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Free access to digital newspapers and magazines

All Chalmers students and staff now have access to PressReader. On pressreader.com you have access to over 7,000 digital newspapers and magazines in more than 60 languages. Everything from Göteborgs-Posten and The Guardian to Elle and Retro Gamer.

Published 2026-03-14

Renovation of the Main Library

The Main Library building is right now being renovated. In this text you will find information about how the renovation may affect your visit to the library, which areas are open or closed, how to borrow books, and the order in which different parts of the library will be affected. This information will be updated regularly.

Published 2026-01-15

Chalmers Open Access Award 2025 to Astronomy Researchers

Congratulations to Wouter Vlemmings, Theo Khouri, Behzad Bojnordi Arbab, Elvire De Beck, and Matthias Maercker from the Department of Space, Earth and Environment (SEE), who have been awarded Chalmers Library’s Open Access Award 2025. Their article in Nature, “One month convection timescale on the surface of a giant evolved star” holds the highest Altmetric Attention Score of all publications in Chalmers Research database.

Published 2025-10-24

Open Access Week 20-26 Oktober

Open Access Week is an annual global event that promotes open and equitable access to research. It’s an opportunity for the academic community to learn, share, and discuss how open practices can advance discovery and knowledge sharing.

Published 2025-10-20

Extended weekend hours for students during the exam period

During weeks 42 and 43, it will be possible to use our study spaces in Kuggen also on weekends. The facilities will be accessible with an access card on Saturdays and Sundays.

Published 2025-10-13

Disruptive Noise in Kuggen

New tenants are moving into floors 4 and 5 of the Kuggen building. Renovation work is taking place and will continue until January 2026. During this period, there will be more disruptive noise in Kuggen.

Published 2025-10-06

Photo exhibition at the ACE library: The Global Mentorship Program

Welcome to a photo exhibition at the ACE library and get inspired by other students and learn more about the global mentorship program.

Published 2025-09-19

New at the library

Welcome to Chalmers Library! Here you’ll find useful information to help you get started as a new student.

Published 2025-09-01

You can still borrow our books - reserve them before your visit.

Virtually all of our books have now been moved to storage (known as closed stacks), to keep them safe while we renovate the library. But you can still borrow them!

Published 2025-07-25

Preparing for renovation

At the main library we’re currently relocating books in preparation for upcoming renovation. Need help finding a book or subject area? Our staff are here to assist — just ask! You can also request books via the library website, and we’ll retrieve them for you.

Published 2025-07-04

Summer opening hours

Between June 16th and August 17th the library has changed opening hours.

Published 2025-06-16

Renew or return borrowed books before summer

The end of the term is fast approaching - a good opportunity to make sure you don’t have overdue books lying around over the summer.

Published 2025-05-26

Library opening hours week 22

Ascension Day affects the opening hours of our libraries.

Published 2025-05-25

Extended opening hours on weekends during exam weeks

During weeks 21 and 22, it will be possible to use our study places in the Main Library and Chalmers Learning Common at Kuggen even during the weekends.

Published 2025-05-19

Easter opening hours

The library is closed between 18 and 21 April.

Published 2025-04-07

Get it Done! 6/5, 7/5, 13/5 and 14/5

Is it soon time to submit your essay? Come and finalize the last details with us. We're here at the library to assist you.

Published 2025-04-06

Seed and plant exchange day at the ACE Library

A sign of spring that is as sure as it is pleasant is the annual seed and plant exchange day at the Architecture and Civil Engineering Library. This year it will take place on Wednesday, April 9th.

Published 2025-03-21

The Math tutoring is starting again!

You can once again get math support at the library, see the calendar for time and place.

Published 2025-01-21

Chalmers reads 2025: Mikael Niemi - To Cook a Bear

Chalmers Reads is the perfect opportunity to socialize and connect with other students. We’ll read Mikael Niemi's "To Cook a Bear" and discuss it at the library.

Published 2025-01-13

Opening hours during the Christmas and New Year holidays 2024

From week 52 through week 2, 2025, our three libraries have different opening hours than usual. Read here what applies during this period.

Published 2024-12-16

Removal of Chemistry journals from Floor 0

On Friday 6th December 2024, a removals company will start packing up and removing the Chemistry journals from Floor 0 of the library, in preparation for coming renovations. The work of moving the journals to storage will continue until Christmas.

Published 2024-12-03

Scopus AI available now

Following a test period the library has added Scopus AI to the services available for Chalmers students and staff. Scopus AI is available to use now and for the whole of 2025.

Published 2024-09-30

Game over for exclusion!

Book talk with Michael Heron, Associate Professor at Chalmers University of Technology/University of Gothenburg, who loves board games and is passionate about accessibility.

Published 2024-09-22

The library's new search interface

The library’s search service have a new interface. You can use it to search for literature, reserve books, and renew your loans.

Published 2024-06-10

Walpurgis Night and May Day opening hours

The library has changed opening hours on Walpurgis Night and is closed on Wednesday, May 1st due to the holiday, May Day.

Published 2024-04-28

Try LibKey and BrowZine for easier navigation to journal articles!

Starting in April until the 7th of July, Chalmers have a free trial period on both LibKey and BrowZine. These are tools that help you find PDF files of scholarly journal articles as simple as possible. No confusing navigation, and reduced waiting for different web pages to load!

Published 2022-04-05

Book exhibition at ACE library about women in architecture

The Architecture and Civil Engineering library has a book exhibition on the occasion of International Women's Day on 8 March. The book exhibition is about significant works by female architects from mainly the dawn of modernism to the present day.

Published 2022-02-24

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