2024

• 06.12.2024: Santa Claus visits the main library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR).
• 12.11. - 14.11.2024: Book bazaar in the main library AR and in the branch library US
• Change in library management: In November, Ms. Sabine Boccalini takes over the management of the University Library.
• Freshers' welcome and market of opportunities
• June 08, 2024: Open University Day
• The official CampusApp of the University of Siegen, the "Uni Siegen App", has been available since April of this year. Various functions were gradually released. In September, the digital library card followed, initially only for students.
• The University Library was able to extend the license for the Citavi reference management software for a further three years (until the end of 2026). This means that members of the University of Siegen can continue to use the tried-and-tested literature management tool.
• This year, the University Library is once again taking part in the Long Night of Postponed Work (LaNa). It is organized by the Lernwerkstatt Lehrer*innenbildung and the OASE.
• The University Library has signed DEAL contracts with Springer Nature, Wiley and this year for the first time with Elsevier (term: 2024 - 2028), which means that authors from the University of Siegen can publish in open access in most of the journals published by these publishers. In addition, there is reading access to the journal portfolios of these publishers.

2023

• In October, after a break of several years, the University Library once again offered discarded library collections for sale. The bazaar took place in parallel in the main library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR) and in the branch library Unteres Schloss (US).

2022

• Last year, the "Didactics of Mathematics" department at the University of Siegen moved from the Emmy Noether Campus on Haardter Berg to the "Adolf-Reichwein-Straße" campus.
  The media collection on mathematics didactics was able to follow in the first week of January and is now freely accessible in the main library on Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR).
• This year, the University of Siegen is celebrating its 50th anniversary. In May, the university's institutions are offering a variety of events, lectures and activities.
  The University Library is taking part in the celebrations with a whole series of events:
  - Exhibitions at Siegen University Library: A journey through time - exhibition posters from the last few decades
  - Poetry slam for young slammers: Motto: U30 against Ü30
  Moderator: Olaf Neopan Schwanke
  - Coffee Lectures on "Publishing with the University Library"
  - universi: advise, publish, make visible: Verlagsmesse, der Universitätsverlag Siegen präsentiert sein Programm
  - Die Universitätsbibliothek früher und heute: Die besondere Führung durch die UB
  - Vom Gefängnis zur Bibliothek: Führungen und Bilder-Ausstellung
• Change in library management: Dr. Jochen Johannsen moves to RWTH Aachen University and Ms. Anja Jäger takes over the management of the University Library on an interim basis.

2021

• To support universities in digital teaching, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia is providing a total of 40 million euros for e-book licenses through the E-Books.NRW initiative until the end of 2023.
• The University of Siegen is introducing the "USiCard" for the summer semester 2021. This new student card replaces the semester ticket and the student ID card. Once activated, it can also be used as a library card in the university library.

2020

• All members of the university can continue to access the entire range of eBooks published by De Gruyter. The University Library has extended the existing agreement (EBS acquisition model) for a further two years.
• The main library on the Adolf-Reichwein-Straße campus reopened its doors on Monday, 26 October 2020.
  The comprehensive renovation and modernization of the building complex has been completed after a three-year construction period.
  All windows were replaced, the ceilings, walls and floor coverings were renewed and an energy-efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning system was installed.
  The implementation of a comprehensive color concept has created bright and friendly rooms that offer a pleasant working atmosphere.
  A total of around 850 workstations, including individual and group study rooms, are available to students and academics. In addition to tables and chairs, furniture has been set up in variously designed and partly variable learning and working areas where it is comfortable to read and study.
  There is also a library café in the entrance area of the university library and the regular exhibitions can be presented in a separate, professionally furnished room.
  A new storage system was created for the holdings, around 800.000 media, a new layout concept has been developed:
  - newer monographs of a subject as well as the journal issues of the current year are located on the shelves on the levels
  - older monographs, bound journals and audiovisual media are housed in the open stacks or closed stacks.
  From a technical point of view, RFID-supported self-checkout devices for borrowing and returning media have been introduced, as in the Unteres Schloß (US) branch library.
  Furthermore, lockers with electronic locking have been put into operation both in the foyer and on the levels within the library. High-quality scanners are available on all levels and can be used free of charge on a self-service basis.

