You'll find the opening times for all our libraries on the Opening times page. You can also check our social networks (Facebook and Bluesky) for announcements of exceptional closures.

The libraries are accessible to people with reduced mobility. Find out more on the page for each library or consult our section on Accessibility for the disabled.

You are a URCA student : you do not need to register, registration is automatic. Your student card (identity card if you do not yet have a student card) can be used to borrow documents, small equipment or a laptop ; book a room ; print and photocopy.

You are a teacher or URCA staff : you do not need to register, registration is automatic. Your professional card (identity card or reader's card if applicable) is used to borrow documents or small equipment.

You are a student at another public university : you can register as an authorised reader at half price or free of charge, depending on your situation, by showing proof of identity, proof of address less than 3 months old and your student card or valid school certificate.

If you are in any other situation : registration as an authorised reader is open to everyone. For details, go to the page Register at the Library.

You can reserve a study room up to 14 days in advance in several libraries (Robert de Sorbon, Health, Moulin de la Housse, Reims Institute of Technology, Châlons and Troyes Institute of Technology libraries). This service is reserved for students registered at URCA. Reservations can be made on the Book a study room page or directly on the Affluences website or application. Only one person has to book for the whole group and each person can book up to 4 hours per week.

If you are a URCA student or staff member, your virtual office login and password will be used to connect to the PCs in the libraries or to the wifi on the Eduspot network.

If you are a student or member of staff from another university, you can connect to the wifi on the Eduroam network : please note that you will need to download an installer from the https://cat.eduroam.org website.

If you are an external reader or a secondary school student, the user name and password you received when you registered will be used to connect to the PCs in the libraries or to the wifi on the Eduspot network. If your account does not work, check that you have activated it on https://pass.univ-reims.fr/activationla

There is no limit to the number of documents that can be borrowed, except for special collections. Games and small equipment are subject to specific loan conditions, which can be consulted on the Borrow page.

For students, secondary school pupils and external readers, 3 weeks with 2 renewals of 3 weeks possible (note that the 3-week renewal is not added to the initial loan period but takes effect on the date the extension is made) unless the document is reserved by another reader.

For lecturers, doctoral students and URCA staff, 15 weeks without renewal. Information on the Borrow page.

You can consult the list of documents borrowed and the return date from the library catalogue, under ‘My account’. For URCA students and staff, the identifiers are those of the virtual office; for authorised readers, the identifiers were sent to you on the day of your registration.

You'll have to go to your library's reception desk with your student card (or, if you don't have one, a piece of ID). The service is free and reserved for students registered at the URCA (details on the Borrow page).

Any late return of borrowed documents will result in a loan suspension equivalent to the number of days the documents were overdue. A reminder will be sent to you by email or text message 3 days before the deadline for returning documents. To avoid delays, you can extend your loans.

Extensions of loans are only possible for students and external readers. It must be done no later than the day before you were due to return the documents. Extensions are not possible if the document is reserved by another reader or if it is already overdue. It is not possible to renew certain collections: see the loan conditions on the Borrow page.

You can extend your loans online, from the library catalogue, in the ‘My account’ section. For URCA students, the identifiers are those of the virtual office; for authorised readers, the identifiers were sent to you on the day of your registration. You can also renew documents in person at your library's reception desk or by email or telephone (contacts on your library's page).

You can reserve documents that are available or have already been borrowed, whether they come from your library or another URCA library. You can do this either directly from the document record in the library catalogue, or by contacting your library's reception desk. Reservations are limited to 10 requests at a time.

You will be notified by email when the documents arrive, and they will be made available to you at your library's reception desk for 5 working days. After this period, the documents will be returned to the shelves. If the document you are interested in is not available at URCA, you can request it on interlibrary loan or recommend a purchase.

You must report this to the library reception desk. You will be asked to contribute to the cost of replacing the document, calculated as follows: selling price of the document + a fixed charge of 8 euros for equipment and processing costs. You cannot buy the document yourself.

Yes, you can return borrowed documents, laptops, small items or games to any library in the network, regardless of which library you borrowed them from.

