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About LLR
Library & Learning Resources (LLR) at the University of Borås aims at making the students successful in their studies. Here you will find not only a high-class scientific library but also study and career counselling, student health services and pedagogues at student support services.
Work and meeting place
Library & Learning Resources is a work and a meeting place for students, researchers, teachers and the general public. The building consists of more than 6000 square metres and was completed in the Summer of 2004. We have over 800 study places and 31 study rooms spread over six floors. The building is light and spacious with book collections in the centre of four floors fenced by open work places. From the building, there is a view of the nature reserve area Rya Åsar and the old industrial area of Borås. On the walls you find art by internationally renowned Swedish artist Karin Mamma Andersson and Janne Hilmersson among others. Eva Stephensson-Möller is the artist behind the colourful sun-screening dots in the entrance.
In addition to the wireless net, there are approximately 220 computers available for students and almost every study room has a computer. A number of computers in the hall on the 5th floor are equipped with additional software such as Photoshop CS, Illustrator and InDesign and connected to a scanner for up to A3 size. If you need peace and quiet when studying, we have a quiet reading room on 2nd floor. There is also a reading studio for dyslectics and disabled on 4th floor.
Search among our 67,000 e-books
Library & Learning Resources supplies its visitors with more than 139,000 volumes, approx. 67,000 e-books and around 31,000 e-journals. You can search the library catalogue, and among journals, databases and web resources under Search information. Information competence education for students and doctoral students can be booked and these classes are led by librarians from Library & Learning Resources.
Users can administer much of their loans from the Library Catalogue. There you can make reservations for books, renew your loans and much more. Under Loans & Purchases you find among other things rules and regulations and order forms for interlibrary loans. Information on the digital publishing of university publications et cetera, are found under Publish.
Get Search Support from a Librarian
In the entrance of Library & Learning Resources are two information points where you can get assistance in information searching and borrowing from librarians. We are open 12 hours a day most days of the week (68 hours/week) - databases and other information services on our web site are of course accessible 24/7, even from home, you just need a valid user-id and password. Monday through Friday, you can also receive private search support from one of our 20 librarians.
In the information points you can borrow keys to the storage cupboards, headphones, network cables, a toybox for children and even a game of kubb! The third information point on the entrance floor is Computer Support where you can get support if you run into trouble concerning your user-id, passwords, applications, cd-burning, scanning et cetera.
Student Services
Floor 4 holds Student Services which offers both pedagogical support, career service and support in your social situation. This could for example be with writing assignments, giving oral presentations or with maths or computer software. If you have functional disabilities you can receive special pedagogical support. There is also a Student Ombudsman who you can turn to if you feel that you have been subject to unacceptable behaviour by the university staff or other students. The study counselors can give you advice on the different courses that the University of Borås, as well as other universities in Sweden, have to offer. The career service can help you with information about the labour market in Sweden. There is also the Student Health Care which includes a social counselor, a nurse and a priest. The International Coordinator supports the international students coming to the University.
In addition to individual assistance, you can also get support by participating in courses, seminars, group activities or workshops offered during the academic year.
Downstairs, on floor 1, you will find Math Support Services where you can get support and guidance concerning your math studies. Math Support Services is manned most afternoons of the week and there is no need to report in advance. Just drop by! Math and computer support are available during the fall and spring semester.