2019

• Open access publishing in journals published by Wiley
  On 15 January 2019, a first nationwide DEAL license was concluded with the publisher Wiley for a period of three years (15.01.2019 - 31.12.2021). For all members of the University of Siegen, this means that there is permanent access to the entire portfolio of Wiley's electronic journals (approx. 1,700 titles) back to the year of publication 1997.
  From July 1, 2019, all Submitting Corresponding Authors of the University of Siegen can also publish articles in open access in Wiley's hybrid journals at no additional cost.
  Note: There is no obligation for open access for these journals - the decision lies with the authors.
• Workshop: Research Data Management - why and how?
  In May 2019, the E-Science Service (ESS), as a cooperation between the University of Siegen's University Library and ZIMT, together with the joint project FoDaKo - Research Data Management in Cooperation - and the House of Young Talents (HYT), organized the workshop "Research Data Management - why and how?"
  Source research, experiments, measurements, surveys or interviews - there are many ways to generate research data. Processing, archiving and, if necessary, publishing this data is the task of Research Data Management.
• For one year, all members of the university had unlimited access to the eBook series "Cambridge Companions" published by Cambridge University Press.
  The approximately 700 handbooks with essays on literature, philosophy, history, religion and music have been used extensively in recent months.
  After evaluating the statistics, the university library has now purchased 37 eBooks and is making them permanently available via the Katalog plus.
• Open access publishing in journals published by Cambridge University Press
  Siegen University Library has been participating in the DFG-funded alliance license for journals published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) for many years. This gives members of the University of Siegen access to articles from over 360 eJournals in a wide range of disciplines.
  This license was extended to a "Read and Publish" agreement for the period 2019 to 2021. In addition to pure access, researchers at the University of Siegen can publish in CUP Open Access hybrid journals without restriction and free of charge. Golden Open Access journals are currently not part of the agreement.
• With the establishment and expansion of the Institute of Psychology at the University of Siegen, the University Library has expanded its range of electronic resources for the subject and related disciplines.
  Thanks in part to additional funding from the university, a comprehensive portfolio of databases, electronic journals and eBooks is now available.
• University of Siegen Library is one of the sponsors of the transcript Open Library Political Science
  Together with 44 other university and university of applied sciences libraries and the POLLUX political science information service, University of Siegen Library has supported a pilot project through which 20 new publications (2019) from the political science program area of transcript Verlag are made available in open access.
  The project was developed as part of the National Open Access Contact Point 2020OA-DE together with transcript Verlag.
  The aim of the project was to enable the open access publication of the "Political Science" frontlist via a fee in the crowdfunding model.
  By participating in the project, the University of Siegen Library not only ensures access to the associated titles for members of the University of Siegen, but also for all academic stakeholders and interested parties worldwide.

