Library information
The main task of the central library service facility is to provide members of the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society with academic literature and information in analog and digital form and to support them in their studies, education and research. As a public institution, the university library is available to all interested parties from the region who wish to further their professional or private education and information.
We acquire and collect the media required by the Departments of the University for basic and continuing education on all topics relating to business administration and health economics, social work, nursing science and nursing education as well as the economy of the countries of East and Southeast Asia.
In addition to its constantly expanding range of books and e-books, the library has numerous specialist journals in printed and electronic form, daily newspapers and important specialist databases available for use.
Library in figures - Data 2025
In the user areas of our two sub-libraries (Central Library at the main location on Ernst-Boehe-Straße, Library of Economics, Social and Health Sciences and Library in the East Asia Institute at the secondary location on Rheinpromenade, Library of Economics of the Countries of East Asia) we offer
- on a total area of 2,311 m²
- around 112,487 printed books and journal volumes as well as
- 159 current academic journals in printed form.
87% of the total stock of print media is freely accessible to library users.
The list is compiled systematically by subject using the Regensburg classification system.
The university library's digital collection comprises around 700,000 resources. Around 47,000 electronic journals and newspapers are available to members of the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society in their entirety or for some of the published volumes.
University members have remote access to almost all electronic resources.
Users have 396 workstations at their disposal, including 13 computer workstations.
The university library is open 289 days a year and is open 66 hours a week.
For further information and comparisons with other libraries, you can consult the German Library Statistics (DBS).
Our university library consists of two sub-libraries, namely the Departmental Library of Economics, Social Sciences and Health (Central Library) and the Departmental Library of Economics of the Countries of East Asia. The holdings of both branch libraries are listed in a joint online library catalog (OPAC).
Locations of our libraries:
- Central library at the university's main site in Ernst-Boehe-Straße
Collection focus: Business administration and related fields, social work, nursing science, nursing education and midwifery as well as relevant aspects from neighboring disciplines such as sociology, educational science, psychology, law, medicine, etc.
Please note the opening hours at the Ernst-Boehe-Straße location - Library in the East Asia Institute (OAI) at the university's secondary location on Rheinpromenade
Collection focus: Economies of the countries of East and Southeast Asia.
Please note the opening hours at the Rheinpromenade location
And this is how you can reach our libraries:
| Postal address | Visitor address | Directions | Information desk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society - Central Library - Ernst-Boehe-Straße 4-6 67059 Ludwigshafen | Ernst-Boehe-Str. 4-6 67059 Ludwigshafen Google Maps | You can reach the Central Library by public transportation via the bus stop "LU Hochschule" with the bus lines 75, 76 and 78. | +49 (0) 621/5203-141 bibliothek@ 8< SPAM protection, please remove >8 hwg-lu.de |
| Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society - Library in the East Asia Institute - Rheinpromenade 12 67061 Ludwigshafen | Rheinpromenade 12 | You can reach the library in the East Asia Institute by public transport via the stop "Berliner Platz" or the DB stop "Ludwigshafen-Mitte" after a walk of approx. 300 meters. | +49 (0) 621/5203-420 |
For more information on our university's library system, please visit our library's Wikipedia page.
The article Bookcases at the beginning (PDF, 315.8 kB) traces the development of our former Social and Health Sciences Library, which has since been integrated into the Central Library at the Ernst-Boehe-Straße site, from its beginnings to 2018.