If you are temporarily unable to use the library, you can request that a set of books you wish to borrow be prepared, by reserving documents in the available status: librarians will fetch them from the shelves for you and a trusted person with a power of attorney can come and collect the documents in your place. The loan period can be extended depending on your situation and on presentation of proof.

You can allow someone to borrow documents to you reader account by contacting the library by email from your URCA mailbox, giving the surname, first name and date of birth of the person you wish to appoint as your proxy. The person to whom you have given power of attorney will be able to borrow in all URCA libraries on presentation of an identity document in his or her name. Find out more about the management of your personal data.

The loan period can be extended by sending a signed certificate from your supervisor and with the agreement of the head of the library.

The loan period can be extended depending on your situation, by sending an email to the library to which you are attached (contacts on your library's page). You can find all the information on disabled access on the dedicated page.

You are a URCA student or staff member: whether you are at the library, on campus or away from home, you can access the Library's digital resources by logging in using your login details on the digital librarie's page.

You are an external reader or a high school student: due to agreements with resource publishers, external readers can only consult electronic resources on site at the Library, by going to this page.

If you have a problem accessing one of the library's digital resources, you can report it by email to the digital library manager: bibliotheque.numerique@univ-reims.fr

The library publishes the exam papers for the Law and Political Science, Humanities and Economic, Social and Management Sciences departments on its website. For other disciplines, please contact the administration of your UFR, institute or school.

Multifunction copiers (black and white or colour) are available in all libraries except Chaumont and Troyes Éducation. They allow you to make photocopies and prints: you must upload your prints to the platform before coming to a library to unblock them within 72 hours. This chargeable service is available to anyone registered with the library using their URCA login details (or reader account for external readers): for more information, go to the Print, copy and scan page.

Yes, in all libraries except Chaumont and Troyes Éducation. Scanning onto a USB key is free.

Yes, spiral binding machines are available in all libraries. Please note that the equipment (spirals and covers) is not supplied by the library.

Yes, users who are not registered with the library can create an account specifically for printing and photocopying by clicking on the link ‘I am an external reader: Create an account’ on the Papercut home page. You can find all the information about the service on the Print, copy and scan page.

The librarians are available to help you with your documentary research and writing tools. You can either ask your question online, or make an appointment with a librarian, in the library or by video.

You can indeed access the library's online courses and training materials by logging on to Moodle (University Library section) using your virtual office login and password.

The best dissertations from French universities are available online at DUMAS. Doctoral theses are posted on theses.fr and medical theses on the collective library catalogue for higher education institutions. Practice theses in medicine, dentistry and pharmacy are available online for the URCA community. Internship reports from the Troyes IUT can be consulted online by members of the URCA community.

The library employs students from September to June to bolster its teams, particularly for opening hours in the evenings and on Saturdays and some Sundays. The recruitment campaign for part-time students generally takes place before the summer, with a view to students taking up their posts in September. It is advertised on the Library's portal and on its social networks. Applications are accepted from Master 1 level upwards.

Other job applications should be sent by email to bibliotheque.universitaire@univ-reims.fr URCA job vacancies can be accessed on the careers portal: https://univ-reims.nous-recrutons.fr

The University Library regularly welcomes trainees from secondary school to Master's level, as well as retraining courses. Please contact the internship coordinator at : bu-stages@univ-reims.fr

All readers registered with the library can borrow items for 3 weeks: Mac adapters, HDMI cables, calculators, chargers with adapters, USB keyboards, headphones, USB sticks, DVD players, laser pointers, USB mice, video projectors, webcams. The list of items loaned by each library can be consulted on the Borrow page. For on-site use, you will only be asked to show proof of identity.

Lost property is collected at the library reception desk. Lost property is kept for 1 year. If you lose or forget any official documents bearing your name, you will be notified by email to your university address (the address given when you registered for external readers), by text message or by telephone. Official documents (passport, identity card, residence permit) are regularly returned to the Préfecture.

The discharge may be requested by the school office in preparation for your graduation or for the transfer of your file to another UFR or university. The library discharge certifies that your situation is in order and that you no longer have any borrowed documents or fees to pay to the library. You can apply using the form on the Request for discharge page.