2018

• New service offer in the Lower Castle Branch Library (US): From January 2018, a total of twelve workstation trolleys will be available to rent free of charge.
• Significant growth in electronic media: deGruyter's EBS (= Evidence Based Selection) acquisition model enables the publisher's entire range of eBooks to be activated in Katalog plus. At the end of the contract period of one year, a decision will be made on the basis of usage statistics as to which titles will be permanently acquired for the University Library's collection.
• In March 2018, an Academic Advisory Board for the university publishing house universi will be established. The advisory board will support and accompany the strategic development of the publishing house.
• Siegen University Library joins the Open Library of Humanities: The Open Library of Humanities, OLH for short, is a platform for open access journals in the humanities and social sciences, founded in 2015 by academics in the UK. The OLH platform currently offers over 20 journals that can also be used by researchers at the University of Siegen for their publications.
  In addition to initiatives such as Scoap 3 and Knowledge Unlatched, by joining the OHL, the University Library is supporting another project that specifically strengthens infrastructures for open access publishing.
• From March 2018, borrowed media can be returned to any library location, regardless of their subject classification. The University Library is thus fulfilling a repeated request from its users.
• Modernization of the technical infrastructure: To support group work, suitable rooms in the library are being equipped with whiteboards and team monitors.
• In summer, the University Library joins the newly founded dSPACE Consortium Germany together with the ZIMT. The open source software dSPACE is to be used in future to operate the University Library's publication server and replace the OPUS server software previously used.
• Once again, the UB's contribution to the Open University is very popular: as in 2017, visitors can take a guided tour "From Prison to Library" to trace the eventful history of the Lower Castle Branch Library (US) at selected stations - from princely residence to prison to modern place of learning and work. As a special guest, former prison employee Rüdiger Zimmermann will also provide insights into the complexity of everyday working life in the prison.
• With the lecture "To be open(ed): The library is not an ivory tower" and an information stand, the University Library is participating in the Night of Science for the first time.
• In June 2018, the University Library takes part in the training fair in the Siegerlandhalle for the first time. At an information stand, our trainees will provide insights into training as a specialist in media and information services (FAMI) and present suitable literature offers from the University Library.
• As part of Open Access Week, the library is offering coffee lectures for Siegen researchers at all library locations at the end of October. The topics to be discussed over a cup of coffee range from general information on Open Access to the specific funding and advisory services offered at the University of Siegen.
• In October, universi will be presenting itself for the first time at the Frankfurt Book Fair as part of a joint stand of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Universitätsverlage.

2017

• The University Library offers its own ordering and delivery service for articles published by Elsevier. This service was developed to compensate for the termination of the license agreement with Elsevier.
  The termination took place as part of the DEAL project, which aims to conclude nationwide license agreements for the entire portfolio of electronic journals from the three major academic publishers Elsevier, Springer and Wiley under the auspices of the German Rectors' Conference.
• In the summer semester, Siegen University Library, together with other university libraries in North Rhine-Westphalia, is taking part in an online user survey among students. The survey is intended to show how student users rate the services offered by the University Library, which services are important to them and where library services can be improved.
  The results of the survey and information on improving and developing the University Library's services will be published in the BibBlog.
• Great response to the UB's contribution to Open University 2017: the guided tour "From prison to library" allows visitors to trace the eventful history of the new Lower Castle Branch Library (US) at selected stations - from princely residence to prison to modern place of learning and work.
• The main library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR) will be completely empty for the refurbishment - the only exception is the extension, which will be retained as the AR-D branch library on the Adolf-Reichwein-Straße campus and can continue to be used during the modernization. All other workstations, offices and holdings - around 600,000 items - will be housed in an interim solution.
  During the interim period, the university library will be spread across a total of six locations: the majority of the library's holdings will be relocated to the new "Weidenauer Straße (W) Branch Library". The Hölderlinstraße branch library (H) will function as the main location of the university library during the modernization - the majority of library staff as well as important user services such as the central information desk or group study rooms are housed there. The branch libraries Paul-Bonatz-Straße (PB) and Emmy-Noether-Campus (ENC) as well as the new branch library Unteres Schloß (US) will remain unchanged during the interim period in terms of subject focus and holdings.
• The University Library is launching a new research tool, Katalog plus. A single search query can now be used to simultaneously search the library's physical and digital holdings as well as a wide range of free information sources.
• The University of Siegen and the University Library support researchers from Siegen in publishing research results in open access journals with an open access publication fund. In 2018 and 2019, the University of Siegen will also receive funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for this fund for the first time.

