Service news (in German only)
The library is closed on all Sundays and on public holidays in Berlin. Information about all different opening hours can be found here:
| New Year's Day | 1 January 2020 | closed |
| International Women's Day | 8 March 2020 | closed |
| Good Friday | 10 April 2020 | closed |
| Holy Saturday | 11 April 2020 | closed |
| Easter Monday | 13 April 2020 | closed |
| Labour Day | 1 May 2020 | closed |
| Saturday | 2 May 2020 | closed |
| Liberation Day | 8 May 2020 | closed |
| Ascension Day | 21 May 2020 | closed |
| Whit Monday | 1 June 2020 | closed |
| Anniversary of German unification | 3 October 2020 | closed |
| Christmas Eve | 24 December 2020 | closed |
| Christmas Day | 25 December 2020 | closed |
| Boxing Day | 26 December 2020 | closed |
| Monday | 28 December 2020 | opened from 9 am to 5 pm |
| Tuesday | 29 December 2020 | opened from 9 am to 5 pm |
| Wednesday | 30 December 2020 | opened from 9 am to 5 pm |
| New Year's Eve | 31 December 2020 | closed |
| New Year's Day | 1 January 2021 | closed |
| Saturday | 2 Januar 2021 | closed |
Haus Potsdamer Straße
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Opening hours
| General reading room | Mon–Sat 8am–10pm |
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| Eastern Europe reading room | Mon–Sat 8am–10pm |
| Oriental and East Asia reading room | Mon–Sat 8am–10pm |
Service hours
| Information via telephone | Mon–Fri 8am–8pm, Sat 10am–6pm | Tel +49 30 266 43 38 88 |
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| Book collection area / Registration | Mon–Fri 8am–8pm, Sat 8am–5pm | Tel +49 30 266 43 39 89 |
| Registration / Lending desk | Mon–Fri 10am-6pm | Tel +49 30 266 43 39 99 |
| I-Punkt in the entrance hall | Mon–Fri 8am–7pm, Sat 10am–4pm | |
| Information in the reading room | Mon–Fri 10am–8pm, Sat 10am–6pm | |
| Interlibrary loan | Mon–Fri 10am–1pm and 2pm–4pm | Tel +49 30 266 43 36 50 |
| Eastern Europe reading room / Information | Mon–Fri 9am–5pm, Sat 10am–2pm | Tel +49 30 266 43 57 77 |
| Oriental and East Asia reading room / Information | Mon–Fri 9am–5pm | Tel +49 30 266 43 58 65 |
| Copy centre BiblioCopy / Advice, acceptance of orders | Mon-Sat 10am-6pm | Tel +49 30 257 94 343 |
Haus Unter den Linden - Closed from 1 November until spring 2020
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