Location Information

 Matthias Heyde

The Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum was established in 2009 on the campus of Humboldt-Universität in Berlin-Mitte. With a freely accessible collection of around 2 million volumes, it is one of the largest open stacks libraries in Germany. The media collection and work facilities extend over 8 floors. The spacious reading room terraces form the architectural centrepiece of the building designed by Swiss architect Max Dudler.

Holdings

In the Grimm-Zentrum, you will find media on the following subject areas:

• Archaeology
• Art and Visual History
• Classical Philology
• Cultural Studies
• Economics
• Educational Science
• Ethnological Studies
• Gender Studies
• Higher Education
• History
• History of Science
• Library and Information Science
• Media Studies
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Rehabilitation Studies
• Sociology

The holdings of the current subjects are organised according to the Regensburger Verbundklassifikation (RVK).

The historical holdings of the Grimm-Zentrum go beyond the range of subjects mentioned.

You will find current issues of journals on the 1st floor, older issues on the 2nd floor.

In the Media Centre on the 7th floor, the photo and slide archive of the Institute of Art and Visual History as well as the video and microform collections of the University Library can be consulted or borrowed.

Special collections (extract):

• Special Subject Collection Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Special Subject Collection Higher Education
• Historical collections – including the private library of the Brothers Grimm, the collection of portraits of professors at Berlin University/Humboldt-Universität and numerous scholars' libraries
  

Textbook collections (multiple copies of basic literature for HU members)

The textbook collections include the subjects held in the Grimm-Zentrum as well as the subjects of the branch libraries Foreign Languages/Literatures, German Studies and Scandinavian Studies, Music, Law and Theology. The textbook collections are located on the ground floor facing Friedrichstraße.

The Grimm-Zentrum as a Place of Study

With a large number of workstations (including barrier-free ones), work booths, group work rooms and computer pools, the Grimm-Zentrum offers optimal study conditions for individual and group work.

You will find over 1300 individual workstations in the Grimm-Zentrum. The reading room terraces and the window fronts on the floors provide a quiet working environment. All workstations are equipped with sockets and reading lamps. Some reading screens are also installed for connecting your own devices via HDMI or USB-C (cables available).

WLAN (eduroam/Free Wifi Berlin) can be used throughout the library with your own device.

In the research reading room on the 6th floor, rare and valuable prints as well as media ordered from the stacks, which can only be borrowed for on-site use, can be viewed.

For users with children and pregnant users, the ‘Kinderstube’ (parent and child area) on the 7th floor offers workstations with an adjoining play area.

Leaflet with information on the Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum (PDF)

This flyer is available at the information desks of the Grimm-Zentrum and also at other locations of the University Library.

 

Here you can find detailed information about:

• Studying On-Site at Grimm-Zentrum
• Services On-Site at Grimm-Zentrum
• Floor Plan of the Grimm-Zentrum (in German only)
  
• Spatial Information System V:Scout
• House Rules of the Grimm-Zentrum (in German only)