Open Access Area

The library provides open access to a part of collections - books and periodicals, arranged according to the Classification of the Library of Congress in Washington (KBK).

The Library reader uses the designated open access collections:

library materials are sought for, carried within the premises, used locally or borrowed by the user,
materials used locally are left on the carts designated for this purpose, not carried back on the shelf,
the right to borrow outside the Library is granted to readers who have a valid library account,
on the labels of the books there is a WD serial number - an alphanumeric record, beginning with the letter denoting the field and the subfield, the date of issue e.g. KK248.2.G76 1953; the books are also marked with colored stickers corresponding to particular fields.

Red sticker indicates sccess only in the reading room.
books are returned in the areas of open access or Main Library's circulation desk,
collections located in the the areas of open access cannot be ordered via a computer Library system.

Distribution of open access collections in the UMCS Main Library

Sharing place	Field symbol	Field
Reading Room 1 ground floor of the older Library building	C	Auxiliary sciences of history
	D,E,F	History
	H	Social sciences (economy, sociology)
	J	Political sciences
	K	Law
	U	Military science
Scientific Information Department Reading Room 1st floor of the newer Library building	A	General works (multidisciplinary encyclopaedias, informers)
	Z	Library science, bibliology, national bibliography
	ZA	Information Science
Main Reading Room 1st floor of the older Library building	B	Philosophy, Theology, Religion
	G	Geography, Archeology, Ethnology, Folklore, Sport
	L	Education
	P	Literary Studies, Literature, Theater, Cinema, Television, Journalism
	Q	Mathematics, Informatics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology
	R	Medicine
	S	Agriculture, Forestry
	T	Technology