You place your order online via the KOBV portal (Cooperative Library Network Berlin-Brandenburg). A valid library card or a Campus Card from Freie Universität or Charité is required.

Instructions for interlibrary loan:

• FU employees: free of charge within the German interlibrary loan system
• Students of Freie Universität and Charité: €1.50 per item or article upon successful delivery
• External users: €1.50 per order placed, also in case of unsuccessful delivery

When submitting the interlibrary loan request, please indicate whether you are willing to cover additional costs (e.g., for extensive copies or international orders) and, if so, up to what amount. The default setting is 8 Euros.

If the specified maximum amount is exceeded, we will notify you in advance. You can then either decline or confirm the order.

Unfortunately, we cannot provide exact delivery times.

On average,

• a book order takes about 2 weeks
• an essay order takes about 1 week
• You will be notified by email as soon as the requested item is ready for you.

• Generally, you can borrow items for at least four weeks
• If a longer loan period applies, the lending library may recall the items before the loan period expires if necessary
• Loan periods are set by the lending library and cannot be extended.

Book pickup and return take place at the circulation desk or in the reading room of the Central Library. 
Article orders are sent to your student card’s / library account’s mailing address.

• Phone: (030) 838 - 542 22

• Email: fernleih@ub.fu-berlin.de 

The University Library makes most of the Central Library’s holdings available for international interlibrary loan within the EU. Please send us an email at a_fernleihe@ub.fu-berlin.de.

Fees:

• Books: 1–2.5 IFLA vouchers (€8–20) per volume
• Articles: 0.5–1 voucher (€4–8) per article