• Münstergasse 63: the first door under the arcade arch on the right when coming from Casinoplatz/Hotelgasse.
• The door opens automatically as you approach.
• Go through the glass door in front of you.

• Leave your jacket and luggage in the cloakroom locker (obligatory; 1 CHF/1 € coin required).
• You are allowed to take the following into the reading room: work materials such as your mobile phone, camera, laptop, pencil and notepaper and any valuables.
• Not allowed in the reading room: food and drinks.

• Go up (using the stairs or lift) to the reading room on mezzanine floor L (between the 1^st and 2^nd floors).
• To open the automatic door to the reading room, place your hand over the sensor to the right of the door.

• Show your identification document.
• Take the registration form.
• Lay your work materials down at a free work station.
• Complete the registration form, and by doing so accept the User Rules and Regulations.

• The reading room staff will ask you to sign the order you have already submitted.
• If necessary, they will also ask you to sign a user declaration (to protect the rights of third parties to personal privacy, see User Rules and Regulations).
• You will then be given the first unit of description you have ordered (for example a dossier or a volume).

• Handle the documents at your work station: foam pads and lead cord weights are available if required.
• If you wish to make handwritten notes, you may only use a pencil (provided).
• Gloves (provided) must be worn when handling photographic materials.
• When you return the ordered unit of description to the reading room staff, you will be given the next unit of description.

The rules on taking photographs are set out in the User Rules and Regulations.

• Electrical sockets, WLAN (BG-Gast) and a computer station for searching the archives catalogue are available in the reading room.
• If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask the reading room staff or other members of the Burgerbibliothek team.

• Please notify the reading room staff that you have finished working and are ready to leave.
• The door opens automatically (without a sensor).
• Empty your cloakroom locker and take back your coin deposit.

• For refreshments and a reinvigorating break, visit the Lesbar on the ground floor or the lounge on the 1^st floor of the University Library next door.
• Toilets are available on the 1^st basement level (take the lift or the stairs by the main entrance).

Take time to prepare properly for your visit.