In order to prevent the COVID-19 disease spread among the UW community, the Rector of the University of Warsaw decided that the Library will be closed to readers from March 11 to April 14, 2020.

We also cancel meetings, trainings and trips planned for this period.

You may contact us:

  • by phone: 55 25 178, 55 25 179 (from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
  • by e-mail: informacja.buw@uw.edu.pl (from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
  • using Ask a Librarian chat (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
  • on our Facebook profile.

 

Library account:

  • the due date for borrowed items (books, keys etc.) has been set to April 18,
  • no penalties will be charged from March 11 to April 14,
  • no new requests can be made,
  • requests already made will be valid until April 18.

Online resources:

  • the University of Warsaw Students and Employees have remote access to the collection of books and electronic journals subscribed by UW, available from the University of Warsaw Library (BUW) in the ‘Online resources’ tab (https://www.buw.uw.edu.pl/zasoby-online /), after logging in with the library card number and password,
  • the University of Warsaw Students and Employees who have got their ELS/ELD/ELP (Electronic Student/Employee ID) and have not registered yet, can register online. Please check out the Registration section on the page: https://www.buw.uw.edu.pl/en/practical-information/how-to-use/ The account activation website is available in Polish only,
  • new password can be set using the ‘Forgot your password?’ functionality, on the Login page.

 

Year 2025/2026

March 25: “Decentralized Biological Warfare: Plants as Non-State Actors in Contemporary Media”

March 12, 2026

Weird Fictions Research Group invites you to join the first student lecture in the Weird Vegetation series in the spring semester 2025/26.

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ELS (Electronic student ID) extension

March 5, 2026

Dear Students, Extending the ELS (electronic student ID) validity will take place on: March 16 – 19, 2026 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. In order to conduct the extensions smoothly please (if possible) submit your IDs collectively.

Year 2025/2026

17 marca: Strategie przetrwania w erze dezinformacji. Klub Amerykański #6: Agnieszka Graff i Elżbieta Korolczuk

February 25, 2026

Na śniadanie: dwadzieścia rolek z Instagrama, na obiad: pół godziny TikToka, na podwieczorek: kilka kłótni z Twittera, na kolację: Netflix. I tak w kółko. Współczesna dieta medialna jest nie do opanowania i przetrawienia. Jak sobie radzimy z tym przesytem?

American Studies Colloquium Series

March 12: “Who’s Afraid of the Necro-President? Sovereignty, Spectacle, and Political Authority in Decline”

February 24, 2026

We are pleased to invite you to the first lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025/2026 Spring semester! This time we are pleased to host Dean Caivano with a lecture “Who’s Afraid of the Necro-President? Sovereignty, Spectacle, and Political Authority in Decline”.

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Office hours

January 30, 2026

Dear Students, Next week I am going to hold my office hours on Tuesday, 03 February 2026: 10:00-11:30 in the office and 15:45-16:45 online. On Thursday, 05 February 2026: I will be available online 17:30-18:30. In the following week of winter holidays (09 February 2026 – 13 February 2026) there will be no office hours. I will resume my office hours on 17 February 2026.