To access the building, you must identify yourself as a member of the University of Deusto, coming through the entrance turnstiles with your UD card (physical or virtual). It is personal and non-transferable.
To access these rooms for individual study, you'll need to borrow a study place.
Bilbao Campus: 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor (600 study places). San Sebastian Campus: First floor of Larramendi building (124 study places).
Devoted to group study (up to 6 people). Booking in advance is required.
Bilbao campus: 14 rooms, located on the three mezzanines.
San Sebastian campus: 21 rooms. Rooms 8, 13 and 20 are available for lecturers or researchers.
Bilbao campus: 33 research carrels equipped with desks, shelves, an electric power point, network and IP telephone connection.
San Sebastian Campus: Second floor of the Larramendi building, 18 study places equipped with desk, shelves, an electric power point and network connection.
Researchers and lecturers should send their request for a carrel to DIT: reservacarrels@deusto.es
Reference Room: 40 study places (borrowing required) with workstation and network connection to check e-resources and carry out individual academic activities and projects.
Media Centre: audiovisual collections and other non-library materials in different formats, with a number of workstations to browse the collections.
Workshops: 9 workshops located on the three mezzanines (4 to 12 people each). They can be booked by academic, research and administrative staff. Their aim is to provide spaces to hold support, tutorial and training sessions for small groups.
Seminars: 3 seminars, one on each floor (28 people each). Intended to hold training sessions, they can be booked by academic, research and administrative staff.
Reading room: Read the press, browse new books and print journals.
Break room: for brief study pauses and/or to have a coffee/drink.
BASIC RULES:
- Personal and non-transferable card
- Loan: 4 hours + 2 hours (renew your booking from Océano)
- Always return the borrowed study place
- Please use your assigned study place only
- Keep silence and appropriate behaviour in the room.
A valid University of Deusto Card or Friends of the Library Card.
Loans: At the library service desk in the foyer or at the self-service station.
Returns:
Renewals: By logging in to Océano, through the personal space, you can extend your loan for a further 7 days, starting 3 days before the due date, as long as there are no reservation requests for these books.
Bookings:
To access the Reading Rooms, Reference Room or Study room, you need to borrow a study place beforehand. To do this, follow the instructions on the station/terminal located at:
This service is aimed at Lecturers/Researchers of the University of Deusto.
All library users may suggest a purchase. Suggested purchases are considered according to their interest and relevance to the university's bibliographic collection. To make a request, send an email with your user details and information about the work to:
This service provides users with originals or copies of material which is not in the Library.
This service is aimed at Lecturers, Researchers and Doctoral Students.
To request external documents, please fill in one of the following forms: Bilbao Campus and San Sebastian Campus.
To use this service for the first time, you need to register in the system by clicking on "Log in". Once you have received an activation email, you will be able to use the service to request external documents.
Collection and return of external documents: Library service desk in the foyer.
Terms and conditions of use: The lending library will determine the deadline for use of original copies obtained through the Inter-library Loan Service. Reproduction and use of copied documents is only allowed for study and research purposes. Users are responsible for complying with current legislation on intellectual property.
For more information, you can write an email to sod@deusto.es (Bilbao) or sod.ss@deusto.es (San Sebastian).
It provides originals or reproductions of documents between the two campuses: Bilbao and San Sebastian.
All library users have access to Intercampus loans.
Requests:
By completing the form in the Library service desk or sending the following request to:
Must use the External Document Delivery Service: Bilbao Campus and San Sebastian Campus.
Collection and return: Library service desk.
The European Documentation Centre (EDC) is an information centre that supports the promotion of teaching and research related to European integration at University level. It offers resources on European issues to students, lecturers and researchers.
It was created in 1980 through an agreement between the University of Deusto and the European Communities.
Since 1997, the EDC has been part of the Basque European Information Network, REVIE, whose main aim is to provide greater coordination and collaboration between depository centres of European information.
Since 2005 the Network of European Documentation Centres became part of a wider network: EUROPE DIRECT, which comprises a large number of European information services for citizens.