2016

• Introduction of a pay machine in the main library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR): From January 2016, library fees in the main library AR can be paid at a pay machine regardless of the service times of the circulation desk; payments can be made both in cash and by card.
• Last book bazaar for the time being before the general refurbishment from fall 2017: The twelfth and, for the time being, last book bazaar before the general refurbishment starting in fall 2017 will take place on April 27 and 28. The sale of discarded library collections generates proceeds of EUR 1,435.30. The library will use the money to purchase current study literature.
• New locker system in the Main Library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR): The lockers in the foyer of the Main Library AR are converted in April 2016 in time for the start of the summer semester; the lockers can now be locked with a padlock and no longer with a coin system as before.
  From January 2016 until the work on the lockers is completed, permission to take jackets and bags into the library is granted for a limited period.
• Opening of the Unteres Schloß (US) branch library: On August 1, 2016, the new US branch library opens as the University Library's first city center location. Around 100,000 business and law media will find their new home here in the immediate vicinity of Schools III.
  The University Library is also breaking new ground in terms of technology with the new location: users can check out and return items themselves using a self-checkout system. In addition, an electronic locker system will be put into operation for the first time.
  Slide show for the Open University Day at the Lower Castle "From prison to library"
• Relocation of the library holdings for the subjects of History, Music and Theology to the Hölderlinstraße (H) branch library: In view of the upcoming general refurbishment, the library completed the first stage of the vacant Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR) main library in October 2016. The monographs and current journals for the subjects of history, music and theology move to Branch Library H.
• Termination of contract with Elsevier: The University Library and the University support the DEAL project, which is an attempt under the auspices of the German Rectors' Conference to conclude nationwide licenses, starting with Elsevier and then with the two other major academic publishers Springer and Wiley. Against this backdrop, the University Library has terminated its contract with Elsevier at the end of 2016, meaning that access to the eJournals to which it has previously subscribed will not be possible for the time being in 2017.

2015

• New jingle for the eTutorials: The UB announces a jingle competition to find a theme tune for its eTutorials. Dennis Rybakowski's composition emerges as the winning jingle from the university-wide vote.
• Change in library management: Dr. Jochen Johannsen takes over the management of the University Library as successor to Dipl. Math. Werner Reinhardt, who retires in November.
• Shorter opening hours at the Emmy Noether Campus (ENC) branch library: Due to a permanent decline in visitor numbers in the off-peak hours in the morning and late afternoon, the opening hours in the ENC branch library will be shortened.
• Book bazaar no. 10 and 11: In view of the upcoming general refurbishment, the library holds two book bazaars and offers discarded library collections for sale. Traditionally, the proceeds are used to purchase new study literature. Against the backdrop of the refugee crisis and the nearby initial reception center on Haardter Berg, the library also donates a portion of the proceeds to the "Books for Refugees" project.

2014

• Better service on Sundays: In response to many requests from our users, media can now also be borrowed and returned during the library's Sunday opening hours.
• In May, the library will be offering discarded library items for sale at a book bazaar for the ninth time.
  The proceeds were used to purchase new seating for the library's outdoor area.
• The document server OPUS Siegen, operated by Siegen University Library, is awarded the DINI certificate 2010 for document and publication services.
• New eLearning offer to teach information literacy: In addition to the previous offer, which was mainly characterized by face-to-face events, the library has developed extensive eTutorials in cooperation with the ZIMT, which illustrate the process of literature and information procurement.

2013

• Introduction of Sunday opening: From February, the main library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR) will also be open on Sundays from 10.00 - 18.00.
  For the time being, however, no personal services such as borrowing or returning media will be offered.
• The library catalog can also be used via mobile devices such as smartphones or tablet PCs.
• Participation in the "Open University 2013": Children can gain their first experience of the library during a library rally. There will also be a cocktail bar and a reading where university lecturers will read from their favorite books.
• The library's range of eBooks now also includes titles from Hanser Verlag.
  The collection focuses on publications on construction and mechanical engineering; it also includes eBooks on economics, computer science and mathematics.
• At the request of many users, the library is replacing the deposit locks on the lockers in the main library on Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR). The new locks can be operated with either a 1-euro or 2-euro coin; in contrast to the previous system (2 x 2-euro coins), a single coin is now sufficient.
• Online reservation of group study rooms: Based on a procedure developed at the Oldenburg University Library and further developed at the Heidelberg University Library, the library will provide a platform from December that can be used to reserve group study rooms at the university library online.

