Barrier-free access
All the University Library's locations have barrier-free access with the exception of the Fachbibliothek Tiermedizin (Veterinary Medicine Subject Library).
Further information on barrier-free movement within the LMU buildings has been compiled by the "Beratungsstelle für Studierende mit Behinderung und chronischer Erkrankung" (Information Centre for Disabled and Chronically Ill Students). Building plans with barrier-free access information are available on the LMU website. However neither of these information sources highlight libraries separately.
Information on barrier-free access
Overview of barrier-free buildings (in German)
Barrier-free access to the individual libraries
- Zentralbibliothek (Main Library)
- Lernzentrum Leo 13 (formerly: Zentrale Lehrbuchsammlung
- Publication Services Theses
- Fachbibliothek Biologie und Biomedizin
- Fachbibliothek Chemie und Pharmazie
- Fachbibliothek Englischer Garten
- Fachbibliothek Geowissenschaften
- Fachbibliothek Historicum
- Fachbibliothek Kunstwissenschaften
- Fachbibliothek Mathematik und Physik
- Fachbibliothek Medizinische Lesehalle
- Fachbibliothek Philologicum
- Fachbibliothek Psychologie, Pädagogik und Soziologie
- Fachbibliothek Rechtswissenschaft
- Fachbibliothek Theologie und Philosophie
- Fachbibliothek Tiermedizin
- Fachbibliothek Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Statistik
Zentralbibliothek (Main Library)
Barrier-free access to the building in Ludwigstraße 27 can be gained via the wheelchair ramp in the inner courtyard leading to the lift. The areas of the Library on the ground floor (Circulation Area, UB.info, Training Room, PC room 1) can be reached via a further wheelchair ramp. To access those areas of the Library situated on the upper floors (1st floor: PC room 2, 2nd floor: Allgemeiner Lesesaal (General Reading Room), Lesesaal Altes Buch (Rare Books Reading Room)) please use the lift in the Circulation Hall.top
Lernzentrum Leo 13 (formerly: Zentrale Lehrbuchsammlung)
Access to the Lernzentrum Leo 13 (Leo 13 Learning Centre, formerly: Zentrale Lehrbuchsammlung) in Building 1, Leopoldstraße 13, is through the separate library entrance on the ground floor of the building. Both floors of the Lernzentrum Leo 13 can be reached by internal lift. Please contact the library counter staff if you require the lift.
Publication Services Theses
The ground floor affords barrier-free access to the building in Leopoldstraße 13. Use the lift in the central stairwell in Building 2 (opposite the entrance to the LMU shop) to travel up to the 1st floor. Building 1 (Haus 1) is situated to the right of the elevator: follow the hallway through the two glass doors past the entrance to the Fachbibliothek Psychologie, Pädagogik und Soziologie. The corridor leading to room 1108 begins opposite the second glass door on the far left.
Fachbibliothek Biozentrum
The library entrance on the ground floor is barrier-free. The lift in front of the library wing will take you up to the 1st floor or down to lower-ground level. Staff at the library counter will open the access doors, which are secured by automatic alarm.top
Fachbibliothek Chemie und Pharmazie
The entrances at both ends of the building allow barrier-free access to Building F, Butenandtstraße 13. The entrance to the library is on the ground floor of the building. You can use the library's own lift to move between the three floors within the library. Since a code card is required to travel back down to the lowest level (exit), please contact library counter staff for help.
There is a toilet for disabled users on the 1st floor next to the information desk.top
Fachbibliothek Englischer Garten
Barrier-free access to the Fachbibliothek Englischer Garten is possible via the ramp at the main entrance in Oettingenstraße 67. The lift will take you up to the 1st floor of the library, where you can use a bell and loudspeaker system to request library staff to open the door for you. We regret that barrier-free access is not possible to some holdings on the 1st floor. Please contact library counter staff on the ground floor who will be happy to fetch the required literature for you.top
Fachbibliothek Geowissenschaften
A separate entrance offers barrier-free access to the building at Luisenstraße 37. This entrance can be reached by following the path to the left of the building. Between the street entrance and the courtyard there is a gate, which you may occasionally find closed. If this is the case, please either call the building administration or open the gate yourself by reaching through the grille and turning the knob. Then keep to the right of the building facade until you can see the ramp up to the entrance. The entrance is equipped with an automatic door opener.
Once in the building, turn to the right to reach the main entrance. A left turn here will then bring you to the entrance of the Fachbibliothek Geowissenschaften. If you wish to use the lift in the library itself, please ask at the desk.
