, studies start and completion date.

You can enroll in the following way:

• in person at the Circulation Desk (make sure to have your ID/passport and the appendix H with you).

Your library account is valid for the current academic year.

The conditions for activating your account for the next year are:

• enrollment in the new academic year,
• no outstanding items on your library account (overdue books and/or unpaid fees).

To activate your library account, send an email to udo@bg.agh.edu.pl or come in person with your library card to the Library.

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can borrow up to 18 books,
• you can borrow books from the Core Collection (location: BG-Magazyn) for 30 days (you can extend the due date 10 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can borrow books from the Open Stacks Area for 150 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• you have remote access to e-resources,
• you can use the Self-Study Reading Room and the ground floor area after the Library is closed (in limited hours, only if you have an Electronic Student ID),
• you can use individual work cubicles, book drop and interlibrary loans,
• you have access to the resources of the Fiction Library, and you can borrow 1 book for 30 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account).

Those working at AGH who have retired or are on pension are still entitled to use the Library. If you are both a retiree and an employee please let us know about it (send an email to udo@bg.agh.edu.pl, call us on +48 12 617 32 12 come in person with your ID to the Library.

Your library account is valid for the current academic year. 

The condition for activating your account for the next year is:

• no outstanding items on your library account (overdue books and/or unpaid fees).

To activate your library account, send an email to udo@bg.agh.edu.pl or come in person with your library card to the Library.

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can borrow up to 10 books,
• you can borrow books from the Core Collection (location: BG-Magazyn) for 30 days (you can extend the due date 10 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can borrow books from the Open Stacks Area for 90 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• you have remote access to e-resources,
• you can use book drop and interlibrary loans,
• you have access to the resources of the Fiction Library, and you can borrow 5 books for 60 days (you can extend the due date 8 times electronically by logging into your account).

To create a library account, you'll need an appendix (appendix H) signed by the Dean and stamped by your Faculty.

You can enroll in the following way:

• in person at the Circulation Desk (make sure to have your ID/passport and the appendix H with you).

The library account is valid until the date shown in Appendix H.

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can borrow up to 25 books,
• you can borrow books from the Core Collection (location: BG-Magazyn) for 30 days (you can extend the due date 17 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can borrow books from the Open Stacks Area for 150 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• you have remote access to e-resources,
• you can use individual work cubicles, book drop and interlibrary loans,
• you have access to the resources of the Fiction Library, and you can borrow 5 books for 60 days (you can extend the due date 8 times electronically by logging into your account).

To create a library account, you'll need a cover letter (you can find a sample at the Circluation Desk).

You can enroll in the following way:

• in person at the Circulation Desk (make sure to have your ID/passport with you).

Your library account is valid for the current academic year.

The condition for activating your account for the next year is:

• no outstanding items on your library account (overdue books and/or unpaid fees).

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can borrow up to 5 books,
• you can borrow books from the Core Collection (location: BG-Magazyn) for 30 days (you can extend the due date 10 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can borrow books from the Open Stacks Area for 30 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• you have remote access to e-resources,
• you can use individual work cubicles, book drop and interlibrary loans,
• books with restrictions on borrowing (valued over 800 PLN, you will see a proper note in online catalogue) can only be ordered to the Main Reading Room and must be used on site.

To create a library account you'll need an appendix (appendix H). The appendix must be signed by your supervisor. You will also need a stamp of your Faculty.

You can enroll in the following way:

• in person at the Circulation Desk (make sure to have your ID/passport and the appendix H with you).

Your library account is valid till the date specified on the appendix mentioned above.

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can borrow up to 10 books,
• you can borrow books from the Core Collection (location: BG-Magazyn) for 30 days (you can extend the due date 17 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can borrow books from the Open Stacks Area for 150 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• you have remote access to e-resources,
• you can use the Self-Study Reading Room and the ground floor area after the Library is closed (in limited hours, only if you have an Electronic Student ID),
• you can use individual work cubicles, book drop and interlibrary loans,
• books with restrictions on borrowing (valued over 800 PLN, you will see a proper note in online catalogue) can only be ordered to the Main Reading Room and must be used on site,
• you have access to the resources of the Fiction Library, and you can borrow 5 books for 60 days (you can extend the due date 8 times electronically by logging into your account).

To create a library account, you'll need an appendix (appendix B). The appendix must signed and stamped by your employer.

You can enroll in the following way:

• in person at the Circulation Desk (make sure to have your ID/passport and appendix B with you).

Your library account is valid for the current academic year.

The conditions for activating your account for the next year are:

• delivering newly stamped and signed appendix B each year,
• no outstanding items on your library account (overdue books and/or unpaid fees).

To activate your library account, come in person with your library card to the Library.

With your library account, you'll have the following privileges:

• you can borrow up to 5 books,
• you can borrow books from the Core Collection (location: BG-Magazyn) for 30 days (you can extend the due date 5 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can borrow books from the Open Stacks Area for 30 days (you can extend the due date 3 times electronically by logging into your account),
• you can use all reading rooms and study places,
• you can use book drop,
• books with restrictions on borrowing (valued over 800 PLN, you will see a proper note in online catalogue) can only be ordered to the Main Reading Room and must be used on site.