2012

• Participation in the "Open University 2012": The library organizes an exhibition on the 40th anniversary of the university, in which selected documents from the university archive are shown. The 8th book bazaar also takes place.
• Use of new photocopiers and standardization of credit cards:
  From June 2012, the photocopiers in the library will be replaced with new machines. These not only make it possible to make copies, but also to save documents on a USB stick. Saved documents can also be printed out.
  At the same time, new copy card readers will be installed, which can be used with the same credit cards that are also used for the university's printing terminals.
• New reading and workstations in the main library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR):
  After an extensive revision, during which old textbooks were made available for the book bazaar and journals that are permanently available electronically were removed, more space was gained on level 2 for the installation of reading and workstations.
  The workstations were equipped with new tables and colored chairs; additional sockets were also installed.
• The University Library on Facebook: Since December, the library has regularly used the university's Facebook page to draw attention to new offers and services.

2011

• The University Library's previous printing system will be replaced by the Q-Pilot system in the main library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR) and in the branch libraries Hölderlinstraße (H) and Paul-Bonatz-Straße (PB). Q-Pilot makes it possible to print files via a central print server at any connected print terminal. This system is operated university-wide by the ZIMT (Center for Information and Media Technology).
• The library has set up a new training room. It is located in the main library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR), level 1, at the end of the extension. The room is equipped with modern presentation technology and a total of 20 PCs.
• Version change of the integrated library software ALEPH 500 local system: all modules of version 18.01 are replaced by version 20.2.

2010

• As a new service, the University Library is offering all lecturers at the university the opportunity to request course reserves via a web form and have them set up by the library. Another new feature is that electronic documents can be integrated alongside conventional media.
• The library provides all students and interested parties with an online tutorial that provides assistance for systematic information searches and supports the independent acquisition of research and information skills.

2009

• The entire web presence of the University Library was revised and, in particular, adapted to the corporate design of the university. For the first time, a content management system (Typo3) is being used.
• The library is able to expand its electronic information offering with a variety of new products.
  One of the most important new offerings is the JSTOR journal archive, which provides access to a large number of core academic journals.
• The library provides an overview of all existing semester collections on its website.
  The relevant semester collections and associated media can be accessed on a daily basis by entering the name of a lecturer.
• The University Library offers all students and staff of the University of Siegen a full version of the reference management system Citavi (Citavi Pro), which allows a second installation on a private computer or USB stick free of charge. As part of its training program, the library provides an introduction to working with Citavi.
• In August, Verkehrsbetriebe Westfalen-Süd set up two additional bus connections from Haardter Berg. This means that the library's extended opening hours in 2007 are also reflected in the bus timetables.

2008

• The University Library is expanding its range of eBooks. In addition to titles from Springer Verlag, natural science textbooks and reference books from the publishers Teubner, Gabler and Vieweg are now also available. The University Library is also adding humanities and social science titles as well as titles from the field of law to its portfolio.
• Fees incurred in the main library can be paid by debit card.
• Version change of the integrated library software ALEPH 500-Lokalsystem: all modules of version 16.2 will be replaced by version 18.01.
• Library users can call up subject-sorted lists of new acquisitions for a month via the link New acquisitions lists in the Siegen University Library catalog.