The disabled toilet in Luisenstraße 37 is situated on the lower floor in Room AU170 and can be reached by taking the lift next to the main entrance. There is an emergency button in this toilet. top
Fachbibliothek Historicum
Barrier-free access to Schellingstraße 12 is available through the Salinenhof (Saline Courtyard). You can reach the Salinenhof through the passages in the buildings Schellingstraße 4 and Amalienstraße 52 or via the barrier between the main University building (Ludwigstraße 27) and the building Schellingstraße 4. A lift is available for use within the library.
A toilet for disabled users is located opposite the library entrance on the ground floor.top
Fachbibliothek Kunstwissenschaften
Art history and theatre studies section
Zentnerstraße 31 has barrier-free access. You can take the lift for disabled persons (please use transponder) to travel up to the upper ground floor. A lift is available for your use in the building. The lift within the three-storey library is for internal use only. Please ask library counter staff for a transponder.
A toilet for disabled users is located on the ground floor.
Musicology section
Barrier-free access is available via the main entrance of the main LMU building. On the left-hand side of Section A of the building you will find a lift which you can use to travel up to Room A228 of the library on the 2nd floor.
Fachbibliothek Mathematik und Physik
From the entrance in Theresienstraße 37 please follow the signs up to the library on the 1st floor. The lift is located next to the stairs. The library entrance is right next to the lift on the 1st floor.top
Fachbibliothek Medizinische Lesehalle
Barrier-free access to the library is available via a ramp to the rear of the building as approached from Lessingstraße. Please use the intercom system to announce your presence. Wheelchair users can move freely within the library with the exception of Group Study Room 1, the café area with the automatic dispensing machines, and the journals reading room. The 1st floor can be reached by lift.
A toilet for disabled users and 2 special lockers are available for your use. The keys can be obtained at the library counter. Please contact the library counter staff when you wish to leave the library so that they can open the rear exit door for you.top
Fachbibliothek Philologicum
The main entrance offers barrier-free access to the Subject Library. All floors in the building can be reached by lift/elevator. There is a toilet for disabled users on the ground floor; please ask at the desk for the transponder to unlock it.
A work station for the visually impaired is provided in Room 313 on the 3rd floor of the Subject Library. Users can find their way there from the entrance area or the main desk using either the tactile floor guides or the Braille signs on the staircase banisters.
Fachbibliothek Psychologie, Pädagogik und Soziologie
The ground floor affords barrier-free access to the building in Leopoldstraße 13. You can use the lift in the central stairwell in Building 2 (opposite the entrance to the LMU shop) to travel up to the 1st floor. The library entrance is to the right of the lift. An internal library lift will enable you to move between the four floors of the library.
Fachbibliothek Rechtswissenschaft
- FB Rechtswissenschaft 1st floor (access to the subject areas Civil, Commercial & Labor Law, as well as Public Law) is accessible barrier-free via Professor-Huber-Platz 2. There is an elevator for wheelchair users to the Public Law section. The required key is available at the counter. The barrier-free toilet is located in this area.
- FB Rechtswissenschaft 2nd floor (Criminal Law section) is accessible barrier-free only via an emergency exit door (T 208/T281 // next to office T 211). Prior registration at the counter is mandatory. You can get there via the elevator in the vestibule building.
- FB Rechtswissenschaft, Antike Rechtsgeschichte is accessible barrier-free via the elevator in Professor-Huber-Platz 2.
- FB Rechtswissenschaft, Bayerische Rechtsgeschichte is accessible barrier-free via the elevator in the vestibule. There is a rather steep ramp in front of the library entrance.
Fachbibliothek Theologie und Philosophie
Barrier-free access is available via the main entrance of the main LMU building.
Please use the lift to the left of the main entrance (building section A) to travel up to the 1st floor. Passing to the left of the statue of the "Speerträger" (javelin-bearer), go down the deanery corridor (D180) to the Thomas Mann Hall (D183), where you will find the entrance to the Library. You can travel between all the levels of the library using the internal lift.
There is a toilet for disabled users on the 3rd floor.top
Fachbibliothek Tiermedizin
We regret that the high curbstones and two steps in the library vestibule do not permit barrier-free access. The spiral staircase similarly prevents wheelchair access to the 1st floor. Should you need media (journals and theses) from the 1st floor we will be happy to fetch them for you.top
Fachbibliothek Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Statistik
The regular entrance to the library is barrier-free (via elevator).top
