Booking
Some study seats must be reserved, and most group study rooms. This is done in TP: Room booking. See services for external users.
See below for information on which rooms and areas this apply to at each library.
Archaeology Library in Frederiks gate
- Some study seats
- Computers with access to library databases
- No group study rooms
Ethnographic Library in Historical Museum
- Some study seats
- Computers with access to library databases
- No group study rooms
Go to the Ethnographic Library
Humanities and Social Sciences Library in Georg Sverdrups hus
Study seats
- There are approximately 1000 study seats in the library. All study seats with green lamps on level 3 and 4 must be reserved in TP: Room booking.(For UiO students and staff.)
- There is a quiet room on level 3.
- Library zones - Group work zones, reading zones, quiet zone.
We have made it easier for you to choose where to sit in the library by colour coding the different zones. - Library regulations
Computer seats
- Computer seats on level 1.
- Computer seats can not be reserved. Computers will automatically be logged off after 15 minutes of inactivity.
Group study rooms
- We have 33 group study rooms on all levels, and they must be reserved in TP:Room booking.(For UiO students and staff).
- Other zones for group work on level 1 and level U.
Special purpose rooms
Go to the Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Informatics Library in Ole Johan Dahls hus
- We have a number of workplaces in the library.
- There are several computer monitors that can be used with an HDMI transition to a laptop.
- We have six group rooms that can be booked via TP.
- Please note: The group study rooms are for 2 or more people.
Law Library in Domus Juridica
- 10 study spaces along the window wall facing Tullinløkka
- We have several long tables and larger tables suitable for reading and group study
- Several seating areas, chairs and sofas along the window walls
- The library does not have PC workstations, but there are several search terminals
- The library has several workspaces for group work, but no dedicated group study rooms
Life Science Library
- The library offers various reading areas and workspaces for group study
- There is a variety of seating areas, chairs, and sofas
- The building has several study rooms
Go to the Life Science Library
Medical Library at Rikshospitalet
- 160 seats for individual or group study
- 42 of the seats are in a quiet reading room
- Several work stations with microscopes
- Group study rooms must be reserved in TP: Room booking. (For UiO students and staff).
- OUS staff: please contact us to reserve the rooms (phone: +4723074420, e-mail: medisinsk.bibliotek@ub.uio.no)
Natural History Library at Tøyen
- The library has neither study spaces nor group study rooms.
Go to the Natural History Library
Science Library in Vilhelm Bjerknes' hus
- 650 study seats, 70 in a quiet room.
- 30 computers and Linux machines.
- In the library there is one large group study rooms that fits 6 people.
- On the 1st and 2nd mezzanine there are 10 group study rooms which fit 4 people.
- Across the walkbridge from 1st mezzanine to Nils Henrik Abels hus, you will find Bjørnehjørnet, that can be used as a study room, group area or relaxation space (no booking).
- All group study rooms have whiteboards and room 8 has a screen with HDMI cable for connection.
- Group study rooms 8-13 must be reserved, the rest are free seating.
Student Library in Sophus Bugges hus
- All study seats in the Library can be used without a reservation.
- One section is a computer free area (quiet zone).
- There are 2 rooms with adapted workplaces.
- We have 2 PC areas. One consists of 36 computers, and the other of 48 computers.
- We have 10 group rooms and they must be reserved in advance in TP:Room booking.
Go to the Student Library in Sophus Bugges hus
Theological Library in Domus Theologica
- Study seats: 12 seats in a quiet room and 16 seats around the Library.
- 8 seats with computers.
- We have 2 group rooms and they must be reserved in advance in TP:Room booking.
- Group study seats: 6 tables with 30 seats on Level 1.