2007

• The University Library is expanding its range of electronic information: from January 2007, members of the University will have access to the German-language eBook packages from Springer Verlag for the subject areas of technology, computer science and economics.
• The library's opening hours will be significantly extended. This extension of service is made possible by the provision of funds from student fees and the employment of additional student assistants.
• Establishment of two additional group study rooms in the main library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR). A total of seven rooms are now available in the University Library for working in small groups.
• New UB training concept for teaching information literacy: the aim is to provide students in particular with the necessary knowledge for dealing with information resources relevant to science step by step in courses that build on each other - from the selection of suitable search tools to the development of a research strategy and the procurement of information.
• Completion of the remodeling and renovation measures in the Paul-Bonatz-Straße (PB) branch library. All rooms were painted in bright, friendly colors and fitted with new flooring. The lighting was optimized and a group study room was set up on the upper floor.
• The University of Siegen took over the complete library and other archive material from the estate of the Germanist Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Helmut Kreuzer and his wife Dr. Ingrid Kreuzer as part of a donation. The Kreuzer Library's holdings are stored as a collection in the closed stacks of Siegen University Library. All books can be borrowed, with the exception of those particularly worthy of protection (dedication copies), which can only be used in the reading room.

2006

• For the first time, the University Library is offering discarded library holdings for sale as part of a book bazaar. The proceeds are used to purchase current study literature.
• Establishment of a second group study room in the main library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR).

2005

• Version change of the integrated library software ALEPH 500-Lokalsystem: all modules of version 14.2 are replaced by version 16.2.
• Funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) enables Germany-wide access to a range of specialist databases and full-text collections in the humanities and social sciences. These are available on the University of Siegen's network and can be accessed via the library's homepage, eResources. In addition, interested users resident in the Federal Republic of Germany can register online and access the service free of charge from home.
• Since the 2005/06 winter semester, the University Library has offered a course as part of the career-oriented studies program. The seminar "Erfahrungsraum Bibliothek: Finding, evaluating and processing information" provides general knowledge about the "library" information system as well as techniques and strategies for researching, evaluating and processing information. One focus of the course is on practical exercises.
• The Central Information Desk in the main library on Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR) has been given a modern makeover with a new information desk.

2004

• Completion of the extension and redesign of the Hölderlinstraße (H) branch library. The usable space is increased by 400 square meters and the old section is modernized. In addition to two group study rooms and a computer room, a total of 100 workstations are available for studying in the library.
• The University Library sends out its first electronic newsletter, which soon has over 650 subscribers.
• With the electronic mailbox (today: Ask us ...), library users can also send questions, suggestions and criticism to the University Library online.
• The e-resource portal (homepage, research & catalogs) is the new central entry point to the electronic information sources of the University Library. The links are managed in cooperation with numerous other North Rhine-Westphalian libraries via the "DigiLink" infrastructure offered by the HBZ.

2003

• Opening of the first group study room in the main library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR).
• The main library has access to the University of Siegen's WLAN. The network is gradually extended to the branch libraries. This will enable library users to make unlimited use of the University Library's information services on their own laptops.

2002

• The library puts the last parts of the integrated local system ALEPH 500 into operation with the lending, interlibrary loan and Aleph-OPAC modules.
• A PC workstation specially adapted to the needs of blind and visually impaired users is set up in the main library on Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR).
• With the 1617 print by Johann Jacob von Wallhausen (1580-1629) "Künstliche Picquen-Handlung", the University Library acquires an important testimony to the school of war and knighthood established in Siegen in 1617 under Johann VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen.

2001

• Siegen University Library takes part in a user survey carried out at all North Rhine-Westphalian university libraries. In the state comparison of user satisfaction, it came in an excellent second place after Bielefeld University Library.
• Following the procurement and installation of the necessary hardware and software as well as extensive training measures for the library staff, the ALEPH 500 acquisition and cataloging modules are introduced at the turn of the year 2001/02.

