Communication, Information and Media Center (KIM)

Library account

To use the KIM Library, you need a library card and a library account. 
Please present the library card each time you want to check something out. The media are booked on your library account.

The library account will be created for you at the Central Library Circulation Counter, Garbenstraße 15. To register for a library account, please bring the status form for employees signed by the institute/department, your personal ID card (or a passport with a registration card) and – if you have one – your university employee ID card. Your employee ID card can be activated as a library card when you register, or you can have a library card issued to you.

A non-personal department account can be set up for inter-library loan functions for the different departments (see “Fachgebietskonto”). Inter-library loan fees for these accounts are settled annually by KIM via internal billing with the department.

Functions of the library account

  • Overview of all borrowed media
  • Renewal of the loan period
  • View your holds and online requests (inter-library loan requests and requests from university-external stacks).
  • View your overdue fees and other notifications
  • View the saved address
  • Change password
  • Change e-mail address
  • Place hold on borrowed media
  • Requesting inter-library loans
  • Access to off-campus subject data bases using Shibboleth

How to access your library account

You can view your library account via the Hohenheim  Catalog.

Your user ID is your user number. You can find this number on your library card. Your password was given to you at registration. When you log in for the first time, you will need to change the password.

Forgot your password?

If you forget your password, you can request a new password through your library account: Enter your library number and then press the button “Password vergessen?” (Forgot password?). You will receive an email from “ausleihe@uni-hohenehim.de” with the subject “Passwort des Bibliothekskontos zurücksetzen” (reset library account password). Your password will be reset once you open the link in the email. After you have successfully reset the password, on the website you will see the notice “Ihr Passwort wurde auf das Standardpasswort zurückgesetzt, eine E-Mailbenachrichtigung erfolgt” (Your password was reset to the standard password, you will receive notification by email). The password is reset to your birthday in the form DDMMYY. You will then receive email confirmation that the password was reset.

In exceptional cases, the staff at the circulation counter in the Central and Departmental Libraries can reset your password to the default password.

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