2000

• In early summer, the University Library applies for the procurement of the integrated library management system ALEPH 500 from ExLibris as part of the HBFG procedure. In a letter dated December 15, 2000, the DFG makes a positive recommendation; the procurement value is DM 550,000.
• The Jung-Stilling-Gesellschaft e.V. hands over its Jung-Stilling archive to the University Library "for permanent safekeeping".
• From the estate of the retired university lecturer Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dreger, the University Library receives a collection of encyclopaedias with the condition that they be taken over and stored in their entirety; 34 titles with 201 volumes from the period 1727-1985 are incorporated into the holdings of the University Library and stored in their entirety.

1998

• Opening of the multimedia reading room in the main building Adolf-Reichwein-Straße. This room is equipped with particularly high-quality PCs for using the ever-increasing range of electronic resources and can also be used for training courses and lectures.
• Establishment of a further branch library of the University Library as part of the relocation of the Mathematics (later also the Didactics of Mathematics) and Physics departments to the building of the former Bundeswehr Administration School on Fischbacher Berg, now the Emmy Noether Campus. The Emmy Noether Campus (ENC) branch library has an area of approx. 600 square meters.

1997

• To mark the 25th anniversary of the University - Gesamthochschule - Siegen, the University Library is presenting a comprehensive exhibition on the history of the university from 1853 to 1971; the exhibition focuses on the Wiesenbauschule as the oldest predecessor institution. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog: Rudolf Heinrich (ed.): Die Wiesenbauschule Siegen: 1853 - 1971; Training center for practitioners - founding building block of the University. (Signature: 05-ZXHX1078)
• As part of a license agreement, the University Library provides access to a considerable number of electronic journals for the first time: more than 1,000 journals from the Elsevier publishing group can be accessed via the Internet; only just under 10% of these are also available in printed form in Siegen.
• New library director: Dipl. Math. Werner Reinhardt (1997-2015).

1995

• The previous microfiche catalogs are replaced by an Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC). It contains the entire holdings of the University Library, including lending data.

1993

• The University Library's holdings exceed the million mark (1,021,913 volumes).

1991

• A total of 46 PC workstations - 21 of which are for users - are available for research in six databases. In the following years, the University Library's internal network is consistently expanded.

1990

• Since the early 1980s, the library has reached its limits in terms of accommodating the annual increase in stock in the available space. At the expense of workstations, shelving is retrofitted beyond what was originally planned, and older holdings have to make way for new additions to the stacks. In 1990, this situation eased noticeably: the main library Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR) gained not only new space for shelving, but also a small reading room with a library garden thanks to an additional 529 square meters of space (the so-called extension) in the area of the former teacher training college.
• The University Library has a total usable area of 9,100 square meters.

1989

• The first CD-ROM server with four drives and one user workstation each in the Main Library and the branch libraries of the University Library goes online. The first databases available are the Directory of Available Books (VLB) and the Bielefeld University Library catalog.

1988

• Library director: Dr. jur. Hansjochen Hancke (1988-1997).

1987

• Extension of the branch library in Hölderlinstraße by 123 square meters. In the same building, the University Library is given a further 57 square meters of space for an auxiliary stacks. An additional 210 square meters of space is made available for an emergency stacks in the University of Education building.

1984

• The stacks of the former teacher training college (373 square meters) are reassigned to the university library after years of external use; however, it cannot be used until 1986.
• After Paderborn University Library, Siegen University Library is the second university library in North Rhine-Westphalia to set up an information service (IVS). On behalf of university members, online searches in external databases in a wide range of subject areas can be carried out for a fee.
• At the end of the year, Karl W. Boetticher hands over the estate of his wife Prof. Dr. Helge Pross to the University Library. As part of a project group from Faculty 2 of the University - Gesamthochschule - Siegen, the estate is examined in the early 1990s and catalogued in a finding aid*. Helge Pross taught sociology at the University - Gesamthochschule - Siegen from 1976 to 1983 and is one of the pioneers of gender studies.
  * Sabine Hering and Elke Hüwel (eds.): Findbuch: der Bestand des Helge-Pross-Nachlasses. Siegen, 1996, shelfmarks: K15462, K15463

1983

• On June 1, the Gummersbach department is spun off from the University - Gesamthochschule - Siegen and affiliated to the Cologne University of Applied Sciences. The library unit located in Gummersbach is transferred with approx. 33,000 volumes to the Cologne University of Applied Sciences Library; Siegen University Library also loses four staff positions.
• The University Library takes over the old library of the IHK Siegen (approx. 1,400 volumes) and all journals of the Siegerländer-Heimatverein that are outside of a Siegerland context (almost 2,200 volumes).

1980

• On January 1, the law on academic universities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia comes into force; like the other comprehensive universities, the University of Siegen is renamed the University Comprehensive University. The library thus changes from a comprehensive university library (GHB) to a university library (UB).

1979

• The annual additions to the library reach a record level: a total of 68,300 new volumes are added to the collection; the total collection amounts to 515,000 volumes, which are housed in three different parts of the building: in the Adolf-Reichwein-Straße main library, in the Hölderlinstraße branch library and in the Paul-Bonatz-Straße branch library.

1978

• Introduction of automated loan booking: the conventional loan procedure using loan slips is replaced by the Bochum Automated Library System (BABSY).
• The GHB Siegen is the first library in North Rhine-Westphalia to compile its local periodical index based on automated data processing. The journal index of Siegen University Library is an excerpt from the national journal database (ZDB), in which the necessary data entry work for the entire Siegen journal collection was carried out in 1977/78.
• Establishment of the European Documentation Center (EDZ).

1977

• Move into the new building in Adolf-Reichwein-Straße. From then on, the main library is located here; book processing - from acquisition to shelfmarking - takes place centrally in this part of the building. Almost 500 reading and workstations are available on a usable area of 6,400 square meters. The library's total holdings amount to 400,000 volumes.

1975

In the summer, the catalog is converted: The printed volume catalog is replaced by a microfiche edition; the library units are equipped with 18 microfiche readers. (The NRW library network expands to include Bochum University Library and Hagen Open University). The classification system (GHBS) developed in the network of comprehensive university libraries is declared binding by decree of the Ministry of Science and Research on March 26, 1975.

1974

• Relocation of the library headquarters with the entire book processing department as well as central information and interlibrary loan to the newly built "General Availability Center" of the university in Hölderlinstraße. Merger of fifteen seminar libraries of the former teacher training college into two specialist libraries for the humanities.

1973

• The library acquires a large part of the estate of Dr. Paul Luchtenberg (1890-1971), Minister of Culture of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1956 to 1958, including an original of the "Schedelsche Weltchronik" in the German edition of 1493.
• Establishment of the University Library Centre (HBZ) in Cologne on 1 March 1973, marking the start of cooperation between the five university libraries (Duisburg, Essen, Paderborn, Wuppertal, Siegen) in a joint (cataloging) network. In the following years, all academic libraries in North Rhine-Westphalia are integrated into this network. The HBZ acts as a service and development center.
• From early summer onwards, all order and catalog data is recorded at Siegen University Library using automated data processing.

1972

• The Siegen University of Applied Sciences is founded on August 1, 1972, and emerges from two predecessor institutions: the Siegerland department of the Westphalia-Lippe University of Education and the Siegen-Gummersbach University of Applied Sciences, with its Siegen and Gummersbach departments, are transferred to the new university.
• The Siegen University Library is initially spread across numerous university buildings: two in Siegen, three in the then independent Hüttental and one in Gummersbach, 60 km away. It takes 141,000 volumes from predecessor institutions into its collection. The library owes an old collection of scientific and technical works from the 19th century to the former Wiesenbauschule Siegen, the oldest predecessor institution of the university of applied sciences and thus of the comprehensive university.
• Library director: Dr. phil. Walter Barton (1972-1987).